PSA plans bigger & better
September 18, 2012
FOLLOWING the success of this year’s PSA Clinical and Practice Expo, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has unveiled plans to reprise the event in 2013. Speaking at a lunch to announce CPE 2013, Charlie Benrimoj PSA NSW branch President and Chair of the CPExpo Committee said “the old style trade fair has had its day”. “It’s about information exchange...CPExpo is a major event to extend information and give clinical knowledge,” he added. According to Benrimoj, next year’s expo will be bigger and better than this year’s effort, which attracted 1300 individuals, featured 84 professional development workshops and presentations, 55 presenters and integrated learning space with 12 patient support groups and more than 40 pharmaceutical companies. The program will take place from 31 May to 02 June 2013, and according to the preliminary program, will cover topics pertaining to: professional practice (medscheck, pharmacy technology, dementia and more), primary care (diabetes, respitory, integrated medicine and more), health awareness (cardiovascular, diet and skin care), therapeutic updates (mental health, women’s health and aged care) and advanced clinical pharmacy (palliative cancer care, kidney disease, rheumatic diseases and more). “The focus on the quality use of medicines, therapeutic updates, clinical and professional services will be maintained and built upon,” Benrimoj said. “Delegates will also have great access to interact with the medical information and pharmacovigilance departments of major pharmaceutical companies,” he added. Meanwhile, addressing industry members at the CPExpo lunch, PSA NSW Committee Member John Bronger highlighted the importance of pharmacists in the emerging healthcare space saying “with the changing state of pharmacy that is clinical interventions, meds checks and diabetes checks, the influence of pharmacists during this next period of time is really going to increase vastly”. “We are interested in maximising opportunities for pharmacists,” he added. Pictured above at the launch of the preliminary program is PSA NSW branch members (from left): Lachlan Rose (VP), John Bell (Committee Member), John Bronger (Committee Member), Warwick Plunkett (Committee Member) and Charlie Benrimoj (Branch President).
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