The evolving role of pharmacists, and have you been targetted by a "Gen Z stare"?

from Life Matters - Full program podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

As the role of pharmacists expands, there's a push to place them inside GP clinics to provide on-the-spot medication advice. Associate Professor Jean Spinks, Centre for Business and Economics of Health, University of Queensland, GP pharmacist Brooke Shelly, and Dr Michael Wright, President, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners discuss whether it could provide more efficient and effective care?Outside school hours care is a lifesaver for parents who can't clock off in time for school pick up every day, but access to this kind of service is a postcode lottery. Guests Dr Kate Harrison Brennan, Director of the Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney, and single mother Carla, discuss how to make this care an option for all working families across the country.From recording frog calls to photographing fungi, everyday Australians are contributing biodiversity data like never before. So, how much impact has citizen science really had on research and conservation? Cam Slatyer, Atlas of Living Australia and Dr Jodie Rowley, amphibian biologist with the Australian Museum and founder of the FrogID app, talk about the role of citizen science.If you've been on social media the last couple of weeks, you may have seen a viral video trend dubbed the "Gen Z stare"... older people say they make a comment or a request to someone under 25 years old and they're just met with a blank look. Dan Woodman, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Melbourne unpacks the phenomenon.

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As the role of pharmacists expands, there's a push to place them inside GP clinics to provide on-the-spot medication advice. Associate Professor Jean Spinks, Centre for Business and Economics of Health, University of Queensland, GP pharmacist Brooke Shelly, and Dr Michael Wright, President, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners discuss whether it could provide more efficient and effective care? Outside school hours care is a lifesaver for parents who can't clock off in time for school pick up every day, but access to this kind of service is a postcode lottery. Guests Dr Kate Harrison Brennan, Director of the Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney, and single mother Carla, discuss how to make this care an option for all working families across the country. From recording frog calls to photographing fungi, everyday Australians are contributing biodiversity data like never before. So, how much impact has citizen science really had on research and conservation? Cam Slatyer, Atlas of Living Australia and Dr Jodie Rowley, amphibian biologist with the Australian Museum and founder of the FrogID app, talk about the role of citizen science. If you've been on social media the last couple of weeks, you may have seen a viral video trend dubbed the "Gen Z stare"... older people say they make a comment or a request to someone under 25 years old and they're just met with a blank look. Dan Woodman, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Melbourne unpacks the phenomenon.