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Indispensable Podcast

by PharmOnline

Indispensable is for Australians who want to know how to use their medications effectively and improve their health. In each episode, we share medication tips from the experts: pharmacists.

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Episodes

  1. Indispensable Episode 18 Neurodiversity | Navigating a diagnosis

    Yvette Anderson graduated from Charles Sturt University in 2005 and has progressed her pharmacist career with experience in community pharmacy, private hospital, aged care, consultancy, and public hospital practice. Yvette has qualifications in Mental Health First Aid, Asthma Management from…

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  2. Mental Health | How are you, really?

    Kayla Lee is a practising community pharmacist and pharmacy owner at Capital Chemist Braidwood. After completing a Master of Pharmacy at the University of Canberra, Kayla went on to complete a Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Practice which fuelled her passion for mental health service...

  3. Menopause | A back-firing car

    Tahnee Simpson is a community compounding pharmacist and owner of Keperra Compounding Pharmacy in Brisbane. Tahnee became a menopause pharmacist because she wanted to help women understand where they are at in their life stage, what’s happening with their hormones, and how it relates to how they...

  4. Chronic Pain | Relief, Mobility and the 'A' team

    Nicolette Ellis is an Advanced Pharmacist Advisor for Queensland Health and senior clinical pharmacist for Beyond Pain, an interdisciplinary persistent pain videoconferencing program. A regular presenter and national trainer, she is passionate about improving access to multidisciplinary care for...

  5. Period Pride | Why we need to talk about it

    Allie Xu was born and raised in a fourth-generation medical family in Shanghai, China, and moved to Australia when she was 15 years old. She's a registered pharmacist and holistic health and life coach specializing in emotional intelligence and the mind-body connection. Allie is currently...

  6. Illicit | Substances in use

    Sam Keitaanpaa is a NT born, raised and educated pharmacist currently working in community pharmacy and undertaking his PhD in access to smoking cessation medicines and is the Chair of the Health Providers Alliance Northern Territory as well as the Vice President of the SA/NT Branch of the...

  7. Abortion | Medical Termination of pregnancy

    Episode 12 Abortion | Medical Termination of pregnancy In this episode, the Indispensable Pharmacist provides information about medical termination of pregnancy (MTOP) and what to expect. MTOP is a safe and effective procedure to end pregnancy (widely used in Australia since 2013 and for decades...

  8. Indispensable Episode BONUS Who is the Indispensable Pharmacist?

    In this short bonus episode, you find out more about the Indispensable Pharmacist and how PharmOnline came to be. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  9. Sleep Apnoea | Cutting through the noise

    Nhan Do is a pharmacist from Perth, WA. He was born in Vietnam, completed high school in Singapore and his pharmacy degree in Perth. He was a very active student during university as the president of the West Australian Pharmacy Student Association (WAPSA) and board member on the National…

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  10. Vaccination | Whooping Cough

    Dr Fei Sim is a Senior Lecturer and the Coordinator of International Engagement in the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at Curtin University, Western Australia. Fei holds a Doctoral degree in Pharmacy, is a practising pharmacist, a community pharmacy owner, a pharmacist immuniser and an...

  11. Mental Health | Perinatal considerations

    Marlene Lim is a passionate pharmacist and health educator with professional interests in mental health, and children and women’s health and wellbeing. Registered both in Malaysia and Australia, she is a pharmacy proprietor in Malaysia and also a Mental Health First Aid Instructor. With over ten...

  12. Vaccinations | What your kids need

    Anna discusses the National Immunisation Program (NIP) vaccinations for children from birth to 4 years of age. Each vaccination is discussed, including side effects that can be expected and ways to manage your child to reduce their discomfort. 5 Indispensable tips Keep an updated record of when...

  13. Invisible Disease | Making Connections

    Janna Linke is a 35-year old mother of two who, whilst registered as a Pharmacist, and having worked in both Hospital and Community pharmacy roles, isn't currently employed in the Pharmacy sector. This is due to ongoing chronic health conditions. Janna was diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos...

  14. Emotional Intelligence | Know yourself for your health

    Allie Xu was born and raised in a fourth-generation medical family in Shanghai, China, and moved to Australia when she was 15 years old. She's a registered pharmacist and holistic health and life coach specializing in emotional intelligence and the mind-body connection. Allie is currently...

  15. Contraception | The Pros and Cons

    Anna is the Indispensable pharmacist. Anna graduated from Charles Sturt University (Orange Campus) in 2008 with a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons). She has over a decade of experience as a clinical pharmacist in the hospital, aged care and community settings with a particular interest in rural…

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  16. Breastfeeding | What medications are safe?

    Melanie Frodsham completed her Bachelor of Pharmacy at Monash University’s Victorian College of Pharmacy in 2009. She is a community pharmacist based in Western Melbourne with an interest in breastfeeding. After having her first baby she completed a Cert IV Breastfeeding Education through the...

  17. Gestational Diabetes | Even Olympians get it!

    Vivien Hsu is an accredited pharmacist and Credentialed Diabetes Educator who completed a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree in Western Australia. Since then she has studied psychology, Chinese Medicine, diabetes education, weight management, and nutrition coaching. For over 20 years she has worked in...

  18. Medication Reviews | Are they worth it?

    Debbie Rigby is an Advanced Practice Pharmacist with postgraduate qualifications in clinical pharmacy, geriatrics and respiratory medicine. Debbie is a Director of NPS MedicineWise, past National Vice-President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and a member of Lung Foundation Australia...

  19. Men's Health | The P word

    Brad Butt is a passionate community pharmacist with a strong clinical background who takes pride in supporting the health of his patients and the wider community. Brad's special interest areas include Men’s urological health and the management of blood cancers. Brad is the managing partner of...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Indispensable is for Australians who want to know how to use their medications effectively and improve their health. In each episode, we share medication tips from the experts: pharmacists.

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PharmOnline

Produced by Anna Barwick

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Indispensable is for Australians who want to know how to use their medications effectively and improve their health. In each episode, we share medication tips from the experts: pharmacists.

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