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Helen is currently working as pharmacist prescriber in primary care in Tokoroa, prescribing in long-term conditions especially Type 2 Diabetes. Helen is passionate about education and wants to enable everyone to manage their own health conditions optimally.

Helen is the 2018 Pharmacist of the Year and the 2019 PSNZ Shark Tank winner for her service in providing real-time glucose monitoring in poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes.

Helen Cant is currently working as pharmacist prescriber in primary care in Tokoroa, prescribing in long-term conditions especially Type 2 Diabetes. Helen is passionate about education and wants to enable everyone to manage their own health conditions optimally.

Helen is the 2018 Pharmacist of the Year and the 2019 PSNZ Shark Tank winner for her service in providing real-time glucose monitoring in poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes.

 Ravi Sharma is the Director of England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

He has held previous roles as the National Clinical Lead for Clinical Pharmacy and Genomics at NHS England and as the Vice President of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association. 

Ravi continues to work as a prescribing pharmacist in a GP practice on a weekly basis. More recently, Ravi received a scholarship by the NHS to complete a Masters in Genomic Medicines at Imperial College London and has just been awarded fellowship by the Faculty of UK Clinical Informatics. 

In this episode we discuss Ravi's career journey so far, his role at a General Practice and advice to pharmacists considering moving into new roles.

Ravi Sharma was in New Zealand as guest speaker at the 2019 PSNZ Towards Integrated Health Conference.

Ravi Sharma is the Director of England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

He has held previous roles as the National Clinical Lead for Clinical Pharmacy and Genomics at NHS England and as the Vice President of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association. 

Ravi continues to work as a prescribing pharmacist in a GP practice on a weekly basis. More recently, Ravi received a scholarship by the NHS to complete a Masters in Genomic Medicines at Imperial College London and has just been awarded fellowship by the Faculty of UK Clinical Informatics. 

In this episode we discuss the health landscape of the NHS,  challenges facing the pharmacy sector, positive changes happening now and emerging roles in England.

Ravi Sharma was in New Zealand as guest speaker at the 2019 PSNZ Towards Integrated Health Conference.

In this episode we interview Keriana Brooking, Deputy Director-General of Health, Health System Improvement and Innovation, Ministry of Health. We will discuss the challenges facing the health system, what an integrated approach to delivering services looks like and the place of pharmacy in  the integrated team. 

This interview was conducted at the 2019 PSNZ Toward Integrated Health Conference.

Welcome to Episode 3 of CollegeCast. In this episode we talk to Dr Claire O'Reilly about the stigma and discrimination patients experience from their health professionals. Claire explains her research on this topic including the prevalence of stigma and patient experiences. Dr Claire O’Reilly is a Senior Lecturer at the The University of Sydney Pharmacy School. Claire is a pharmacist and health services researcher with expertise in mental health, as well as a practising community pharmacist and experienced mental health trainer (Master MHFA Instructor). CollegeCast is brought to you by the College Education & Training business unit of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.

Welcome to Episode 2 of College Cast. In this episode we will interview Carina Walters on codeine misuse and the opioid crisis, international trends in codeine consumption, the recent up-scheduling of codeine combination products in Australia and the current intentions on codeine re-classification in New Zealand. Carina is currently a PhD student at the University of Auckland, where she is studying prescription and over the counter opioid dependence, and is a member of the University of Auckland Centre for Addiction research. Her previous role as as senior addictions pharmacist at Community Alcohol and Drug Services in Auckland. She is also a part time professional teaching fellow with the School of Population Health, teaching a postgraduate addiction paper. CollegeCast is brought to you by the College Education & Training business unit of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.

Welcome to the first episode of CollegeCast! This is a trial podcast covering views and updates relevant to pharmacy practice. Over the next few weeks we will interview relevant people on topics such as codeine reclassification and the opioid crisis, stigma in mental health and health professional burnout. We will also talk to some pharmacists about current and new innovative services being offered in their pharmacies and the benefits of providing these services. CollegeCast is brought to you by the College Education & Training business unit of The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.