National Medicines Symposium 2006

Session Details

Balancing beliefs and behaviours about medicines

Thursday, 8 June 2006 11:00 -11:30

Ground Floor Foyer

EBM in the Bush: how a small group of enthusiasts took the plunge into evidence-based medicine in Armidale
  • Therese J McGuren, NEW ENGLAND DIVISION OF GENERAL PRACTICE
  • Improving device instructions - a customer focussed approach
  • Ms Leigh A Laurence, Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd
  • Teamwork and targeting grows new relationships
  • Robin Warren, Townsville Division of General Practice
  • Ms Carla Scuderi, North and West Queensland Primary Health Care
  • Spin-offs and bonanzas from Queensland participating in CAPTION
  • Ms Lisa K Pulver, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
  • An evaluation of Victorian emergency department doctors’ knowledge of community-acquired pneumonia management guidelines
  • Dr Kylie A McIntosh, Department of Human Services
  • Home Medicines Review as a falls prevention strategy? Why ever not!
  • Deirdre T Criddle, Osborne Division of General Practice
  • Medical Practitioner Utilisation of New Drugs: A Qualitative Study of GPs, Endocrinologists and Psychiatrists
  • Luke B Tobin, National Prescribing Service Limited
  • Medical Student National Prescribing Curriculum on CD-ROM – a joint NPS, ASCEPT and WHO initiative
  • Meg Stuart, National Prescribing Service
  • Therapeutic Decision Support - training models for health professionals and students
  • Louise C Quinn, Drug and Therapeutics Information Service
  • Uptake of an NPS web-based drug use evaluation kit for use of hypnotics in residential aged care facilities
  • Ms Holly Parsons, National Presribing Service
  • Meeting the educational needs of nurses working in general practice
  • Mary B Collins, Southern Tasmanian Division of General Practice
  • Regional differences in drug utilisation: the influence of timing of delivery of the national NPS Analgesics in musculoskeletal pain program
  • Debra Rowett, Drug and Therapeutics Information Service, Repatriation General Hospital, SA
  • Implementing the NPS Educational visiting programme in South Australia within a collaborative QUM framework
  • Debra Rowett, Drug and Therapeutics Information Service, Repatriation General Hospital, SA
  • Reaching culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) consumers via education settings: curriculum based strategies of the Multicultural Community Quality Use of Medicines Program
  • Ms Doris Kordes, Federation of Ethnic Communitites' Councils of Australia
  • Jennifer M Davis, NPS
  • GP Connections presents Evidence versus Hype DVD
  • Dr Graham Emblen, GP Connections
  • Challenges in balancing beliefs, behaviours and ethics in delivering QUM to children
  • Dr Madlen Gazarian, School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW and Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick
  • Debunking the myths on antibiotics for common colds in children
  • Mrs Margaret A Artist, National Prescribing Service Ltd
  • Audit Of Type 2 Diabetes Management And Quality Use Of Medicines In The Australian Primary Care Setting
  • Joyce Lloyd, Pretium Pty Ltd
  • Published on Monday, 29 May 2006 by the Professional Conference Organiser