Webinars

Tutors

• Mrs Breege Brogan
  Pharmacy advisor, SPPG
• Dr Neil Black
  Consultant Endocrinologist, WHSCT.

Aim

To provide an update on the latest evidence relating to the management of Type 2 diabetes.

Learning outcomes

Having completed this workshop you should be able to:

• identify the priorities for the management of patients with Type 2 diabetes
• describe strategies to manage cardiovascular risk factors in this patient group
• review the role of the newer agents in the management of hyperglycaemia
• provide key education messages to patients with Type 2 diabetes
• manage this patient group effectively using current best practice guidance
• work alongside other healthcare professional to optimise patient care.

Tutors

• Mrs Breege Brogan
  Pharmacy advisor, SPPG
• Dr Neil Black
  Consultant Endocrinologist, WHSCT.

Aim

To provide an update on the latest evidence relating to the management of Type 2 diabetes.

Learning outcomes

Having completed this workshop you should be able to:

• identify the priorities for the management of patients with Type 2 diabetes
• describe strategies to manage cardiovascular risk factors in this patient group
• review the role of the newer agents in the management of hyperglycaemia
• provide key education messages to patients with Type 2 diabetes
• manage this patient group effectively using current best practice guidance
• work alongside other healthcare professional to optimise patient care.

Tutors

• Ms Grace Kelly
  Pharmacy advisor, SPPG
• Dr Neil Black
  Consultant Endocrinologist, WHSCT.

Aim

To provide an update on the latest evidence relating to the management of Type 2 diabetes.

Learning outcomes

Having completed this workshop you should be able to:

• identify the priorities for the management of patients with Type 2 diabetes
• describe strategies to manage cardiovascular risk factors in this patient group
• review the role of the newer agents in the management of hyperglycaemia
• provide key education messages to patients with Type 2 diabetes
• manage this patient group effectively using current best practice guidance
• work alongside other healthcare professional to optimise patient care.

Tutors

• Ms Grace Kelly
  Pharmacy advisor, SPPG
• Dr Neil Black
  Consultant Endocrinologist, WHSCT.

Aim

To provide an update on the latest evidence relating to the management of Type 2 diabetes.

Learning outcomes

Having completed this workshop you should be able to:

• identify the priorities for the management of patients with Type 2 diabetes
• describe strategies to manage cardiovascular risk factors in this patient group
• review the role of the newer agents in the management of hyperglycaemia
• provide key education messages to patients with Type 2 diabetes
• manage this patient group effectively using current best practice guidance
• work alongside other healthcare professional to optimise patient care.

Tutors

• Mr Christopher Black
  Specialist Palliative Care Pharmacist
• Mr David Marshall
  Community Pharmacist

Aim

To support healthcare professionals in primary care to deliver safe and effective palliative care.

Learning outcomes

Having attended this webinar, you will be able to:

• Recognise the multidisciplinary role in delivering palliative care in the primary care
• Manage the complexity of palliative prescribing, including syringe pump prescriptions and commonly used medicines in the last days of life
• Anticipate and resolve common issues associated with palliative prescriptions in primary care
• Identify and implement appropriate deprescribing strategies in palliative care
• Signpost patients and carers to relevant services, including support for bereaved carers.

Tutors

• Mrs Fionnuala McCullagh
  Frailty Pharmacist, WHSCT

Aim

To provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to optimise medicines for older patients with multiple long-term conditions, using a structured approach to medication review.

Learning outcomes

Having attended this webinar, you will be able to:

• Understand the implications of polypharmacy and the impact on patient safety, treatment effectiveness, and quality of life
• Outline the 7-steps to appropriate polypharmacy framework as a structured approach to medication review
• Adopt an evidence-based approach to prioritising deprescribing decisions, using appropriate resources and tools
• Deprescribe, reduce or substitute inappropriate medicines through a structured medication review, involving the patient and their family members/carers.

Tutors

• Mrs Fionnuala McCullagh
  Frailty Pharmacist, WHSCT

Aim

To provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to optimise medicines for older patients with multiple long-term conditions, using a structured approach to medication review.

Learning outcomes

Having attended this webinar, you will be able to:

• Understand the implications of polypharmacy and the impact on patient safety, treatment effectiveness, and quality of life
• Outline the 7-steps to appropriate polypharmacy framework as a structured approach to medication review
• Adopt an evidence-based approach to prioritising deprescribing decisions, using appropriate resources and tools
• Deprescribe, reduce or substitute inappropriate medicines through a structured medication review, involving the patient and their family members/carers.