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Purple Pen Podcast
Education and news for pharmacists, with a focus on Australian clinical pharmacy practice. Hosted by Kristin Xenos and Natalie Tasker, we provide CPD and news for pharmacists, especially those interested in Australian clinical practice. Created by Jane Booth and Dan Guidone.
Episodes
Purple Pen PodcastPPP139 - Rheumatic Fever with Dr Jerry Abraham Alex
Kristin is joined by Dr Jerry Abraham Alex - a medical registrar from Western Australia. They take an indepth look at Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP138 - Analgesic Stewardship with Thuy Bui
Kristin is joined by Thuy Bui, Lead Pharmacist - Analgesic Stewardship (AGS) & Perioperative Services at Alfred Health in Victoria to discuss the role of…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP137 - Monkeypox with Ivette Aguirre and Dr Melanie Bissessor
Kristin catches up with Ivette Aguirre and Dr Melanie Bissessor from the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, to discuss monkeypox. We talk about…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP136 - Type II Diabetes
Kristin is joined by Dr Priya Sumithran, Endocrinologist and Clinician Researcher, to talk about treatment options for the management of type II diabetes…
Purple Pen PodcastClover the Chloroformist
We are joined by anaesthetist A/Prof Christine Ball to discuss her book, The Chloroformist, and more...
Purple Pen PodcastCulturally Capable Pharmacists with Bronwyn Clark and A/Prof Faye McMillan
Kristin speaks to Bronwyn Clark and A/Prof Faye McMillan about how to practice pharmacy in a culturally safe way. We also hear about the Australian Pharmacy…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP133 - Sepsis Clinical Care Standard
Kristin is joined by Prof Jason Roberts and Dr Carolyn Hullick to discuss the release of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care's new…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP132 - Toxicology with Naren Gunja
Kristin and Dan are joined by Associate Professor Naren Gunja - a clinical and forensic toxicologist from Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney. We…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP131 - Interstitial Lung Disease with Assoc Prof Nicole Goh
Kristin is joined by Associate Professor Nicole Goh to talk Interstitial Lung Disease. Nicole is a respiratory and sleep physician at the Alfred and Austin…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP130 - Bipolar Disorder with Professor Ian Hickie
We are joined by Professor Ian Hickie, a Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director of Health and Policy at the Brain Mind Centre. He last spoke to the podcast on…
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PPP130 - Bipolar Disorder with Professor Ian Hickie
We are joined by Professor Ian Hickie, a Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director of Health and Policy at the Brain Mind Centre. He last spoke to the podcast on…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP129 - Asthma Update with Dr Emma Gray
Kristin chats to Dr Emma Gray, consultant respiratory physician and visiting medical officer at Royal Prince Alfred. She is also a PhD candidate at the…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP128 - Oral Cancers with Leanne Teoh and Sophie Beaumont
Kristin caught up with Leanne Teoh, a pharmacist, dentist and research fellow from the University of Melbourne and Sophie Beaumont, head of Dental Oncology at…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP127 - COVID19 in Kids with Dr Brendan McMullan
We're back for 2022 and now that's school is in session we spoke to Prof Brendan McMullan about COVID19 in children. We discussed what COVID19 is like for…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP126 - Treatment Resistant Depression with Prof Ian Hickie
In our last episode for 2021, Kristin chats with Professor Ian Hickie, co-Director of the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney. We chat about…
Purple Pen PodcastAge-related macular degeneration
Dan is joined by Professor Robyn Guymer AM from the Centre for Eye Research in Australia to discuss Age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Purple Pen PodcastPPP124 : ADHD with Prof Dave Coghill
We're back! And Dan is joined by Professor Dave Coghill, a Child Psychiatrist and Chair of Developmental Mental Health at the University of Melbourne. We…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP123 - Hyperbaric Medicine with Conjoint Professor Michael Bennett AM
Kristin caught up with Conjoint Professor Michael Bennett AM (Academic Head, Wales Anaesthesia and Dept. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Prince of Wales…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP122 - Infections in Pregnancy with Dr Nisha Khot
Dan and Jane caught up with our friend Dr Nisha Khot, who is the Clinical Director of Obstetrics at Djerriwarrh Health Service in Victoria. We discuss the…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP121 - Clinical Microbiology with Dr Indy Sandaradura
In a bumper episode, Kristin talks with ID physician and clinical microbiologist with Westmead Hospital and the Institute Of Clinical Pathology And Medical…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP120 - Orbital and Periorbital Cellulitis with Dr David Woo
Kristin caught up with Dr David Woo, an Ophthalmic and Oculoplastics surgeon from the Sight Foundation at the Sydney Eye Hospital and the Sydney CBD eye…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP119 - Epilepsy with Prof Sam Berkovic
Kristin was joined by Prof Sam Berkovic, Laureate Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, and Director of the Epilepsy Research…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP118: Psycho-existential symptoms in Palliative Care
Kristin chats to Professor David Kissane about psycho-existential symptoms in Palliative Care. David is a consultant psychiatrist in psycho-oncology and…
Purple Pen PodcastOral Health
Today we talk all things oral health with Mark Schifter with a particular focus on Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) and antibiotic use in…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP116 - Dementia with Prof Simon Lewis
We welcome back Simon Lewis, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, who talks to Kristin about dementia. They discuss the multiple types of dementia, as well as…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP115 - Pharmacists, burnout and COVID with Karlee Johnston
Jane talks to Karlee Johnston, a pharmacist and PhD candidate at the Australian National University in Canberra. We talk about Karlee's recently published…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP114 - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Dr Eli Dabscheck and Dr Johnson George
Kristin spoke with Dr Eli Dabscheck and Dr Johnson George about all things Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) including: Risk factors Management…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP113 - Chronic Kidney Disease with A/Prof Vincent Lee
Kristin and Dan caught up with Associate Professor Vincent Lee for a discussion on all things Chronic Kidney Disease. You can visit Vincent's Uni website here
Purple Pen PodcastPPP112: Applying for a job with Dr Amy Bohren
Dan and Jane spoke to Dr Amy Bohren about recruitment for early career graduates. Amy is the Principal Consultant and Director of Red Careers Australia. We…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP111: Principles of Paediatric Antimicrobial Use with Dr Brendan McMullan
In our second episode for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020, Dan and Kristin spoke to Dr Brendan McMullan. Brendan is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP110: Emerging Antimicrobials
In a bumper episode for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020, Jane and Kristin spoke to Tony Lai. Tony is the Senior Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist at…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP109: Dermatology Beneath the Surface with Prof Pablo Fernandez-Peñas
Kristin and Dan chat with Prof Pablo Fernandez-Peñas about all things Dermatology. Pablo is Head of the Department of Dermatology at Westmead Hospital in…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP108: Sepsis with Prof Simon Finfer
Kristin catches with up Prof Simon Finfer, intensive care clinician and researcher and professor at The George Institute. They discuss all things sepsis, from…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP107: Mental Health in 2020 with Dr Mark Cross
It's World Mental Health Day. Dan and Kristin caught up with Dr Mark Cross, Psychiatrist and author. They discuss a range of mental health topics: changes in…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP106 - Parkinsons Disease with Professor Simon Lewis
Kristin is joined by Simon Lewis, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney to discuss Parkinson's Disease. We…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP105 - Gender Balance in Pharmacy Leadership with Alicia Martin
Kristin and Dan caught up with Alicia Martin, author of the recent paper Gender balance in pharmacy leadership: Are we making progress?. We discuss Alicia's…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP104: Motor Neurone Disease with Prof Steve Vucic
Kristin and Dan spoke to Professor Steve Vucic about Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Steve is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP103: IVF with Dr Natasha Andreadis
Kristin spoke to Dr Natasha Andreadis AKA the "Fanny Mechanic" a Integrative Fertility Specialist Gynaecologist Health Coach about all things In vitro…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP102: 100th Episode Celebration - Kristin's Top Five
In another best-of collection to celebrate our 100th episode, here are Kristin's Top Five favourite episodes: Episode 65 - Surgery in the Victorian Era with Dr…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP101: Jane's Top Five
In another best-of collection to celebrate our 100th episode, here are Jane's Top Five favourite episodes: Episode 64: Are We Wasting Our Patient's Time? with…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP100: 100th Episode Special - Your Top Five
To celebrate our 100th episode, we're bringing you some highlights packages. First up is a recap of our five most downloaded episodes: Episode 1: Antibiotic…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP099: National Reconciliation Week
In an episode to mark National Reconciliation week, Dan and Kristin spoke to Chastina Heck and Aleena Williams. Chastina is a clinical pharmacist at Logan…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP098: Deprescribing in 2020 with Dr Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell
Kristin flies solo this week to talk to Dr Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell, a consultant pharmacist and postdoctoral research associate affiliated with the NHMRC…
Purple Pen Podcast97. PPP097 - COVID-19 Developments with Prof Ramon Shaban
Kristin & Dan spoke to Prof Ramon Shaban, Clinical Chair of Infection Prevention and Disease Control, University of Sydney and Western Sydney Local Health…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP096 - The ICU Pharmacist and COVID-19 with Mel Ankravs
Dan caught up with Mel Ankravs, chair of the SHPA Critical Care Leadership Group and Senior Pharmacist at the Royal Melbourne for a brief chat about the basics…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP095 Coronavirus with Prof Mary-Louise McLaws
Kristin and Dan spoke to Professor Mary-Louise McLaws from the University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine. Professor McLaws is a renowned infection…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP094 Sociology and Antimicrobial Resistance with Prof Alex Broom
Kristin and Jane spoke to Professor Alex Broom from the University of Sydney. Alex is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Social Policy…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP093 - Ophthalmic Emergencies with Dr Tanya Karaconji
WE'RE BACK! Happy 2020 to all our listeners! Today Kristin and Dan are joined by Dr Tanya Karaconji, Ophthalmologist at Sydney Eye Hospital, where we discuss a…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP092 - Career advice for my younger self with Tom Simpson
In the last of our episodes from MM2019, we spoke to the 2019 SHPA Medal of Merit winner, Tom Simpson. Tom is the Executive Director for statewide hospital…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP091 - What makes people healthy? With Sir Harry Burns
Jane and Kristin caught up with Sir Harry Burns at MM2019 to discuss what are some of the social causes of wellness. Sir Harry is Professor of Global Public…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP090 - More posters from MM2019
Recorded live at MM2019, Dan, Kristin and special guest host Viv Banks chat to some more poster presenters about their work. Visit purplepenpodcast.com for…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP089 - Eight posters from MM2019 Day 1
In the first of our episodes live from the SHPA Medicines Management 2019 conference, Jane and Kristin asked some poster presenters to talk about their work…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP088 - What happened to codeine since the up-schedule?With Dr Rose Cairns
Dan and Kristin are joined by Dr Rose Cairns from the University of Sydney and the NSW Poison's Information centre to discuss the latest trends in codeine…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP087 - Paying for Pharmaceuticals with PBAC Chair Prof Andrew Wilson
In this episode, Dan and Kristin are joined by Professor Andrew Wilson, chair of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee. We discuss: What the PBAC does…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP086 - MM2019 Preview with Nat Tasker and Duncan McKenzie
Jane and Kristin are joined by Nat Tasker and Duncan McKenzie from the SHPA's Medicines Management 2019 conference committee. We discuss highlights, include…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP085: Periods, menopause and gender equality with Dr Bec Szabo
Jane and Kristin spoke to Dr Bec Szabo, a gynaecologist at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne. Topics covered in this episode: the impact of screening and…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP084 - Despecialisation with Lauren Cortis
Kristin and Dan caught up with Lauren Cortis, pharmacist and PhD candidate to talk about generalism, specialisation and how these interact with patients…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP083: The Unexpected when you're Expecting with Dr Nisha Khot
In today's episode, Kristin and Dan are joined by Dr Nisha Khot, obstetrician, educator and RANZCOG counsellor to discuss these common and potentially serious…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP082: What Would You Do If You Were Bolder?
In a special episode of the Purple Pen Podcast, Jane shares the story of her career journey. Originally presented at the 2018 SHPA Medicines Management…
Purple Pen PodcastPPP081 - Medication Safety and Specialty Practice with Toni Howell
Kristin and Dan were joined by Toni Howell, Medication Safety pharmacist from St V's in Melbourne, and Chair of the SHPA Specialty Practice Leadership Group in…