DMAS Training Program At PAC, Australia

Main Category: Pharmacy / Pharmacist
Article Date: 13 Oct 2009 - 2:00 PDT

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Pharmacists looking to expand their knowledge about disease state management programs have an opportunity this week to attend a special two-day session at PAC in Sydney.

And an added bonus of the training is that for an additional $100 on top of the course fee, attendees get full access to PAC.

The importance of pharmacists acquiring additional knowledge is assuming even greater importance as the pharmacy profession becomes increasingly acknowledged as a frontline health service in the new multi-disciplinary model of health care evolving in Australia.

Although pharmacy remains a private sector industry in the new health-care model, the additional responsibility it has developed in its provision of health-care services requires an increase in specialised knowledge and new implementation skills.

But because of the time-poor nature of pharmacists, such information often can be hard to obtain when trying to source it from a number of different and often divergent sources.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is actively supporting pharmacists in the transition to the new health-care model and the special program at PAC is one example of how the Society is acting for its members in this area.

PSA members can choose to attend the DMAS as a stand-alone program for $660 (including GST and credential).

Or alternatively they can choose to pay an additional $100 which will give them full access to PAC.

The DMAS training runs on Thursday 15 (9am-5pm) and Saturday 17 (11am-5pm) October, leaving plenty of time for attendees to take advantage of the PAC program on Friday and Sunday, as well as the Saturday morning plenary session.

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Pharmaceutical Society of Australia