Sat 18 Oct 2025 8:50 AM
WA Branch | The state of the state: Advanced pharmacy across our profession symposium
This year’s symposium aims to provide a state-wide perspective on advanced pharmacy practice, with a particular focus on how pharmacy continues to evolve across private, public, and primary care services; covering topics such as:
- Pharmacy Forecast and Systemwide Updates- exploring the progress and outlook of pharmacy services across WA, including anticipated opportunities and challenges.
- Expanding Practice Settings- sharing innovations and learnings from GP pharmacy practice, diabetes services, and community pharmacy models that strengthen patient care.
- Specialist Pharmacy Practice- highlighting contributions from specialist teams such as complex care, hospital pharmacy technicians, and collaborative primary care initiatives.
- The Future of AdPha and the Profession- examining the national vision for pharmacy, professional development opportunities, and the role of advanced practice in shaping healthcare delivery.
Date: Saturday 18 October 2025
Time: 8.50am - 13.00pm AWST
Location: FSH Education Lecture Theatre G.2, Fiona Stanley Hospital - map of location
Peter Smart, Principle Chief Pharmacist, St John of God Healthcare, Perth WA
Rhiannon Price, General Practice pharmacist, Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service, Perth WA
Jeffery Au & Teresa Di Franco, Perth Diabetes Care, Perth WA
Kieran Broderick, Complex Needs Coordination Team, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth WA
Sam Asfar, Pharmacy 777 Shoalwater, Perth WA
Louise Burke, Clinical Pharmacy Technician, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth WA
Jessica Hosking, A/Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Perth Children’s Hospital, Perth WA
Brenda Shum, WA Board Director, Advanced Pharmacy Australia
This activity has been accredited for 3.5 hours of Group-1 CPD (or 3.5 CPD credits), suitable for inclusion in an individual pharmacist’s CPD plan.
The accreditation number is S2025/72
The program addresses pharmacist competency standards, including:
- Standard 1.4.1 Adopt a scope of practice consistent with competence
- Standard 1.4.3 Acquire and apply practice expertise
- Standard 1.6.1 Collaborate to improve quality and safety across the continuum of care
- Standard 2.2.1 Show commitment to interprofessional practice
- Standard 2.2.2 Engage in teamwork and consultation
- Standard 2.2.3 Promote effective interprofessional practice
- Standard 3.1.2 Assess medication management practices and needs
- Standard 3.1.3 Collaborate to develop a medication management strategy or plan
- Standard 3.2.2 Provide primary care and promote judicious use of medicines
- Standard 3.2.5 Provide counselling and information for safe and effective medication management
- Standard 3.2.6 Facilitate continuity of care including during transitions of care
- Standard 3.3.2 Apply clinical review to improve health outcomes
- Standard 3.5.1 Review trends in medicines use
- Standard 3.6.2 Support health promotion activities and health services intended to improve and maintain health
- Standard 4.3.1 Inspire a strategic vision and common purpose
- Standard 4.3.2 Foster initiative and contribute to innovation, improvement and service development
- Standard 4.3.3 Encourage, influence and facilitate change
(National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia, 2016)
All registration rates include GST
Cancellation policy
- Membership rate is only applicable if you are a member at the time of the seminar. Should your membership lapse, or if you resign you will be invoiced for the difference in registration.
- Cancellations must be made in writing.
- Cancellations received before 6 weeks prior to the event will receive a full refund. Non-members will be charged a $50 handling fee.
- Cancellations received between 6 weeks and 1 week prior to the event will receive a 50% refund of the registration fee.
- Cancellations received less than a week prior to the event will NOT be refunded.
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- If AdPha cancels or defers the event you will receive 100% of the registration fee but AdPha bears no responsibility for any costs incurred (such as flights, accommodation, travel or expenses) or loss of income.
- It is recommended that participants obtain adequate insurance cover for travel and accommodation.
- Transfer of registration – as an alternative to cancellation your registration may be transferred to another member of your organisation or another event (if the chosen seminar is a higher cost you will be subject to further charges). A request MUST be made in writing to the Federal Secretariat prior to the event.
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