PHARMACISTS are being empowered to consider offering professional services around sleep apnoea, with the release of a new training program focusing on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) delivery.
The module, titled 'Sleep Apnoea Services for Pharmacists', has been created by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia in partnership with the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA).
The course is delivered in a blended format, with three online modules followed by a face-to-face workshop with hands-on experience in a sleep clinic.
PSA national president Dr Shane Jackson said PSA was delighted to continue its productive collaboration with the Association, after the organisations worked together in 2015 to develop the 'Practice guidelines for the provision of sleep apnoea services within pharmacy'.
"This training program equips pharmacists with both the knowledge and hands-on experience needed to establish and deliver a high-quality CPAP service in a community pharmacy," he said.
ASA president Peter Eastwood said sleep physicians from around the country were looking forward to working with PSA to support pharmacists to provide a better CPAP service for their patients.
The first face-to-face workshop will be held on Sat 10 Feb 2018 at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.
Visit psa.org.au for details.
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