New online module

October 23, 2015

NPS MedicineWise has launched online a new learning course, ‘Drug misuse: implications for pharmacists’. The module is free to pharmacists and offers Group 2 CPD points. The course is part of a wider suite of materials developed under the National Pharmaceutical Drug Misuse Framework for Action (NPDMF), which is part of the Department of Health’s National Drug Strategy. NPS MedicineWise ceo Dr Lynn Weekes said that the problems associated with the misuse of medicines are complex and require a multi-layered response. “As frontline healthcare professionals, pharmacists are well-positioned to contribute to reducing and preventing the misuse of pharmaceutical drugs and associated harms in Australia.”

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