Brendan Duck
Brendan has been a pharmacist since 2000, with a variety of experience in the Bay of Plenty and Taranaki. In 2010 Brendan furthered his study in Clinical Pharmacy, taking an interest in clinical pharmacy within a primary care setting. In 2013 Brendan completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacist Prescribing, and in 2014 registered as a Pharmacist Prescriber within the area of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Management. In 2011 Brendan joined the Clinical Pharmacist Facilitator team at Health Hawkes Bay/Hawkes Bay District Health Board. Brendan was part of the initial team developing the Clinical Pharmacist Facilitator role within Hawkes Bay primary care, charged with incorporating Clinical Pharmacists within General Practice. Currently Brendan is working with two General Practice Teams focusing on polypharmacy within Aged Residential Care and patients >65 years, and Medication Utilisation within a high needs practice (65% Maori, Pacific Island and Quintile 5) Brendan is a member of the Clinical Advisory Pharmacist Association and Falls Minimisation Committee with Hawkes Bay District Health Board.
Better than an iPad app.... a Clinical Pharmacist in your practice team Concurrent Workshop Repeated Saturday, 14 June 2014 Start 11:00am Duration: 55mins Room 7 Start 12:05pm Duration: 55mins Room 7 Are you being bombarded with information and evidence based guidelines which are constantly changing? Have you tried everything you can think of and are still failing? What do you do now? Google it? Ask the audience? Phone a friend? Hawke’s Bay has implemented three 0.5 FTE clinical pharmacists into volunteer general practice teams to facilitate evidence based prescribing in primary care. Three different models were trialled to see how this service may be best delivered over a 2 year pilot. All three sites showed a significant benefit from having a clinical pharmacist as part of their general practice team. These results will be discussed along with how the service was implemented and the experience of those involved. Doctors, Nurses … and Pharmacist: Why This Threesome Works Nurses Programme Saturday, 14 June 2014 Start 5:30pm Duration: 30mins Sportsdrome As you see more patients with chronic conditions come through your door every day, how do you best address the growing list of medicines? Wade through best practice guidelines? Google it? Look in MIMS? Phone a friend???? Hawke’s Bay has implemented three 0.5 FTE clinical pharmacists into general practice teams to facilitate evidence based best practice with respect to prescribing in primary care. Three different models were trialled to see how this service may be best delivered. This was a 2 year pilot. All three sites showed a significant benefit from having a clinical pharmacist as part of their general practice team. These results will be discussed along with how the service was set up and implemented.