this course program is highly suitable for

• Pharmacists
• Pharmacy Interns (aim to get this program subsidised by your preceptor)
• Pharmacy Students (Universities & Colleges can reach out to hello@palsglobalnetwork.com for an educational package discount)
• Pharmacy Banner Groups can reach out to hello@palsglobalnetwork.com for a coporate package
• Pharmacy Assistant program coming soon – register your intertest at hello@palsglobalnetwork.com

What’s in it for you?

After completing this activity pharmacists will be able to define loneliness, appreciate its prevalence, and recognise the groups at greater risk of loneliness within the community. Using the best available evidence, pharmacists will also be able to describe the significance of this complex emotion on health outcomes, social behaviours and medication use.  

After this course you will be confident to assist patients experiencing loneliness. You will be able to identify common causes and signs of loneliness, know how to have supportive conversations with people who are lonely about their social health needs, and help connect them to support in the community, giving advice or referring on where needed. You will also know how address loneliness at the pharmacy, and community level.

at the end of this course participants will be able to

• Explain the difference between loneliness and social isolation
• Describe the impact of loneliness on different aspects of health
• Recognise and screen for loneliness
• Discuss strategies to address loneliness at an individual, pharmacy and community level.
• Describe self-care strategies for loneliness

SELF PACED AND SELF DIRECTED

Content will be delivered by an online learning platform in modules with supportive live video interviews with key opinion leders, and subject matter experts to compliment the learning objectives.

The course is evidence supported.

There wil be multiple-choice questions to track and assess the understanding of material, and a certificate of completion will be available on completion of the course.

Estimated course duration is estimated to be 5 hours.

Introduction
Module 1 – What is loneliness
Module 2 – How common is loneliness
Module 3 – Health Impacts of loneliness
Module 4 – Evidence linking loneliness and medication use
Module 5 – Spotlight on stigma
Module 6 – What pharmacists can do at a patient level
Module 7 – What pharmacists can do at a pharmacy level
Module 8 – What pharmacists can do at a community level
Module 9 – Loneliness in pharmacists

• 1.4, 1.5, 2.1,2.2,2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.6
• Self-directed learning
• This activity has been accredited by the Australian Pharmacy Council for 5 hours of Group 1 CPD (or 5 CPD credits) suitable for inclusion in an individual pharmacist’s CPD plan, which can be converted to 5 hours of Group 2 CPD (or 10 CPD credits) upon successful completion of relevant assessment activities.

This program is free for PSA members. Non PSA members can purchase the program – contact hello@palsglobalnetwork.com for pricing details.

upon ofiicial completion of the course you will be sent a certificate of completion of the course