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March 2026
- Mar 15, 2026 PPP 188 - Menopause Part 2 with Jarrah Anderson and Bo Youn Kim Mar 15, 2026
- Mar 8, 2026 PPP 187 - Menopause Part 1 with Prof Susan Davis Mar 8, 2026
February 2026
- Feb 15, 2026 PPP 186 - Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Clarissa Rentsch and Sheridan Rodda Feb 15, 2026
January 2026
- Jan 23, 2026 PPP185 - Live from NAPSA Congress 2026 Jan 23, 2026
- Jan 18, 2026 PPP184 - Vitamins and Nutritional Supplements with Josh Schiller Jan 18, 2026
December 2025
- Dec 24, 2025 PPP 183 - Wound management with Gary Bain (AKA the Wound Guy) Dec 24, 2025
- Dec 14, 2025 PPP 182 - Topical corticosteroids with Dr Eleni Yiasemides Dec 14, 2025
November 2025
- Nov 19, 2025 PPP 181 - ABC of Antibiotics with Caroline Chen Nov 19, 2025
- Nov 16, 2025 PPP 180 - GLP-1 Agonist Update with Dr Angela Kwong Nov 16, 2025
October 2025
- Oct 12, 2025 PPP 179 - Rhinitis with Prof Pete Smith Oct 12, 2025
September 2025
- Sep 14, 2025 PPP 178 - Anticoagulation Stewardship with Hadley Bortz and Julianne Chong Sep 14, 2025
August 2025
- Aug 17, 2025 PPP 177 - Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation with Prof Prash Sanders and Jarrah Anderson Aug 17, 2025
July 2025
- Jul 13, 2025 PPP 176 - Opiate Emergencies with Emily Turkovic Jul 13, 2025
June 2025
- Jun 15, 2025 PPP 175 - Travel Health with Dr Ian Heslop Jun 15, 2025
May 2025
- May 11, 2025 PPP 174 - Intellectual Disability with Chelsea Felkai May 11, 2025
April 2025
- Apr 13, 2025 PPP 173 - Acne with A/Prof Deshan Sebaratnam Apr 13, 2025
March 2025
- Mar 16, 2025 PPP 172 - Tuberculosis (TB) with Dr Sayontonee Ghosh Mar 16, 2025
February 2025
- Feb 16, 2025 PPP 171 - Proton Pump Inhibitors with Kostas Brooks Feb 16, 2025
January 2025
- Jan 12, 2025 PPP 170 - Emerging Treatments for Fungal Infections with Dr Gaurav Sutrave Jan 12, 2025
December 2024
- Dec 15, 2024 PPP 169 - The Rural Pharmacist with Shaylee Mills Dec 15, 2024
November 2024
- Nov 10, 2024 PPP168 - Public Health with Jeremy McAnulty Nov 10, 2024
October 2024
- Oct 13, 2024 PPP167 - Meningococcal B with Dr Anita Campbell Oct 13, 2024
September 2024
- Sep 25, 2024 PPP 166 - Special Episode World Pharmacist Day 2024 - Pharmacist Wellbeing with Dr Karlee Johnston Sep 25, 2024
- Sep 15, 2024 PPP 165 - Fever with A/Prof Rebekah Moles Sep 15, 2024
August 2024
- Aug 8, 2024 PPP 164 - Gout with Dr David Liew Aug 8, 2024
July 2024
- Jul 14, 2024 PPP 163 - Monoclonal Antibodies with Prof Sanjay Swaminathan Jul 14, 2024
June 2024
- Jun 9, 2024 PPP 162 - Impetigo (School Sores) With Prof Asha Bowen Jun 9, 2024
May 2024
- May 12, 2024 PPP 161 - Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) with Prof Asha Bowen May 12, 2024
April 2024
- Apr 14, 2024 PPP 160 - Social and Cultural Considerations in Antimicrobial Use with A/Prof Esmita Charani Apr 14, 2024
March 2024
- Mar 17, 2024 PPP 159 - Deprescribing psychotropics with Dr Mark Horowitz Mar 17, 2024
February 2024
- Feb 24, 2024 PPP 158 - Psoriasis with Associate Professor Deshan Sebaratnam Feb 24, 2024
- Feb 18, 2024 PPP 157 - Tinnitus with Pia Nairn Feb 18, 2024
January 2024
- Jan 14, 2024 PPP156 - Cholesterol Update with Adam Livori Jan 14, 2024
December 2023
- Dec 17, 2023 PPP 155 - Cardiovascular Disease Risk with Natalie Raffoul Dec 17, 2023
November 2023
- Nov 19, 2023 PPP 154 - Haemochromatosis with Dr Ian Bilmon Nov 19, 2023
October 2023
- Oct 15, 2023 PPP 153 - Human Papillomavirus (HPV) with Dr Terri Foran Oct 15, 2023
September 2023
- Sep 29, 2023 PPP 152 - International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) World Congress 2023 Wrap Up Sep 29, 2023
- Sep 25, 2023 PPP151 - Special Edition: World Pharmacist Day 2023 Sep 25, 2023
- Sep 17, 2023 PPP 150 - Metformin Myths with Karl Winckel Sep 17, 2023
August 2023
- Aug 13, 2023 PPP 149 - Podiatrist Prescribing with Dr Kristin Graham and Saraid Martin Aug 13, 2023
July 2023
- Jul 16, 2023 PPP 148 - Stroke with Professor Stephen Davis and Professor Geoffrey Donnan AO Jul 16, 2023
June 2023
- Jun 18, 2023 PPP147 - Rural Health with Dr Daniel Wilson Jun 18, 2023
May 2023
- May 14, 2023 PPP146 - Constipation with Dr Kostas Brooks May 14, 2023
April 2023
- Apr 16, 2023 PPP145 - Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) with Dr Timothy Matthews Apr 16, 2023
March 2023
- Mar 19, 2023 PPP144 - Australian Pharmacy Students' Journal Showcase Mar 19, 2023
- Mar 6, 2023 PPP143 - Women and Heart Health with A/Prof Monique Watts Mar 6, 2023
February 2023
- Feb 12, 2023 PPP142 - Herpes Simplex Virus with Dr Melanie Bissessor Feb 12, 2023
January 2023
- Jan 15, 2023 PPP141 - Sleep Apnoea with Dr Colin Tuft Jan 15, 2023
December 2022
- Dec 13, 2022 PPP140 - Herpes Zoster (Shingles) with Dr Emma Goeman and Dr Jean Li-Kim-Moy Dec 13, 2022
November 2022
- Nov 13, 2022 PPP139 - Rheumatic Fever with Dr Jerry Abraham Alex Nov 13, 2022
October 2022
- Oct 16, 2022 PPP138 - Analgesic Stewardship with Thuy Bui Oct 16, 2022
September 2022
- Sep 25, 2022 PPP137 - Monkeypox with Ivette Aguirre and Dr Melanie Bissessor Sep 25, 2022
- Sep 11, 2022 PPP136 - Type II Diabetes with Dr Priya Sumithran Sep 11, 2022
August 2022
- Aug 1, 2022 PPP135 - Clover the Chloroformist with A/Prof Christine Ball Aug 1, 2022
July 2022
- Jul 15, 2022 PPP134 - Culturally Capable Pharmacists with Bronwyn Clark and A/Prof Faye McMillan Jul 15, 2022
June 2022
- Jun 30, 2022 PPP133 - The New Sepsis Clinical Care Standards with Dr Carolyn Hullick and Prof Jason Roberts Jun 30, 2022
- Jun 6, 2022 PPP132 - Toxicology with A/Prof Naren Gunja Jun 6, 2022
May 2022
- May 8, 2022 PPP131: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) with Assoc Prof Nicole Goh May 8, 2022
April 2022
- Apr 21, 2022 PPP130 - Bipolar Disorder with Professor Ian Hickie Apr 21, 2022
March 2022
- Mar 27, 2022 PPP129 - Asthma Update with Dr Emma Gray Mar 27, 2022
February 2022
- Feb 27, 2022 PPP128 - Oral Cancers with Dr Leanne Teoh and Sophie Beaumont Feb 27, 2022
- Feb 7, 2022 PPP127: COVID19 in Kids with Dr Brendan McMullan Feb 7, 2022
December 2021
- Dec 19, 2021 PPP126: Treatment resistant depression with Professor Ian Hickie Dec 19, 2021
November 2021
- Nov 20, 2021 PPP125: AMD with Prof Robyn Guymer Nov 20, 2021
- Nov 1, 2021 PPP124: ADHD with Prof Dave Coghill Nov 1, 2021
October 2021
- Oct 10, 2021 PPP123: Hyperbaric Medicine with Conjoint Professor Michael Bennett AM Oct 10, 2021
September 2021
- Sep 19, 2021 PPP122: Infections in Pregnancy with Dr Nisha Khot Sep 19, 2021
August 2021
- Aug 22, 2021 PPP121: Clinical Microbiology with Dr Indy Sandaradura Aug 22, 2021
- Aug 1, 2021 Episode 120: Orbital and periorbital cellulitis with Dr David Woo Aug 1, 2021
July 2021
- Jul 18, 2021 Episode 119: Epilepsy with Prof Sam Berkovic Jul 18, 2021
- Jul 8, 2021 PPP118: Psycho-existential symptoms in Palliative Care with Prof David Kissane Jul 8, 2021
June 2021
- Jun 20, 2021 PPP117 Oral Health with A/Prof Mark Schifter Jun 20, 2021
May 2021
- May 17, 2021 PPP116 - Dementia with Professor Simon Lewis May 17, 2021
- May 2, 2021 PPP115 - Pharmacists, burnout and COVID with Karlee Johnston May 2, 2021
April 2021
- Apr 18, 2021 PPP114 - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with Dr Eli Dabscheck and Dr Johnson George Apr 18, 2021
February 2021
- Feb 21, 2021 PPP113 - Chronic Kidney Disease with A/Prof Vincent Lee Feb 21, 2021
December 2020
- Dec 6, 2020 PPP112: Applying for a job with Dr Amy Bohren Dec 6, 2020
November 2020
- Nov 24, 2020 PPP111: Principles of Paediatric Antimicrobial Use with Dr Brendan McMullan Nov 24, 2020
- Nov 19, 2020 PPP110: Emerging Antimicrobials with Tony Lai Nov 19, 2020
- Nov 8, 2020 PPP109: Dermatology Beneath the Surface with Prof Pablo Fernandez-Peñas Nov 8, 2020
October 2020
- Oct 25, 2020 PPP108: All about Sepsis with Prof Simon Finfer Oct 25, 2020
- Oct 11, 2020 PPP107: Mental Health in 2020 with Dr Mark Cross Oct 11, 2020
September 2020
- Sep 27, 2020 PPP106 - Parkinson's Disease with Professor Simon Lewis Sep 27, 2020
- Sep 6, 2020 PPP105: Gender balance in Pharmacy Leadership with Alicia Martin Sep 6, 2020
August 2020
- Aug 23, 2020 PPP104: Motor Neurone Disease with Prof Steve Vucic Aug 23, 2020
- Aug 8, 2020 PPP103: IVF with Dr Natasha Andreadis Aug 8, 2020
July 2020
- Jul 25, 2020 PPP102: 100th Episode Celebration - Kristin's Top Five Jul 25, 2020
- Jul 12, 2020 PPP101: 100th Episode Celebration - Jane's Top Five Jul 12, 2020
June 2020
- Jun 28, 2020 PPP100: 100th Episode Special! Your Top Five Jun 28, 2020
- Jun 2, 2020 PPP099: National Reconciliation Week with Chastina Heck and Aleena Williams Jun 2, 2020
May 2020
- May 10, 2020 PPP098: Deprescribing in 2020 with Dr Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell May 10, 2020
April 2020
- Apr 25, 2020 PPP097 COVID-19 Developments with Prof Ramon Shaban Apr 25, 2020
- Apr 19, 2020 PPP096 - The ICU Pharmacist and COVID-19 with Mel Ankravs Apr 19, 2020
March 2020
- Mar 7, 2020 PPP095: Coronavirus with Prof Mary-Louise McLaws Mar 7, 2020
- Mar 1, 2020 PPP094: Sociology and Antimicrobial Resistance with Prof Alex Broom Mar 1, 2020
February 2020
- Feb 16, 2020 PPP093 - Ophthalmic Emergencies with Dr Tanya Karaconji Feb 16, 2020
December 2019
- Dec 29, 2019 PPP092 - Career advice for my younger self with Tom Simpson Dec 29, 2019
- Dec 15, 2019 PPP091 - What makes people healthy? with Sir Harry Burns Dec 15, 2019
- Dec 1, 2019 PPP090 - More posters from MM2019 Dec 1, 2019
November 2019
- Nov 17, 2019 PPP089 - Eight posters - live from MM2019 Nov 17, 2019
- Nov 3, 2019 PPP088: What has happened since Codeine was upscheduled with Dr Rose Cairns Nov 3, 2019
October 2019
- Oct 20, 2019 PPP087 - Paying for Pharmaceuticals with PBAC chair Prof Andrew Wilson Oct 20, 2019
- Oct 6, 2019 PPP086 - MM2019 Preview with Nat Tasker and Duncan McKenzie Oct 6, 2019
September 2019
- Sep 22, 2019 PPP085: Periods, menopause and gender equality with Dr Bec Szabo Sep 22, 2019
- Sep 8, 2019 PPP084 - De-specialisation with Lauren Cortis Sep 8, 2019
August 2019
- Aug 25, 2019 PPP083 - The Unexpected when you're Expecting with Dr Nisha Khot Aug 25, 2019
- Aug 11, 2019 PPP082: What would you do if you were bolder? Aug 11, 2019
July 2019
- Jul 28, 2019 PPP081 - Medication Safety and Specialty Practice with Toni Howell Jul 28, 2019
- Jul 14, 2019 PPP080: Peri-operative medicines management with Dr Tanya Selak Jul 14, 2019
June 2019
- Jun 30, 2019 PPP079: Australia’s Antimicrobial Report Card - AURA 2019 Jun 30, 2019
- Jun 16, 2019 PPP078: Preventing Harm from Prescription Medicines with the ADF Jun 16, 2019
- Jun 2, 2019 PPP077: What’s new in atrial fibrillation? Cia Connell talks us through the evidence Jun 2, 2019
May 2019
- May 19, 2019 PPP076 - The new Antibiotic Guidelines are here May 19, 2019
- May 5, 2019 PPP075: Fighting antimicrobial resistance using bacteriophages with Prof Jonathan Iredell May 5, 2019
April 2019
- Apr 21, 2019 PPP074 - New advice for giving partial oral doses with David Ellis Apr 21, 2019
- Apr 7, 2019 PPP073 - Faecal Microbiota Transplants with Dr Sam Costello Apr 7, 2019
March 2019
- Mar 24, 2019 PPP072 - Is your postcode making you sick? The Australian Atlas of Health Variation Mar 24, 2019
- Mar 10, 2019 PPP071 - Support for Doctors in Training with Dr Ash Witt Mar 10, 2019
February 2019
- Feb 24, 2019 PPP070 - Haematology basics with Dr Ian Bilmon Feb 24, 2019
- Feb 10, 2019 PPP069: Best practice use of antipsychotics in aged care with Juanita Westbury Feb 10, 2019
January 2019
- Jan 27, 2019 PPP068 - Two Quality Projects with Dr Simone Taylor and Amy McRae Jan 27, 2019
- Jan 13, 2019 PPP067 - Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting with Erica Tong - Live from MM2018 Jan 13, 2019
December 2018
- Dec 30, 2018 PPP066 - Principles of Geriatric Medicine with Dr Rohan Elliott (Re-Broadcast) Dec 30, 2018
- Dec 16, 2018 PPP065 - Surgery in the Victorian Era with Dr Lindsey Fitzharris, Author of "The Butchering Art" Dec 16, 2018
- Dec 2, 2018 PPP064 - Are We Wasting Our Patient's Time? with Prof Brian Dolan Dec 2, 2018
November 2018
- Nov 18, 2018 PPP063 - Live! From the Antibiotic Allergy in Practice Workshop 2018 Nov 18, 2018
- Nov 4, 2018 PPP062 - Live! From the Antibiotic Allergy in Practice Workshop 2018 Nov 4, 2018
October 2018
- Oct 21, 2018 PPP061 - Ceftriaxone Myths and Realities with Professor Jason Roberts Oct 21, 2018
- Oct 7, 2018 PPP060 - Update on Multiple Sclerosis with Associate Professor Ernie Buler Oct 7, 2018
September 2018
- Sep 23, 2018 PPP059 - Interventions to Improve Analgesic Prescribing with Dr Jenny Stephens Sep 23, 2018
- Sep 9, 2018 PPP058 - Pharmacists and Indigenous Community Health with Chris Braithwaite Sep 9, 2018
August 2018
- Aug 26, 2018 PPP057 - ICU Survivorship with Dr Kimberley Haines Aug 26, 2018
- Aug 12, 2018 PPP056 - Antimicrobials Pharmacokinetics with Professor Jason Roberts (part 2) Aug 12, 2018
July 2018
- Jul 29, 2018 PPP055 - Antimicrobial Pharmacokinetics with Professor Jason Roberts (part 1) Jul 29, 2018
- Jul 15, 2018 PPP054 - News from NAPSA with President Sandra Minas Jul 15, 2018
- Jul 1, 2018 PPP053 - Why don't we do more outreach? with Horst Thiele Jul 1, 2018
June 2018
- Jun 17, 2018 PPP052 - Updates on IBD with Clarissa Rentsch Jun 17, 2018
- Jun 3, 2018 PPP051: Medicines and Dysphagia with Dr Manuel Serrano Santos Jun 3, 2018
May 2018
- May 20, 2018 PPP050: Antibiotic allergies rebooted with Dr Jason Trubiano May 20, 2018
- May 6, 2018 PPP049 - Therapeutic Guidelines: Cardiovascular version 7 May 6, 2018
April 2018
- Apr 22, 2018 PPP048 - HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Apr 22, 2018
- Apr 8, 2018 PPP047: Emergency Medicine Update and Specialty Practice Apr 8, 2018
March 2018
- Mar 25, 2018 PPP046 - What makes a competent pharmacist? With Bronwyn Clark and Catriona Bradley Mar 25, 2018
- Mar 11, 2018 PPP045 - Why Tramadol sucks (and also Codeine) with Dr Dave Juurlink Mar 11, 2018
February 2018
- Feb 25, 2018 PPP044 - Women in Pharmacy Leadership: Are We There Yet? Feb 25, 2018
- Feb 11, 2018 PPP043 - Improving communication with patients with Janelle Penno Feb 11, 2018
January 2018
- Jan 28, 2018 PPP042 - Opioids and discharge from hospital with Benita Suckling Jan 28, 2018
- Jan 14, 2018 PPP041 - Hot topics in cardiology with Garth Birdsey Jan 14, 2018
December 2017
- Dec 31, 2017 PPP040 - Future trends for pharmacists with Rahul Singal Dec 31, 2017
- Dec 17, 2017 PPP039 - Open Access Professional Education with James Edwards from On The Wards Dec 17, 2017
- Dec 3, 2017 PPP038 - Interprofessional cultural competency with Zubin Austin Dec 3, 2017
November 2017
- Nov 19, 2017 PPP037 - Live from SHPA MM2017 Day 3 Nov 19, 2017
- Nov 18, 2017 PPP036 - Live from SHPA MM2017 Day 2 Nov 18, 2017
- Nov 17, 2017 PPP035 - Live from SHPA MM2017 Day 1 Nov 17, 2017
- Nov 5, 2017 PPP034 - Medicines Management 2017 SHPA Conference preview Nov 5, 2017
October 2017
- Oct 22, 2017 PPP033 - Palliative Care with Paul Tait Oct 22, 2017
- Oct 8, 2017 PPP032 - Principles of Paediatric Medicine with Kate O'Hara Oct 8, 2017
September 2017
- Sep 24, 2017 PPP031 - Residencies, Foundation Training and more - with Beth Ward and Ian Coombes Sep 24, 2017
- Sep 10, 2017 PPP030 - Choosing PPIs Wisely with with Dr Chris Leung Sep 10, 2017
August 2017
- Aug 27, 2017 PPP029 - WIPE: What Is Polypharmacy Exactly? Aug 27, 2017
- Aug 13, 2017 PPP028 - Principles of Geriatric Medicine with Dr Rohan Elliott Aug 13, 2017
July 2017
- Jul 30, 2017 PPP027 - Medicines in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding with Hao Vo-Tran Jul 30, 2017
- Jul 16, 2017 PPP026 - Controversies about codeine with Dr Jacinta Johnson Jul 16, 2017
- Jul 2, 2017 PPP025 - The Pharmacists' Support Service with Gilly Swinnerton and Jerry Yik Jul 2, 2017
June 2017
- Jun 18, 2017 PPP024 - Hepatitis C with Dr Jo Grace Jun 18, 2017
- Jun 4, 2017 PPP023 - New Immunotherapy Agents for Cancer with Jim Siderov Jun 4, 2017
May 2017
- May 28, 2017 PPP022 - SHPA Constitutional Change with Kristin Michaels and Michael Dooley May 28, 2017
- May 14, 2017 PPP021 - Toxicology updates LIVE from TAPNA 2017 May 14, 2017
April 2017
- Apr 30, 2017 PPP020 - Heart Failure with Dr Rochelle Gellatly Apr 30, 2017
- Apr 16, 2017 PPP019 - Management of Major Burns with Miss Heather Cleland Apr 16, 2017
- Apr 2, 2017 PPP018 - Lisa Pont has GRIT Apr 2, 2017
March 2017
- Mar 19, 2017 PPP017 - Smoking Cessation with Emma Dean Mar 19, 2017
- Mar 5, 2017 PPP016 - Inter-professional education with Professor Tina Brock Mar 5, 2017
February 2017
- Feb 19, 2017 PPP015 - Controversies about lipid-lowering therapies with Dr Rochelle Gellatly Feb 19, 2017
- Feb 5, 2017 PPP014 - Serotonin toxicity, overdoses and antivenoms with Geoff Isbister Feb 5, 2017
January 2017
- Jan 26, 2017 PPP013 - Live cross from NAPSA Congress with Shefali Parekh Jan 26, 2017
- Jan 22, 2017 PPP012 - Biosimilars with Dr David Liew Jan 22, 2017
- Jan 8, 2017 PPP011 - QT prolongation with Dr Dawson MacLeod Jan 8, 2017
December 2016
- Dec 25, 2016 PPP010 - Michael Ward - Drug interactions and pharmacogenomics Dec 25, 2016
- Dec 11, 2016 PPP009 - Deprescribing with Amy Page Dec 11, 2016
November 2016
- Nov 27, 2016 PPP008 - Medication safety with Dr Bob Feroli Nov 27, 2016
- Nov 19, 2016 PPP007 - Live! from SHPA MM2016 Day 3 Nov 19, 2016
- Nov 19, 2016 PPP006 - Live! from SHPA MM2016 Day 2 Nov 19, 2016
- Nov 13, 2016 PPP004 - Humans of Pharmacy with Jeanie Misko Nov 13, 2016
October 2016
- Oct 30, 2016 PPP003: New Anticoagulants with Cia Connell Oct 30, 2016
- Oct 30, 2016 PPP002: SHPA Residency with Andrew Matthews Oct 30, 2016
- Oct 30, 2016 PPP001: Antibiotic Allergies with Dr Jason Trubiano Oct 30, 2016