This webinar is for GPs, nurses, allied health, aged care workers and other clinicans working with residential aged care homes, especially those involved in medication reviews, clinical governance and or multidisciplinary care. It explores how Medication Advisory Committees (MACs) can use a multidisciplinary systems approach to promote medication safety and improve outcomes for all residents.
Session resources
- Presentation slides
- Article 1: Roles and effectiveness of knowledge brokers for translating clinical practice guidelines in health-related settings: a systematic review
- Article 2: Maximising Embedded Pharmacists in AGed CAre Medication Advisory Committees (MEGA-MAC)
- Article 3: National audit of the structure and function of Australian residential care medication advisory committees
- Article 4: Quality indicators to support implementation of the Australian Government’s Guiding Principles for Medication Management in Residential Aged Care Facilities
- Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist Measure. Allocation is governed by bed numbers, permitting a pharmacist to work onsite one day a week for facilities with up to 50 beds, extending to five days a week for those with 250.
