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Help us develop an education resource for pharmacy

You are invited to participate in research which uses a video to present Māori experiences and perceptions of pharmacists’ role in supporting medicines access. The video has been developed using research findings and we would like to know how useful this video is as an education tool, and as a

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Invitation to participate in research

This research aims to help us understand how pharmacists can better serve Māori. If you are interested in finding out more about this research, click here for the Participant Information Sheet https://maoripharmacists.org.nz/participant-information-sheet-te-puna-rongoa-achieving-medicines-access-equity-for-maori-pharmacists-role/ What are we trying to find out? How can pharmacists support whānau to get better access to funded

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Participant Information Sheet – Te Punā Rongoā: Achieving medicines access equity for Māori – Pharmacists’ role

Community member Participant Information Sheet COMMUNITY MEMBER PARTICIPANT INFORMATION SHEET Research Title Te Puna Rongoā: Achieving Medicines Access Equity for Māori – Pharmacists’ role Researcher: My name is Jo Hikaka (Ngāruahine). I have almost 20 years’ experience as a pharmacist. I am also a Māori health researcher and am based

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Meet some of our amazing pharmacists!

The Māori Pharmacists’ Association have a free phone line to help answer any questions whānau may have about their medicines. We would like to introduce to some of our members who will be replying to your questions. Our pharmacists have a wide range of experiences and are located across the

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Pātai mai – a free phone line for questions about medicines

In response to the COVID-19 situation, Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa – the Māori Pharmacists Association (MPA) have re-launched their free phone line to answer questions that kaumātua or whānau may have about their medicines. People can ring from anywhere across Aotearoa and their call will be

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Symposium – Final Programme

MPA are pleased to announce the interim programme for our symposium on 8th June 2019 at the University of Auckland (Grafton campus). See programme below For more details about the symposium click here To register click here

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The Privilege of a Pharmacy Degree

In yet another first, Leanne Te Karu has become the first Māori woman, and first pharmacist, to deliver a speech at an Otago University Health Sciences Graduation. On the 7th December 2018 Leanne stood in the Dunedin Town Hall to address the Pharmacy, Dentistry, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Medicine (except MBChB),

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