Page: Self Care

Several factors can influence digestive wellness and gut wellness, including stress, nutrition or medication. Disruptions to the microbiota homeostasis can lead to gastrointestinal symptoms and have an impact in immunity. This event will discuss dysbiosis and the role that pharmacists can have in improving gut wellness and immunity.

By the end of the session participants should be able to:
• Understand dysbiosis and gut wellness
• Identify tips to manage abdominal pain
• Understand the role of diet in immunologic modulation
• Understand the use of probiotics for gut wellness

Moderator:
– Bidhata Khatri, FIP Health and Medicines Information Section (HaMIS) Secretary FIP, India

Panelists:
– Saman Khalesi, Senior Lecturer and Discipline Lead – Nutrition Central Queensland University (CQUniversity); Postdoctoral Fellow of the National Heart Foundation of Australia, Australia
– Ana Faria, Assistant Professor Nova Medical School – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
– Ender Pehlivanoglu, Professor of Pediatric Gastroeneterology&Nutrition Istanbul Kent University, Turkey
– Metehan Özen, Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist Acibadem University, School of Medicine, Turkey

Several factors can influence digestive wellness and gut wellness, including stress, nutrition or medication. Disruptions to the microbiota homeostasis can lead to gastrointestinal symptoms and have an impact in immunity. This event will discuss dysbiosis and the role that pharmacists can have in improving gut wellness and immunity.

By the end of the session participants should be able to:
• Understand dysbiosis and gut wellness
• Identify tips to manage abdominal pain
• Understand the role of diet in immunologic modulation
• Understand the use of probiotics for gut wellness

Moderator:
– Bidhata Khatri, FIP Health and Medicines Information Section (HaMIS) Secretary FIP, India

Panelists:
– Saman Khalesi, Senior Lecturer and Discipline Lead – Nutrition Central Queensland University (CQUniversity); Postdoctoral Fellow of the National Heart Foundation of Australia, Australia
– Ana Faria, Assistant Professor Nova Medical School – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
– Ender Pehlivanoglu, Professor of Pediatric Gastroeneterology&Nutrition Istanbul Kent University, Turkey
– Metehan Özen, Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist Acibadem University, School of Medicine, Turkey

Several factors can influence digestive wellness and gut wellness, including stress, nutrition or medication. Disruptions to the microbiota homeostasis can lead to gastrointestinal symptoms and have an impact in immunity. This event will discuss dysbiosis and the role that pharmacists can have in improving gut wellness and immunity.

By the end of the session participants should be able to:
• Understand dysbiosis and gut wellness
• Identify tips to manage abdominal pain
• Understand the role of diet in immunologic modulation
• Understand the use of probiotics for gut wellness

Moderator:
– Bidhata Khatri, FIP Health and Medicines Information Section (HaMIS) Secretary FIP, India

Panelists:
– Saman Khalesi, Senior Lecturer and Discipline Lead – Nutrition Central Queensland University (CQUniversity); Postdoctoral Fellow of the National Heart Foundation of Australia, Australia
– Ana Faria, Assistant Professor Nova Medical School – Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
– Ender Pehlivanoglu, Professor of Pediatric Gastroeneterology&Nutrition Istanbul Kent University, Turkey
– Metehan Özen, Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist Acibadem University, School of Medicine, Turkey

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common chronic gastrointestinal disorder that affects people of all ages. Pharmacists can play an important role in symptom management, referral to other healthcare professionals and provision of advice to improve quality of life. This event will provide an overview of the main roles pharmacists can have in supporting people living with IBS, from a community pharmacy perspective.

By the end of the session participants should be able to:
• Discuss the role of community pharmacists around IBS
• Understand the difference in symptoms between abdominal cramping pain and IBS
• Identify red flag symptoms for referral of IBS patients

The demand for travel health and travel medicine services is rapidly growing with the return levels of international travel. Patients are frequently turning to community pharmacies for advice on disease reduction and maintaining personal health whilst travelling. Pretravel preparation is important for many reasons one of which is supporting Global Health policies and strategies.

In some countries legislation has been devolved to allow pharmacists to prescribe medication and vaccinate travellers. However, this is not the situation globally and the many countries place restrictions on this type of pharmacy practice.

Learning objectives:
– To raise the awareness of pretravel consultation service that can be provided in a community setting without prescribing or vaccination.
– To identify over-the-counter products that can be supplied to support travellers visiting a pharmacy
– Compare and contrast classes of over-the-counter products for selected conditions and identify/select appropriate patients for their use.
– Showcase the collaborations with the International Institute of Travel Medicine through membership of ISTM and completion of Certificate of Health

Moderator:
– Daragh Connolly, President Community Pharmacy Section, Ireland

Panelists:
– Derek Evans, Pharmacist Specialist in Travel Medicine Evans Travel Health consultancy, UK
– Karl Hess, Director, Community Pharmacy Practice Innovations Department of Pharmacy Practice, Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, California, USA
– Sheila Seed, Professor and Chair of Pharmacy Practice, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, USA
– Larry Goodyer, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Leicester School of Pharmacy Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, UK

This first event in the FIP 2022 series ‘Food for thought: Pharmacists’ role in health nutrition’ aims to describe the basics of nutrition for pharmacists, and the role of pharmacists in providing nutrition services for better health outcomes, expanding from the 2021 FIP report “Nutrition and weight management services: A toolkit for pharmacists”.

Moderator:
– Jaime Acosta, Community Pharmacist, Farmacia Acosta, Spain

Panellists:
– Joanna Harnett, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Pharmacy School, Australia
– Rúben Viegas, Practice Development Projects Coordinator, FIP, Portugal

Constipation is a common symptom pharmacists encounter in daily practice. It is often a self-limiting symptom that can be adequately managed in the community through the use of non-prescription medicines, as well as dietary and lifestyle measures. This event will explore how community pharmacists may support the management of constipation and empower individuals for optimal self-care.

By the end of the session participants should be able to:
• Understand the role of pharmacists in managing constipation in the community
• Understand the influence of fibre, exercise, and fluids in constipation
• Explore the complications of constipation medicines, especially in older adults

Moderator:

– Marwan Akel, FIP Projects Manager – Workforce development, evidence & impact, Lebanon

Panellists:

– Safwan Jihan, Assistant Dean, Lebanese International University / School of Pharmacy, Lebanon
– Madisch, Ahmed, Senior Consultant and Head, Center of Gastroenterology Bethanien, Germany
– João Rafael Gonçalves, Community pharmacist, Portugal

Gastrointestinal health and digestive wellness can be influenced by several lifestyle factors, including diet and stress, and using certain types of medicines. It is important for pharmacists to consider these factors when interacting with patients who present with such symptoms. Different non-prescription medicines are available to treat symptoms related to GI complaints and digestive wellness, rendering pharmacies key access points for trusted advice and access to self-care products which can provide relief and care to affected individuals. This event marks the World Digestive Wellness Day (29 May).

By the end of the session participants should be able to:
• Understand the role of pharmacists in providing advice on digestive wellness
• Understand the relationship between gut wellness and immunity
• Identify practical ways to support better digestive wellness in the community

Self-care is an integral part of healthcare systems, contributing to healthcare cost savings, better allocation of resources and improved health outcomes in the population. Pharmacists are well placed in the community to support health-related decisions and facilitate informed self-care. FIP aims to support pharmacists in this role through advocacy and by developing professional resources in the area of self-care. This event will showcase a variety of FIP publications, including the launch of a new handbook.

Pharmacy teams are increasingly providing services that support people to self-care with their sexual health. This webinar will focus particularly on advice, screening and testing, as well as appropriate management of choices of medicines and products to support sexual health. A case study will be presented and the event will conclude with a panel discussion.