Pilot - A first year welcome and tackling the oft-forgotten lifestyle management in OSCEs!

Welcome to our pilot episode of Catch-up with the AMSS! In our first ever episode listen to Sachini and Huy stumble through our busy AMSS calendar, interview big-dog Pres PK (woof woof), mic-roam some high-yield firstie gems and rapid-fire tackle the S.N.A.P.V.A.F approach to lifestyle management in Y3/4/5 OSCEs. It's a wild ride so join us for this one and many more to come!

Podcast Notes on the pneumococcal vaccine! 📝:

The vaccine funded for older non-Indigenous Australians on the National Immunisation Program will be 13vPCV (Prevenar 13), instead of 23vPPV (Pneumovax 23).
The age for immunising older Australians has been raised from 65 years and over to 70 years and over.
All non-indigenous adults who don't have a medically at-risk condition for pneumococcal disease who turn 70 after 1 July 2020 should have one dose of Prevenar 13, even if they have previously had Pneumovax 23. This is a bit different to what mentioned about now becoming "eligible" for the pneumococcal vaccine if you have COPD.
All non-Indigenous adults who are already over 70 on 1 July 2020 are also eligible for a single funded dose of Prevenar 13.
For Indigenous Australians, pneumococcal immunisation is NIP funded at age 50 years plus. This encompasses 1 dose of 13vPCV and 2 subsequent doses of 23vPPV.
Young Indigenous children in NT, Qld, SA, and WA – in addition to the 4 doses of 13vPCV they already receive, should also now be given 2 NIP-funded doses of 23vPPV pneumococcal vaccine.

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