Marle Gemmeke
Lecturer & Researcher, Utrecht University
Marle Gemmeke is a teacher and researcher at the division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology at the Utrecht University.
She obtained her master’s degree in Pharmacy from Utrecht University in 2015. After her graduation, she moved to Amsterdam to work as a community pharmacist in the Plesman Apotheek and Apotheek Delflandplein. In 2018, she completed the education programme of the Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association for the profession of community pharmacist as an advanced specialization.
Thereafter, she returned to the Utrecht University to start her PhD at the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, in collaboration with the Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, under the supervision of dr. Ellen Koster, prof. dr. Marcel Bouvy and prof. dr. Katja Taxis. During her PhD project she assessed and fostered the role of community pharmacists in fall prevention. Whilst pursuing her PhD, she continued her job as community pharmacist in Amsterdam for two days a week, until March 2022. Currently, she holds a full-time position at the Utrecht University.
Presentation: The role of the community pharmacist in fall prevention: the ups and downs of implementation
Falls among
older people are a major healthcare problem. Medication use is an important
risk factor for falls. Pharmacists, with their expertise in medication
management, may play a key role in fall prevention. It is therefore essential
to gain insight into the opportunities to involve them more in fall prevention.
Our
research showed that patients currently have limited awareness of the role of
medication in falls. Furthermore, they expressed expectations that pharmacists
should provide information about fall-related side effects. Pharmacists in our
study reported confidence in contributing to fall prevention and, most
importantly, deprescribed fall risk-increasing drugs in approximately thirty
percent of polypharmacy patients at risk of falls. Other primary care providers
acknowledged the potential role of pharmacists but emphasized the importance of
structured collaboration.
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