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CONTRACEPTIVE CARE: CLINICAL PEARLS FOR PHARMACISTS
A CPhA survey from earlier this year found that over 70% of Canadian women trust pharmacists to screen, prescribe, counsel and provide recommendations for birth control. Read more
Many years ago, I was tasked to prepare a series of CCCEP-approved lectures for pharmacists and present them across Canada. I was traveling from Vancouver to Calgary to Toronto to Halifax, educating about the use of probiotics. At that time, in 2008, probiotics were still very much a mystery for us pharmacists. Research into probiotics was just starting to take off. Read more
A pharmacist-led skincare consultation service in your pharmacy can improve the skin health of your patients and also your bottom line. Read more
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital, in collaboration with Delvinia, a leading global research technology company, released the inaugural results of a new national survey series. Read more
I recently celebrated my 23-year anniversary since immigrating to Canada from Wuhan, China.
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“THERE ARE NO EASY SOLUTIONS TO THE OPIOID CRISIS.”
Late in my pharmacy career, I became interested in the subject of addiction, as the intensity of the opioid crisis increased. Many of us have lived experiences of mental health disorders in our families. It is clear that addiction, with its propensity for destroying lives, is one of the most devastating mental health disorders that we as pharmacists encounter.
With the continually changing pharmacy environment, pharmacists are going to have to approach patients and actively market and sell their services. Pharmacist sales skills can dramatically increase the uptake of expanded services and demonstrate how these services address the underlying needs of their patients. Read more
The new year is (finally) here and that means the time is right, while 2021 is still fresh, to plan your pharmacy's financial plan for the year ahead. Read more
Managers wear blinders and focus on where they’re going. Leaders are curious and notice what’s going on
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While many pharmacists only encounter or look for trends once a year, it's clear that trends don't begin or end at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Read more
I am most proud of having provided leadership that has not only transformed RxA, but has significantly advanced the profession of pharmacy in Alberta. Read more
The legacy that I would like to leave for the profession is to establish the profession as a partner with the rest of the healthcare system so they and all other healthcare professionals and stakeholders around them can measure and truly understand the value that they bring to patient and system outcomes.
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As I was evolving my career, not many women were in positions of leadership, and I think very few were willing to talk about how difficult it is to manage their personal lives and continue to grow in their careers. Read more
By the time I graduated, my ambition was to own or operate a chain pharmacy. My career goals were fully situated in community pharmacy. I never envisioned or thought I would be in the position I am today, working in a not-for-profit interprofessional clinic supporting those in a largely marginalized community. Read more
