Mr. Pharmacy is back for another year and students competing in the annual event are gearing up by getting their “mo” on, growing moustaches to benefit the Movember Canada Foundation. Students raised more than $30,000 last year benefiting the Movember Foundation. This year’s...
Every year, a percentage of pharmacists are selected to have their professional portfolios audited. If selected, your portfolio goes through an administrative audit and your Implementation Record is peer assessed by two pharmacists trained in assessment. If your professional portfolio was audited, you would have been notified via email...
Congratulations to the 1345 pharmacy technicians who have completed the prescribed CCP Tutorial and Jurisprudence Self-Assessment, and to all those who have submitted their professional portfolios!
Remember, today (November 30) at midnight is the deadline to submit yo...
Alberta Health is planning a major outage to the Pharmaceutical Information Network (PIN) on Sunday, December 4, between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. This planned outage is 17 hours in length, which is longer than the usual release and maintenance outages that PIN conducts. Users who are logged in du...
Pharmacists and leaders in pharmacy are invited to join us for the Annual Pharmacy Business Plan Competition. Third Year Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences students at the U of A will be competing for bragging rights and pot...
Pharmacists and leaders in pharmacy are invited to join us for the Annual Pharmacy Business Plan Competition. Third Year Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences students at the U of A will be competing for bragging rights and potenti...
It has been another remarkable year of growth at the Faculty of Pharmacy, in the classroom and out in the field. Our preceptors are an invaluable catalyst for student learning bringing theoretical knowledge to life. With the wealth of information our inc...
Pharmacists are reminded to review pertinent laboratory test (INR) results before dispensing prescriptions for warfarin or other vitamin K antagonist anticoagulants. The importance of this practice is highlighted in two real-l...
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are reminded to communicate clearly with individuals when their prescription is approaching becoming outdated. This should be communicated at the time of engaging with individuals about their prescriptions. To be abundantly clear, refill information on the prescription label should...
Holding a flu clinic? Make sure you take steps to ensure patient privacy – it’s your responsibility. We’ve received reports of flu clinics where immunizations are being administered in an area that is not private. As outlined in ...
With less than a month to go before CCP requirements are due, a total of 1084 pharmacy technicians have completed the prescribed CCP Tutorial and Jurisprudence Self-Assessment. For those who have yet to complete these activities, we encourage you to get started ASAP – November 30 will be here before you know it!
...Chances are you have an outstanding pharmacist, pharmacy team, or friend of pharmacy in your midst. Why not nominate them for a...
At the start of every flu season we routinely get questions about students administering injections. To help answer these common questions, we are sharing an article that originally appeared in the October 7, 2014, edition of The Link:
When interns and students are completing...
If you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to complete the MAID survey sent via email on October 20. Your participation in this brief survey will help to ensure MAID interventions can be easily accommodated in your community. The survey will be availabl...
