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The Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) invites you to submit your application for the Patient Experience Awards 2017.

Interested in developing your assessment skills, learning about different types of pharmacy practices, and contributing to our profession?...

ACP is responsible for governing the practice of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; complementary but distinct professions. Our college is also responsible for governing licensed pharmacies.

One of ACP’s five strategic goals is to integrate pharmacy technicians into pharmacy practice teams, exercising responsibility for roles they...

Council convened on March 2-3, 2017, to review trends observed and experienced by ACP in 2016, along with emerging issues. Council considered these issues and trends in context with ACP’s five strategic goals outlined in: ...

On April 1, 2017, we will celebrate 10 years since Alberta legislation came into effect allowing pharmacists to prescribe Schedule 1 drugs and administer drugs by injection. This change invited a new focus on people, rather than on...

All pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are invited to join ACP president Taciana Pereira and registrar Greg Eberhart at our Spring 2017 Regional Meetings. 

During these sessions, we will be facilitating discussion about two important topics:

Alberta Health is seeking Albertans with expertise in pharmacy, health research and epidemiology-related fields to serve on the ...

We are looking for your input on the role statements for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Why is this so important? Role statements provide meaning to individuals and families who use pharmacy services, and provide clarity to other health professionals, communit...

Would you like a front-row view of what’s happening in pharmacy practice? Would you like to contribute to the growth of our professions?

If you answered yes, you may be just who we’re looking for! We’re recruiting pharmacists to serve as assessors for the upcoming Continuing Competence Program (CCP) audit.

In September, council discussed proposals from pharmacy technicians to change the name of the college to be more inclusive of both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Council was provided an analysis of the impact, opportunities, and risks. Council agreed that future discussion about the proposed name change should be informed by a plan that inclu...

It’s Regional Meeting time again! ACP council president Taciana Pereira and registrar Greg Eberhart will be visiting Fort McMurray and Calgary, and chatting with you via live webinar this spring.

During these sessions, we will be facilitating discussion about two important topics affecting pharmacy practice in Alberta:

Voting officially opened at 8:00 a.m. on March 15 for council positions for a pharmacist in District 2 (Southern Alberta) and District 3 (Edmonton), and for a pharmacy technician in District B (Southern Alberta). The successful candidate in District 3 will serve a two-year term on council; as this is the residual of the term held by current presi...

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Part of the Canadian Sleep Society Conference, this one-day continuing education event aims to help pharmacists address their education needs in terms of the screening, assessment, and management of sleep disorders.

The event will be hel...

SIGMA Canadian Menopause Society invites all health professionals to attend its second annual regional conference on midlife women’s health issues on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Held at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, the event wi...

The Collaborative Learning on Thrombosis (CLOT) group is hosting an anticoagulation symposium in Calgary on Saturday, April 29, 2017. This one-day learning event will utilize case vignettes to provide up-to-date information on anticoagulation therap...

PTSA invites your suggestions about how they might best invest a $25,000 professional development grant to nurture pharmacy technician practices! This is your chance to help shape professional development (PD) opportunities offered by PTS...

On Friday, February 24, all ACP registrants received a Message from the Registrar requesting input on the role statements for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

Role statements provide meaning to individuals and families who...

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ACP collaborated with eleven other Alberta health profession regulators to develop resources fo...