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The Link - December 14, 2016
- MAID update
- Learnings from Hearing Tribunals: know your limits and practice within them
- Live vaccines may not be appropriate for immunocompromised patients
- Simple math still needs checking: tips for avoiding medication errors
- Update from council
- Regional meeting recap
- Tale of the two Dhaliwals
- Alberta seniors invited to participate in medication adherence study
The Link - November 30, 2016
- Major PIN outage scheduled for December 4, 2016
- Learnings from Hearing Tribunals: seek help if you are not fit to practice
- Learnings from Hearing Tribunals: diversion of drugs a serious offence
- First year of CCP for pharmacy technicians wraps today!
- Students raising money for Movember at Mr. Pharmacy 2016
The Link - November 16, 2016
- Ensure patient privacy when administering injections
- Case Study: Exercising Critical Thinking and Judgement
- Communicating the expiry of a prescription
- Review pertinent laboratory test results prior to dispensing warfarin
- Thank you, preceptors!
- U of A Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Business Plan Competition
The Link - November 2, 2016
- Compounding non-sterile preparations at your pharmacy? Renovations to your dispensary may be required
- Learnings from Hearing Tribunals: Your responsibility to the patient doesn't end when the patient leaves the pharmacy
- Learnings from Hearing Tribunals: Don't risk it! If it seems too good to be true, it probably is
- Licensees: MAID survey closes tomorrow
- Can interns and students administer injections?
- CCP Team Challenge - less than a month to go!
The Link - October 19, 2016
- ACP Regional Meetings: Save the Date!
- ACP standards do not exist in isolation
- Update on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID)
- Pressed for time, but still interested in providing feedback? Here's a tip for navigating...
- CCP Team Challenge - almost there!
The Link - October 5, 2016
- Pharmacy technician CCP: team challenge update!
- Consultation on DRAFT Standards for Pharmacy Compounding of Non-Sterile Preparations
- Recognize those who raise the profile of pharmacy practice in Alberta - nominate them for an APEX Award!
- Updated version of Influenza Immunization Policy 2016-2017
- Bringing Best Evidence to Clinicians: Combining Evidence and Clinical Pharmacology to Improve Drug Therapy
- Alberta Kidney Days - Save the Date
The Link - September 21, 2016
- Help reduce the impact of seasonal influenza: get immunized and encourage others to do the same!
- Council approves Standards for Pharmacy Compounding of Non-Hazardous Sterile Preparations
- Our Continuing Competence Programs (CCP) get a new look!
- CCP Team Challenge for pharmacy technicians
- Nominations now open for the 2017 APEX Awards!
- Naloxone Program reminder
- Pharmacists: help patients understand your role in renewing or adapting prescriptions
The Link - September 7, 2016
The Link - August 24, 2016
- "Can I dispense prescriptions written by health professionals practicing in other provinces?"
- Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) - Updating Guidance Documents
- Survey results are in! Pharmacists share feedback on the Continuing Competence Program (CCP)
- Help your patients monitor their health with an ACP Health Journal!
The Link - August 10, 2016
- Pharmacy Technician CCP: tips for determining an implementation objective
- Feedback on proposed amendments to ACP bylaws due September 7, 2016
- Moving Forward: 26th Annual PTSA Conference
- Alberta Blue Cross Pharmacy Benefact #627 - Enhanced validation of correct prescriber identification numbers
- Keep the topics coming!
The Link - July 27, 2016
- Reminder: pharmacists MUST NOT prescribe drugs listed in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, including narcotics, benzodi
- Changes to OCS policy on destructing narcotics and controlled drugs
- We want to hear from you! Send us topics or issues you'd like us to facilitate discussion about
- Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) assessors needed in Calgary and Edmonton
- PharmD Poster Presentations: August 5, 2016
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Opioid Dependence Treatment Course available online
The Link - July 13, 2016
- Update on Inducements
- Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) - important information for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
- Insights from our June council meeting
- Have an issue or topic you would like to discuss? Tell us about it!
- Reminder: opportunity to provide feedback on proposed amendments to ACP bylaws
- Prescribed activity for pharmacists for the 2016/2017 CE cycle
- CAPhO Oncology Fundamentals Day: Saturday, October 1, 2016
The Link - June 29, 2016
- Taciana Pereira takes the helm as ACP's new council president
- Q: Can pharmacists prescribe or adapt prescriptions for animals?
- ACP welcomes Class of 2016 to the profession at annual Grad Breakfast
- Pharmacy technicians: Have you reviewed the CCP tutorial yet?
- Alberta's own Dr. Nesé Yuksel named Pharmacist of the Year by the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA)
- Know an outstanding UAlberta Pharmacy Alumnus?
The Link - June 15, 2016
- Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Update
- Practice Reminder - limiting treatment of self and family members
- Administration of methotrexate injections
- Provincial Immunization Records now available in Alberta Netcare
- Pharmacists: thank you for submitting your professional portfolios!
The Link - June 1, 2016
The Link - May 18, 2016
- Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Pharmacy Protocols
- Naloxone moves to Schedule 2 - guidance for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
- Take time to reflect with our 2015-2016 Annual Report
- CCP Team Challenge - almost there!
- Alberta Health hosting open houses for Nursing Homes and Home Care Regulations review
- Council highlights
- ACP employees support for Fort McMurray evacuees with donation
The Link - May 4, 2016
- Providing pharmacy services for displaced Fort McMurray residents
- Chat, Check, and Chart tools get a new look
- Competence program team challenge update
- Physician-assisted death and regional meeting webinars available online
- Pharmacists: do you have patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) or who are receiving dialysis?
- Diphenhydramine vs. Dimenhydrinate - be aware of medications that sound or look alike
The Link - April 20, 2016
- Physician-assisted death (PAD) update
- Reminder: protect patient privacy through masking information in Alberta Netcare
- Council election results
- Competence program congratulations and team challenge
- Preceptors wanted: EX-citing changes to EX-Ed program
- Pharmacoeconomics position on the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) - apply by April 27, 2016
- NAPRA is looking for an Executive Director
- Outpatient Cancer Drug Benefit Program
- Ten days left to apply for the Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) Patient Experience Awards!
The Link - April 6, 2016
- What can be done to improve your practice environment? Take 20 minutes and tell us about it!
- Cast your ballot in ACP's council election
- Save the date - upcoming ACP webinars
- Help your patients understand what air quality means to their health
- Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) launches first annual Patient Experience Awards
- Change Day Alberta wraps up with over 6,000 pledges!
The Link - March 23, 2016
- Naloxone continues to require a prescription until further notice
- Physician assisted death
- Council highlights
- Implementation Record tips & tools
- Pharmacists: tell us about how your practice environment is impacting you
- Anticoagulation in 2016: concepts of care for community-based pharmacists
The Link - March 9, 2016
- Council elections open March 15
- Reminder: re-order more Take Home Naloxone (THN) kits as you dispense them
- Electronic transmission of prescriptions allowed in limited circumstances
- Pharmacy students: apply for ACP's Leadership Development Award by May 15
- Double-check manufacturer quantity on foil/blister packaged medications before dispensing
- Pharmacists: Does your practice environment support you in providing the level of care that you aspire to?
- Over 1,700 Albertans have joined the Change Day movement - have you?
The Link - February 24, 2016
- Reminder to review ACP's guidance to the professions on physician-assisted death
- Apply by April 1 for ACP's third annual Leadership Forum
- Reminder - Nurse Practitioners have the ability to prescribe controlled drugs and substances
- FAQ: Is my learning activity valid for Continuing Education Units (CEUs)?
- Western Canada Addiction Forum: May 13-15, 2016
The Link - February 10, 2016
- Physician-Assisted Death - ACP's Supplemental Guidance to the Professions
- Reminder - council nominations now open
- Influenza Immunization Program - update from Alberta Health
- Pharmacists: less than 4 months to complete your professional portfolios!
- Pharmacy technicians: start with the CCP tutorial
- Canadian Association of Pharmacy in Oncology (CAPhO) Conference 2016
The Link - January 27, 2016
- Physician-assisted death (PAD) - what you need to know
- Council elections - call for nominations
- Take Home Naloxone (THN) program now live
- Reminder to RSVP for ACP regional meetings
- Tool for monitoring the safety of antipsychotic use in adults
- PEBC assessors needed
- ACP employees share their Change Day pledges!
- Pharmacy technician scope of practice poster
The Link - January 13, 2016
- Save the date - Regional Meetings tour with ACP
- NAPRA Model Standards for Pharmacy Compounding of Non-hazardous Sterile Preparations - now available
- Pharmacy Technicians: Check out your new Continuing Competence Program (CCP)
- Visually confirm prescriptions with patients
- New HQCA website targets the issue of abbreviation use in healthcare
- Mantoux Testing Q&A
- PharmD for Practicing Pharmacists - now accepting full-time applications!
- Help your patients monitor their health with ACP's new Health Journals!