Cultural Competence

Dorothy Shephard said Tuesday that an agreement on the program was reached with the New Brunswick Medical Society late last year.

It’s time we crafted and adopted an international pandemic regulation Such a new regulation would minimize both current threats and the potential disruption of new threats to global health. We simply cannot continue fumbling along, relying on countries’ individual self-interest and lukewarm concern for humanity as a whole.

About half of Saskatchewan adults have received a booster. 

Alberta has lifted almost all of its COVID-19 restrictions and Premier Jason Kenney says his government will propose a bill to ensure rules are consistent across the province.

Pharmacy technician Jillian Thorne is a valued member, not only of her team at Lawtons Drugs in Gander, NL, but also as an elected member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Pharmacy Board, and as a committee chair at an educational institution.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practice Canada (ISMP Canada) is offering a new online learning program, “Preventing and Analyzing Medication Errors: A Primer for Community Pharmacies in Ontario.”

The Alberta College of Pharmacy has introduced its own guidelines for pharmacy technicians and pharmacists providing virtual care to patients.

Jaris Swidrovich is the first Indigenous faculty pharmacist in Canada. Swidrovich, who is from Yellow Quill First Nation, is a Saulteaux First Nations and Ukrainian man, as well as being a Two-Spirit person. He spoke with us about why pharmacy needs to change to better serve Indigenous peoples, how he’s working to make that happen and why Instagram is helping.

Many Canadian physicians and their patients have fled repressive, totalitarian regimes. The invasion of Ukraine is concerning for all as we ponder what might come next, says Dr. Charles Shaver.

Doctors share moments, big and small, when things could have gone wrong but went right. Dr. Jabir Jassam talks about going with a hunch.