It is energizing and affirming, as a leader, a pharmacist, and a mother to see so many other female peers and leaders in our sector being celebrated for their accomplishments.
Jamie Kellar has devoted much of her professional life to managing individuals with mental illness, as a clinical pharmacist in tertiary mental health facilities, in community pharmacy practice, and as an educator at the University of Toronto.
Pharmacy U turns 10 this year! Canada's leading event for the pharmacy industry will be in-person once again, on April 2, 2022, at the International Centre. That in itself is cause to celebrate.
Adel Soliman told the discipline committee at the Ontario College of Pharmacists that he was "overstretched" from managing two pharmacies. But the committee ruled he was 'ultimately responsible' for what happened during his watch.
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 Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) has introduced OPA LEAD, an initiative to help early-career pharmacy professionals achieve their career goals.
The Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) featured several educational sessions of particular interest to technicians at its 2022 Hospital Pharmacy Conference, held online January 31 to February 6.
After recording its deadliest year on record for opioid overdose deaths in 2020, the Alberta College of Pharmacy has updated its Medication-assisted treatment for opioid dependence guidelines, published in 2014.
As regulated healthcare professionals, pharmacy technicians are held to high standards of personal, professional, ethical and moral conduct. As such, they have a responsibility to use social media appropriately.
