Scope of Practice

Ontario Pharmacists Association CEO is ‘hopeful’ new minor ailment and vaccine services could launch this summer, though strep testing may face delays.

The group warns that further expanding scope of practice for optometrists and other non-physicians could lead to more delayed or incorrect diagnoses.

Jay Reaume argues that throughout 20 years of trying to better integrate interdisciplinary health professionals into teams, physicians still remain the bottleneck of primary care. And that needs to change.

Building systems to increase team independence within our current pharmacy models will get us ready for the upcoming revolution.

Neighbourhood Pharmacies Association is urging the province to move beyond list-based limits and strengthen system supports to make changes work.

The 60-day consultation invites input on training for three common ailments and the administration of a injectable opioid treatment.

With male sexual medicine patients, there is a huge amount of DIY medicine going on. Self-guided TRT and abuse of all sorts of pharmaceuticals has moved out of the body-building world into the general population.

Actors playing unpredictable patients participate in the University of Montréal's new simulation centre, helping them train the new generation of pharmacists.

Even though the policy is going into effect, provincial and territorial governments will have an extra year to get their own infrastructure in line.

In most other provinces, pharmacists are able to administer measles vaccines.