Apr 2024
08 Apr
The growing importance of OTCs
How do pharmacists feel about their role as OTC advisors in 2024? Here are just a few highlights from the survey . . .
Mar 2024
06 Mar
Editorial: Fighting fire with passion
It seems that every new year blows in some new firestorm for pharmacists to fight.
Feb 2024
28 Feb
Pharmacy responds with one voice to news of National Pharmacare deal
With the news of the first stages of a long-anticipated National Pharmacare program, pharmacists express concern that the plan is being developed without the input of the professionals who will be most affected by it.
Dec 2023
05 Dec
Editorial: Let’s share the wealth
I believe there’s a gold mine of practical wisdom in the pharmacy profession that deserves to be shared with others who are struggling to overcome practice and professional challenges.
Nov 2023
03 Nov
Editorial: Need a perspective refresh?
It can be hard to find the time to stop and look around at the world outside of our own walls. What’s going on out there in the pharmacy universe? What are other folks doing in their practice that’s interesting?
Oct 2023
27 Oct
#Pharmageddon—only in America?
Ongoing walkouts are finally shining a spotlight on the brutal working conditions of pharmacists at the largest U.S drugstore chains in a movement being coined #Pharmageddon. Will anything change?
19 Oct
The little province that could—and did
Tiny Nova Scotia is leading the world in pharmacy innovation right now. By planning with care for the future of pharmacy, they’ve set themselves up for success.
Sep 2023
27 Sep
The overlooked power of kindness
I know I’m not alone in feeling that our world has gotten a little bit meaner in recent years.
July 2023
18 Jul
Minor ailments a conflict of interest for pharmacists? Pu-leeze!
Once more for the record: pharmacists do not receive money for the prescriptions they prescribe.
12 Jul
My first minor ailment assessment
I had my first minor ailment assessment by a pharmacist a few weeks ago. Here’s how it went.
June 2023
19 Jun
SPARK your OTC counselling skills!
If you’re a regular reader, you’ll recognize the annual Survey on OTC Counselling and Recommendations section found in this issue.
Apr 2023
12 Apr
Oops . . . I caught it, again!
Do you remember where you were on March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic?
Mar 2023
15 Mar
Is this the year you find your ‘Ikigai?’
In our first issue of 2023, we are very pleased to introduce the winners of our inaugural Pharmacy Practice + Business Awards.
Dec 2022
05 Dec
It takes passion to make change happen
I often hear from pharmacists who feel stuck in stressful jobs that make them miserable.
Oct 2022
11 Oct
It’s time to take off our business blinders
Early in my career, I went about my work somewhat blindered, focused on my specific role.
Sep 2022
19 Sep
It’s time to award yourself!
The ongoing global pandemic has been tough on pharmacists, that’s for sure. But it has also raised your profile to an extent previously not imagined.
July 2022
06 Jul
How to change a broken system
It’s funny how a single day can alter your perspective. I sat down to write this column two days ago, fresh from a week of attending and following reports from the two national pharmacy conferences.
May 2022
19 May
Pharmacists with big ideas—it never gets old
You would think that after more than two decades of following all things pharmacy, there would come a point at which nothing could impress or surprise me. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
Apr 2022
18 Apr
When things don’t get better
Things are getting better, aren’t they? We’re beginning to emerge from the relentless, high-stress vortex that has characterized these past two pandemic years.
Feb 2022
28 Feb
Editor's message: It’s your moment
You have only to glance at the news or your social media feed to know that pharmacists are having a moment—literally. When
And in just the past month, media outlets—from
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