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Indigenous health leader takes top director spot at NLMA
Gertie Mae Muise, a member of Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation who has spent 25 years working on Indigenous healthcare capacity, is set to become executive director of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association.
New injection decision tools for P.E.I. pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
The PEI College of Pharmacy has updated its Injection Decision Tool for Pharmacists, and created a new Injection Decision Tool for Pharmacy Technicians.

How this U.S. non-profit brought a $50 IUD to market

Medicines360 recently issued a report summing up what did and did not work in the seven years since it distributed devices for $50 apiece.
How should enuresis (bedwetting) be managed in children age five or older?

Educate and reassure patients and families that no treatment is necessary for primary monosymptomatic enuresis: nearly all children will outgrow bedwetting with time.
Want to counsel patients in any language? You can—and soon you probably will

A small but enthusiastic group of pharmacists are innovating with artificial intelligence. And they're coming up with ways to make you speak virtually any language and learn from avatars that mirror your real-world patient community.
NAPRA looking for new director for its board

The National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) is looking for someone with experience as a pharmacy technician to join its board of directors.
Female physicians impossible to find for Lethbridge residents

According to the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta physician directory, there are 141 active family doctors in Lethbridge. Of that 141, only 56 of the search results are female.
Sign this and lie for me: Doctor who took patient to a concert tried to push friend to provide false alibi

Dr. Raymond David Stein also grabbed the patient's waist and thigh during a Beatles tribute concert while he appeared to be sleeping, according to the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal.
Add two more to the list: Pharmacy advocate suggests more scope of practice expansions in Ontario

Proposed regulatory changes will allow pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to, among things, inject vaccines for RSV and will give pharmacists authority to prescribe Tamiflu. That's great, but could be better, said the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada.
Acetylcysteine infusion overdoses lead to multiple deaths

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada has found key similarities in all cases that led to the overdoses.