CPO Conversations: On pharmacists and primary care
In a new blog post, CPhA’s CPO, Dr. Danielle Paes, shares her thoughts on the role of pharmacists in primary care, how the health-care system needs to evolve to better leverage pharmacists’ education and expertise and what CPhA is doing about it.
New CPS chapter and FAQ: Routine Childhood Vaccinations
CPhA is excited to announce a new CPS chapter and FAQ on Routine Childhood Vaccinations. The content covers a full range of childhood vaccinations, and includes sections on vaccine hesitancy, interruptions and deviations from regular vaccine schedules and more.
November is Diabetes Awareness Month
One in three Canadians have diabetes or pre-diabetes. CPhA has gathered a series of resources to help support your role in the prevention, screening and management of diabetes.
Upcoming webinar: Modernizing insomnia care to align with practice guidelines
Join us on December 3 from 12-1pm ET for our next webinar, Modernizing insomnia care to align with practice guidelines. In this session, Dr. David Gardner will describe the current best practice for insomnia and introduce resources and tools to support patients transitioning from chronic sedatives use to a brief course in “CBT-I” for enduring relief of insomnia.
Pet medications in pharmacies: What do you think?
Do you have the time, inclination and expertise to dispense pet medications in your pharmacy? Find out why the Competition Bureau is recommending broader availability of medications for our furry friends, and take our quick poll to let us know what you think!
Register now for the CPS Health-Care Symposium: Addressing Diversity and Equitable Care
Join us on November 23 from 12pm-4pm ET for the virtual CPS Health-Care Symposium: Addressing Diversity and Equitable Care. This FREE event is accredited for 3 CEUs and will provide health-care professionals with the latest tools, knowledge and critical CPS content updates to make their practice more inclusive of diverse populations.
FAQ resource: New measures to nicotine replacement therapies
CPhA has developed an FAQ resource to support pharmacy professionals who have questions about the new measures recently introduced by Health Canada to restrict nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs).
Climate-conscious pharmacy: A study of ON community pharmacists
Pharmacists in this study demonstrated sincere interest in doing something in their pharmacy to address climate change, but lacked awareness, infrastructure, support and tools to do so, which diminished their self-confidence to actually see small, incremental, individual actions as meaningfully contributing to carbon reduction goals.
CPS seeking new authors
CPhA is seeking new authors to help keep our CPS content up to date and on the cutting edge of clinical practice. Currently, authors are needed for a number of topics, including Fungal Skin Infections (jock itch, ringworm), Viral Skin Infections (common warts) and Acute Coronary Syndromes.
CPhA fully launches IPG Mentorship and Integration Project
CPhA has announced the full launch of the IPG Mentorship & Integration Project! All unlicensed IPGs can now apply for the program, which is designed to support them on their path to licensure in Canada.
CSHP Infectious Disease Summit 2024: Clinical sessions explore key infectious diseases topics
The Canadian Society of Healthcare-Systems Pharmacy (CSHP) is hosting an Infectious Disease Summit on November 30, 2024, from 10:00am–4:00pm ET. At this virtual event, you’ll learn about common infectious disease topics and updates in outpatient and inpatient practice. Learn more on the CSHP website. Pending CCCEP accredition for 6 CEUs.
