Resource Round-up: Environmental sustainability
Pharmacists are well-positioned to act as environmental stewards and help mitigate the environmental harms associated with our health-care system. Here’s a round-up of some helpful resources to support you in promoting environmental sustainability in your pharmacy and with your patients and colleagues.
CPhA resources
- Seeing Through Green: Critical Thinking for Sustainable Pharmacy Practices webinar recording
- Climate Change and Pharmacy Practice webinar recording
- Climate conscious recommendations for pharmacists (CPhA, CSHP, Choosing Wisely Canada)
- Sustainable Blood Glucose Monitoring practice tools and resources
- Natural Disaster and Pharmacy Practice Resources for emergency preparedness
Pharmacy resources
- Climate Resilient, Low Carbon Sustainable Pharmacy Playbook: A step-by-step guide for pharmacy professionals to adopting environmentally sustainable pharmacy practices
- Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Outpatient Care: A step-by-step guide to more sustainable inhalers in primary care
- Sustainable Inhaler Alternatives: Cost and Coverage Comparison by Province
- An Evidence Based Toolkit for Clinicians and Office Managers on making eco-friendly improvements to your workplace
Patient resources
- Correct Inhaler Technique: How to get the most out of your inhaler and prevent aerosol release
- Canada Health Product Stewardship Association: Overview of medication return programs in Canada
- Choosing Wisely Canada Patient Resources: A series of pamphlets for patients that encourage conversations about the pros and cons of tests and treatments
General information sources
- Canadian Association of Pharmacy for the Environment (CAPhE)
- Deprescribing.org
- Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network
- CASCADES
Pharmacist Q&As
Many pharmacists across Canada are working hard to reduce pharmacy’s impact on the environment. Get to know a few of them:
Miranda Teasdale (she/her)
Antigonish, NS
Our Resource Round-up series gathers available resources and practice tools on important health topics to help you in your practice. This is not an exhaustive list of available resources on environmental sustainability. Something missing? If you have information, tools or resources you think we should include, please let us know at practicedevelopment@pharmacists.ca.
Last updated on July 18, 2024