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The January 2015 issue of Health Product InfoWatch (formerly Adverse Reaction Newsletter), published by the Marke...

PEBC invites interested pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to apply as assessors. Exams are held in both Calgary and Edmonton on the following dates:

• OSPE (pharmacy technician exam) – Saturday, March 28
• OSCE (pharmacist exam) – Sunday, May 24

Please refer to the ...

ACP recently hosted a meeting in Vermilion to discuss the new Competence Program and hear registrants’ ideas about the future of pharmacy practice. Pharmacists engaged in discussions about the future of pharmacy and provided us with valuable feedback.

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Edmonton Police Service (EPS) has notified ACP that they have found Coricidin II pills in library books on library shelves. It is believed that drugs containing chlorpheniramine and dextromethorphan with or without acetaminophen have been obtained by and/or are being sold to underage individuals. 

EPS has asked that we remin...

Triamcinolone acetonide in a nasal spray that delivers 55 mcg per spray for those 12 years of age and older was removed from the Prescription Drug List effective January 14, 201...

ACP will hold council elections for three positions this spring:

District 1 (northern Alberta)
District 5 (Calgary)
District A (pharmacy technician - northern Alberta) 

Who can be a candidate?
You are an ideal candidate if you:

Standard 8 of the Standards of Practice for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians requires that each time a pharmacist or a pharma...

ACP recently hosted a meeting in Vermilion to discuss the new Competence Program and hear your ideas about the future of pharmacy practice. Pharmacists engaged in discussions about the future of pharmacy and provided us with valuable feedback.

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The CPD log from the previous ACP Competence Program will be discontinued on January 31, 2015. This means that you need to save or transfer to a different repository anything in your online CE log that you would like to keep.
 

Would you like a front-row view of what’s happening in pharmacy practice? Are you looking for ideas about how to shift your own practice? Would you like to play a larger role in your profession?

If you answered yes, you may be just who we’re looking for! We’re recruiting pharmacists to serve as assessors for the upcoming Continuin...

Question: If I have recently successfully completed the knowledge assessment or practice portfolio under the former competence program or if I was granted additional prescribing authorization, do I still need to complete and submit a professional portfolio to ACP as a requirement to renew my practice permit?

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On December 25, 2014, amendments to the prescription drug list under the Food and Drug Regulation came into effect, removing certain hydrocortisone products. The National Drug Schedule Advisory Committee met in advance to review these drugs, which became scheduled as follows (as of December 30, 2014):

Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Location: Club Room, Vermilion Regional Centre, 5702 College Drive, Vermilion, AB

The meeting is open to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. There is no fee to attend. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to leslie.ainslie@abpharmacy.ca by Friday, January 16,...

Sticking to a New Year’s resolution takes work. When considering how you might improve your pharmacy practice this year, why not focus on small changes that will have a big impact on patient health? As part of Chat, Check, Chart, we’ve identified four vital behaviors that don’t take...