FluMist, a Schedule 2 product, may be administered by pharmacists in Alberta who are competent to do so.
What does “competent to do so” mean? As with any aspect of pharmacy practice, you must always use your professional judgement, only practice within your personal competencies and practice according t...
ACP council is holding a council meeting in conjunction with a council development session co-facilitated by Banff Executive Leadership and the Pacific Center for Leadership in Banff Oct. 5 to 7. The council meeting agenda will be posted on the ACP website next week.
Council business meetings are open to all registrants. If you plan...
harmacist assessors are needed for the PEBC OSCE on Sat., Nov. 5 in Calgary.
Being an assessor is both personally and professionally rewarding. Assessors play an invaluable role in maintaining the integrity of the licensing process, meeting the needs of the public and upholding the standards of the profession....
This Practice Development course has been designed to help you boost your patient assessment and documentation skills. It runs from the end of Oct. 2011 to the beginning of Jan. 2012 and includes a one-and-a-half day workshop (Nov. 4 and 5, 2011) and two assignments.
Registration Deadline: Oct. 7, 2011
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Visits have revealed that not every pharmacy has updated their patient concerns and Code of Ethics posters. New copies, featuring the new ACP branding, were mailed to all pharmacies this spring.
Please display the updated documents. The public awareness campaign that starts in October will feature them. Displaying the new posters will help patients...
Registrants have sought clarity about drug repackaging. When council meets on Oct. 7, they will discuss ways to clarify what drug repackaging means in contrast to dispensing. Therefore, we will delay printing of the standards pending the outcome of council’s discussion.
Changes to the standards themselves are not anticipated and the curren...
Pharmacist assessors are needed for the PEBC OSCE on Sat., Nov. 5 in Calgary.
Being an assessor is both personally and professionally rewarding. Assessors play an invaluable role in maintaining the integrity of the licensing process, meeting the needs of the public and upholding the standards of the profession.
...ACP congratulates Jeff Whissell. Jeff is receiving a U of A Alumni Honour Award on Sept. 22. The award recognizes the significant contributions made over a number of years by alumni in their local communities and beyond.
Jeff has been a champion for pharmacy as a president of ACP, through his work with AHS, and now a...
Methadone Maintenance and Treatment - Introduction to Clinical Practice
Sat., Oct. 15
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Room 134, TELUS Centre, U of A
For information and to register go to http://www.cpl.ualberta.ca/Home/Events/workshops.cfm
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Kathie Tam, a fourth-year U of A pharmacy student, is surveying Alberta pharmacists on their attitudes toward Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and complementary and alternative medicines (CAM).
Click here to take the survey
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In September, ACP will commence this year’s Audits of Professional Declarations, so watch your mail! This year we are conducting audits on ten percent of practicing pharmacists.
Pharmacists selected for Audit of Professional Declarations must submit the required documents within 30 days of receiving their...
Looking for an article from a past edition of The Link? Our directory of archived e-newsletters now features a table of contents for each newsletter so you can pinpoint specific articles.
View past editions of The Link, sorted by date, on the ACP website under News & Events/ACP newsletters/The Link.
The release of new standards on July 1 was a good reminder of how important it is to keep up-to-date on practice requirements. We at ACP appreciate the effort this takes and want to help you keep your practice safe and current. To that end, we maintain an extensive set of resources on the ...
Offered through a partnership between Practice Development and the Alberta College of Pharmacists.
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Registration deadline: TOMORROW (August 10, 2011)
Thank you to the pharmacists who have already submitted their applications! However, ACP still needs more pharmacists to assess Professional Portfolios.
We are looking for pharmacists who are willing to employ the principles of valid, fair, and reliable assessments as taught in the workshop an...
ACP has updated the Chat, Check, and Chart tool to better help you with patient assessment and documentation. You may download a copy from the Practice Resources/Info sheets & posters section of the ACP website....
Pharmacies that compound or repackage drugs to be dispensed through other community pharmacies must have:
-a compounding and repackaging licence, and
-an agreement in the form approved by council with each community pharmacy to which they provide services....
Pictograms are a useful tool to communicate health information to people with language barriers or limited health literacy levels. The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), in collaboration with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Algonquin College in Ottawa, has developed a series of pictograms that describe common side e...
Kathie Tam, a fourth-year U of A pharmacy student, is surveying Alberta pharmacists on their attitudes toward Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and complementary and alternative medicines (CAM).
Click here to take the survey
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