On Sept. 15, 2009 an online survey was sent to 3377 clinical pharmacists in Alberta.
The survey is to find out if Alberta pharmacists are interested in learning more about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and contrib...
What do the Queen Mother, Nancy Reagan, Ed McMahon and Fidel Castro have in common?
They are all seniors who have suffered the serious consequences of a preventable fall. Sadly, thousands of seniors fall every year in Alberta, often with devastating results.
Fi...
A message from Alberta Netcare:
Pharmacy Batch (PB) file processing is currently experiencing delays. Pharmacies will likely notice that their daily PB dispenses are taking longer than usual to appear in PIN, and their resp...
Feeling left out because all the kids got new pencil crayons and binders, but you didn’t? Well, cure those back-to-school blues by taking a course or attending a conference. This fall is full of opportunities to get your gray matter perking. Discover what’s new in cardiovascular therapy. Put your beliefs to the test at a sympo...
Please forward your comments on the draft Guidelines for Pharmacists Using Laboratory Data prior to Sept. 10, 2009 to:
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Pharmacists seeking authorization to administer drugs by injection must apply to the college within one year of successful completion of an approved training program.
If more than one year elapses between your training and application, you must complete an...
Want to influence the future of pharmacy, educate and empower inner city youth, and re-energize your own practice in only 3 or 4 afternoons a year? Well, you can!
The SHINE Youth Clinic provides free health services to Edmonton’s inner-city youth. The clinic is managed and staff...
Pharmacist assessors are needed for the PEBC OSCE on Sat., Nov. 7 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.
Detai...
Please make sure that acp_communication@abpharmacy.ca is not being blocked by your email program’s filters. Otherwise, you’ll miss news that’s important to your practice.
Originally published in the September 8, 2009, issue of The Link
Funding under the Outpatient Cancer Drug Benefit Program for Aromatase Inhibitors (Anastrozole - Arimidex®, Exemestane - Aromasin®, Letrozole - Femara®), is limited for certain breast cancer indications.
...On Sept. 1, 2009, a letter was mailed to current Alberta Netcare Portal 2004 users, announcing that Alberta Health and Wellness has set to decommission Portal 2004. Access will no longer be available as of March 31, 2010.
Portal 2004 is a legacy system which has been maintained while the user community migrates to t...
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency of Health Canada has informed the college that their inspectors have found unregistered pesticides used for pets during pharmacy inspections.
Products used on pets that are applied topically (e.g., shampoos or sprays) for the control of arthropods are regulated as pesticides, whereas produ...
Pharmacists are again being asked to be key front-line contacts in an upcoming health campaign targeted at preventing falls among Alberta’s seniors.
The first "Finding Balance" falls prevention program was a great success from the moment it was launched on Nov. 3rd last year by Premier Stelmach, Health and Wellness...
While there are still many questions about pharmacists’ role in the recently announced seasonal influenza immunization program, answers are gradually emerging. We have summarized the details available to date.
NOTE: Please do not contact AHW...
Remember that completing a course is only the first step to administering drugs by injection. You must apply for and receive authorization from the college before you can administer any injections.
Applications for authorization can take up to 10 business days to process, and may take longer if application volumes increase. Time to send and receive mail via Canada...
ACP needs a few more volunteers to write the pilot version of the knowledge assessment. The assessment will be an open-book, multiple choice exam of clinical knowledge.
Pharmacists who write the pilot version of the knowledge...
If you have a non-traditional practice (e.g., non-direct patient care role), focus your practice on a very specific disease state or population, or have additional prescribing authorization, a knowledge assessment exam may not be the best measure of your competence. With this in mind,...
In its 3rd year, the Anticoagulation: On the road to practice change course has been revised to include an update on new anticoagulant agents coming to market. The three-day workshop, Oct. 2 (evening), 3 and 4, 2009 in Edmonton, features small...
More Alberta pharmacists are needed to take the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) survey to evaluate entry-to-practice competencies required of pharmacists. So far, only 70 pharmacists from Alberta have registered as compared to 252 from BC and 176 from Saskatchewan.
It is cri...
Updated Model Standards of Practice for Canadian Pharmacists(MSOP) have just been released by the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA). The MSOP are not applicable only to pharmacists at entry to practice.The MSOP are minimum s...
