In order to help registrants prepare for reviews, complete action items, and improve their practice, the College has introduced four new PRP support tools.
The PRP Support Tools provide comprehensive outlines of the requirements that comprise each of the four focus areas for pharmacy professionals in community practice.
It’s important to be able to provide continuity of care for patients in provincial correctional centres when they are released into the community. For this reason, BC Corrections wants to work with community pharmacies to ensure patients can receive the medications they need upon release through collaboration with the treating physicians.
This April, the College issued a call for applications from pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and the public and received an overwhelming response of over 75 applications.
Adverse Drug Reaction reporting is a professional responsibility for pharmacists in British Columbia.
Health Canada continues to monitor the safety profile of health products once they are marketed to verify that the benefits of the products continue to outweigh the risks.The effectiveness of an adverse reaction monitoring and reporting program depends on the awareness and involvement of all healthcare providers.
Since its inception in 1994, the UBC Therapeutics Initiative has published bi-monthly Therapeutics Letters on common therapies to increase awareness and improve prescription habits. These letters are distributed to both physicians and pharmacists in BC with an aim to identify and provide insight on problematic therapeutic issues in a brief, simple and practical manner.
Earlier this year, the abortion drug Mifegymiso became available in BC for the first time. The two drug combination provides a non-surgical option for early abortion and is now available to pharmacists who undergo a six-hour online training program.
Pharmacy professionals are a humble bunch. All too often those of us who are doing the most innovative things may not have the time, opportunity, or desire to spread the word about what we’re doing and how we’re doing it.
So far, Compliance Officers have completed over 1000 Pharmacy Professionals Reviews and over 300 Pharmacy Reviews in community pharmacies across BC. As we expand the Practice Review Program into hospital pharmacies, we spoke to some of our Compliance Officers to find out what advice they have for registrants on their upcoming reviews.
“What Matters to You?” Day started in Norway in 2014 with the aim of encouraging and supporting more meaningful conversations between people who provide health and social care and the people, families, and carers who receive that care. What began as a national effort has gained momentum as an international movement, with over 15 countries participating in this year’s event.
On March 17, 2017, Health Canada issued a section 56 class exemption to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act for practitioners prescribing methadone to in-patients in a hospital setting.
On March 1, 2017, the College of Pharmacists of BC was one of 23 BC health professions to pledge their commitment to making our health system more culturally safe for First Nations and Aboriginal People.
