Understanding Canadian Pharmacy Practice UCPP

Effective Presentation and Counseling Skills for Pharmacists

Video Practice Example: Applying Professional Judgement Kareem, a pharmacist faces an ethical dilemma. involving an antibiotic prescription that a father is picking up for his four year old child. Kareem questions the dose and duration that was prescribed.

Widely used heartburn drugs linked to dementia risk, study suggests

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/health/heartburn-medication-dementia-1.3449937

Widely used heartburn drugs linked to dementia risk, study suggests A popular class of heartburn medications might raise a senior's risk of dementia, a new study suggests.

Always make time to speak to the patient!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/pharmacists-fail-to-catch-drug-interactions-1.2917327

Dispensing danger: Pharmacists fail to catch drug issues, CBC's Marketplace finds In a months-long investigation that's the largest of its kind in Canada, CBC's Marketplace brought hidden cameras into 50 pharmacies to test if pharmacists are giving the proper advice to patients before dispensing drugs. Read the story to find out what we discovered.