Vicki Wood

Vicki Wood

Editor, Pharmacy Practice+Business

Author Profile

Vicki Wood is a veteran journalist and editor with almost three decades covering the Canadian pharmacy profession. She started as a news writer for Maclean Hunter's Pharmacist News then moved to various positions on iterations of the publication now comprising Pharmacy Practice + Business and the pharmacists' web portal CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca. Some core memories from her journey with Canadian pharmacists include the fight to keep selling tobacco in pharmacies (!), Days spent at Queens Park covering the pharmacy protests against Ontario's fee cuts and celebrating pharmacy superstars and emerging leaders at the Commitment to Care Awards.

She truly enjoys sharing the stories of Canada's most creative, innovative pharmacy practitioners in the publication's regular Innovators series, and reporting on trending issues discovered at pharmacy professional gatherings. You will find her searching for new ideas and new pharmacists to celebrate at pharmacy events across North America—from Canada's provincial meetings to National conferences and even the American Pharmacists Association or National Community Pharmacists' Association's annual conventions.

Under Vicki's editorship, the publications have earned a number of industry awards including the U.S, FOLIO and Tabbie Awards and Canada's Kenneth R Wilson Awards and many from the National Magazine Awards: B2B. She was also the recipient in 2012 of Rogers' annual CEO Award and 2011 Community Involvement Award for her work as founder of a Toronto food bank, meal and support program for inner-city youth. She currently lives in Picton, Ont. where she spends time outside of work volunteering with the County Food Hub, the Hastings & Prince Edward Learning Foundation and helps out at various local farms and wineries.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

9/19/2022
It’s time to award yourself!
The ongoing global pandemic has been tough on pharmacists, that’s for sure. But it has also raised your profile to an extent previously not imagined.

Vicki Wood
9/18/2022
Four ways to plan now to maximize pharmacy growth this flu season
Flu season is undeniably one of the greatest opportunities to connect with new members of your community and as a result, expand your patient-base. Are you prepared to take advantage of this opportunity to grow your business?

Vicki Wood
9/18/2022
Canadian pharmacist elected to FIP leadership
Canadian pharmacist becomes President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation's (FIP) Community Pharmacy Section (CPS)

Vicki Wood
9/12/2022
Last 2 weeks to enter Pharmacy Practice + Business awards!
Deadline to enter yourself or a colleague is September 30!

Vicki Wood
9/1/2022
Northern pharmacy practice: Lessons in collaboration, adaptation and reconciliation
The many issues preventing patients in remote indigenous communities from receiving optimal health care are longstanding and complex; I am happy to be able to do my part to start working towards solutions.

Vicki Wood
8/29/2022
Multiple Sclerosis or not? MS-allied diseases and conditions to rule out
This second article in a series from a pharmacist and certified MS specialist helps explains how to differentiate this complex and often misunderstood disease from other conditions.

Vicki Wood
8/28/2022
How I stay motivated: 5 things
Motivation, like any resource, needs replenishment. If you manage a pharmacy you likely have some sort of inventory replenishment system. Without this, your stock would disappear and your whole business would come to a grinding halt.

Vicki Wood
8/25/2022
New pharmacy awards program!
Enter yourself or nominate a colleague for the new Pharmacy Practice+Business awards! Deadline is September 30.

Vicki Wood
8/18/2022
One step back, two steps forward: Improve efficiency, then ramp up your cognitive services!
Between drug price deflation, increasing workloads and burnout, something’s gotta give. Here are a few ideas.

Vicki Wood
8/16/2022
Quebec launches 'massive' COVID-19 vaccination campaign ahead of fall
Fifth vaccine doses available, large clinics planned for coming weeks.

Vicki Wood