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- 5/24/2022
How to approach change management in your pharmacy
Change is a must. Change is the future, however small, for pharmacy. It’s been a while since I have written an article and it took me some time to think about a topic that is relevant yet important. Then I thought, there is nothing else more relevant to talk about than change. - 5/24/2022
Five tips for working with people you don’t like
There are huge rewards in “cracking the code” as to why interpersonal difficulties exist and how to address them. - 5/19/2022
How rural Canada can attract and retain international healthcare providers: Address discrimination, provide support
Recruiting internationally educated healthcare professionals to work in underserved communities is not new. However, challenges in keeping them in these communities persist. - 5/19/2022
Dementia metaphors help describe the condition, but can also perpetuate stigma and hinder treatment
Some metaphors of dementia include comparisons to zombies or children. We see this when someone refers to the experience of dementia as “regressing to childhood” or as being “the walking dead.” - 5/19/2022
170 Saskatchewan pharmacies can now prescribe Paxlovid
Previously, the medication could only be prescribed through a central team at the province's health authority. - 5/19/2022
Laboratory mice are usually distressed and overweight, calling into question research findings
Over 120 million laboratory rats and mice are used worldwide each year. Many are used to study distressing conditions like cancer, arthritis and chronic pain, and nearly all spend their lives in small, empty box-like cages: a kind of permanent lockdown. - 5/19/2022
Canada facing shortage of allergy friendly baby formula, feds say
Health Canada says in a Thursday advisory that supplies of allergy-friendly formulas aren't meeting demand in some provinces. - 5/19/2022
The (pharmaceutical) funny pages: Knowledge is powerful—and sometimes unhelpful
In a world of endless data, sometimes it's your friend and sometimes it isn't.