Marjo Johne
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- 6/15/2024
Better than real-life clinical rotations? How one university is using ChatGPT to fill the missing pieces in pharmacist training
The success of the anticoagulation therapy management program at the University of the Waterloo could soon open the door to similar AI-powered virtual training in high-demand areas such as hypertension management. - 4/19/2024
'I'm surprised it hasn't done it': OCP could be doing these three things right now to address corporate pressures in pharmacy: lawyer
Health and regulatory lawyer Aly Háji, a former pharmacist and Ontario College of Pharmacists prosecutor, says a registrar's investigation into the pharmacists among Shoppers' top corporate ranks would be a good place to start. - 4/17/2024
Proposed class-action suit against Shoppers and Loblaw claims terminated owners were berated and ‘perp walked’ out of their stores
Filed by pharmacist Sivajanan Sivapalan, the lawsuit alleges Shoppers made ‘frivolous and vexatious’ complaints to the Ontario College of Pharmacists about associate-owners after ending their franchise agreements. - 4/16/2024
Quotas in pharmacy: Initial survey findings in Saskatchewan are 'aligned' with Ontario's results
Meanwhile, the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia has launched its own survey, with questions adapted from the surveys in Ontario and Saskatchewan. - 4/15/2024
What makes a 'good' family doctor? Study identifies 43 traits
In addition to widely acknowledged trait, the qualitative study by two doctors in Grenoble, France, uncovered a number of new traits that suggest new patient expectations towards GPs. - 4/12/2024
Are you a BC doctor using AI for patient care? Here's what you need to know
Interim guidance from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia outlines ethical principles for the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT and Bard AI. - 4/5/2024
Prairie pharmacists get questioned on quotas
A survey by the Saskatchewan College of Pharmacy Professionals comes just weeks after its Ontario counterpart revealed the findings of a similar probe and announced a zero-tolerance stance on corporate pressures in pharmacy. - 4/5/2024
U of Sask training program for pharmacist-initiated chronic disease prescribing gets cash injection from province
'“Creating this new program will put Saskatchewan in closer alignment with provinces that have pharmacist advanced prescribing authority, such as Alberta and Nova Scotia.' - 4/5/2024
Alberta forks out funds for lump-sum payments to family doctors—but small practices need not apply
About 3,000 family physicians and rural specialists with patient panels of at least 500 are eligible to receive transitional funding of up to $40,000 each. - 4/4/2024
ALS drug will be pulled from U.S. market after study showed patients didn't benefit
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals said it plans to study Relyvrio and and another experimental drug for several rare diseases, including Wolfram syndrome, which causes childhood diabetes and blindness.
