Healthcare

While safeguarding patients’ health information is a must, there is also a necessary time to share it.

The vast majority of the teens surveyed knew what ‘negative’ cancer screening results meant, but fewer understood the terms ‘progressing tumour’ or ‘bugs in the urine.’

More than 50% of pharmacy professionals polled in a 2024 survey indicated they had experienced harassment over the past year.

This allows students enrolled in pharmacy tech programs and recent graduates to register with the College.

Ultimately, the goal is for students to have enough practice so the technical tasks become comfortable, and they can focus on patient care.

To support these amendments, the College has drafted a practice directive that sets out its expectations.

Clara Wong believes pharmacy techs are not working to their full scope of practice, and she is determined to change that.

Under Ontario’s Immunization of School Pupils Act, public health units are required to review and maintain immunization records for all students and enforce suspensions for those who do not meet immunization requirements.