Healthcare

New certificate programs to help healthcare professionals identify and prevent child sex trafficking
The Executive Program in Child Sex Trafficking & Online Child Sexual Exploitation aims to equip leaders with the knowledge they need to develop policy and practice standards against child sex trafficking.
Advocacy Leader in Pharmacy Dr. Boyan Todorov: ‘Advocacy … is a skill that anyone can learn.’
Advocacy … is a skill that anyone can learn, but being an effective advocate requires two things: a unique perspective and a lot of imagination. One must be able to envision the compromise and chart the way forward. These experiences taught me that true progress in pharmacy can be achieved through collective effort and the ability to imagine a better future.

1 in 3 cancer patients visit emergency department within 90 days before diagnosis: study

The researchers are calling for more equitable access to reliable diagnostic workup from the emergency setting.
Three new drug indications physicians and pharmacists should know about

Get the info you need on these new indications as part of our drug news roundup for October.
NEW IUD: Yanae Cu 380

Get the info you need on this new product, part of our drug news roundup for October.
BD Canada announces Health Canada approval of self-collected HPV tests

The company says self-collected samples are a less invasive and more cost-effective alternative to traditional pap tests.
Meds that community pharmacists should dose-adjust or avoid in advanced chronic kidney disease

Panel of Canadian pharmacist experts develops a list of meds for community pharmacists to dose-adjust or avoid in patients with an eGFR < 30 mL/min.
Interior Health fined after hospital workers exposed to illicit substance

A notice posted online by WorkSafeBC, the province’s worker protection agency, says the $274,073 fine imposed in August was the result of an incident in which two workers were sickened after a noxious odour was detected in a patient’s room.
Pet pharmaceuticals: Action needed to combat lack of competition, report says

Competition Bureau calls on provinces and territories to consider mandating the supply of pet medication to allow pharmacists to enter the growing market.
Meet Dr. Dominick Shelton: Our Q&A with the interim dean of recruitment and admissions at the TMU’s School of Medicine

‘It just warms my heart to see young Black faces with the stethoscopes around their necks. We’re still underrepresented in the field of medicine, but like I said, it's going in the right direction.’

New certificate programs to help healthcare professionals identify and prevent child sex trafficking

Advocacy Leader in Pharmacy Dr. Boyan Todorov: ‘Advocacy … is a skill that anyone can learn.’

1 in 3 cancer patients visit emergency department within 90 days before diagnosis: study

Three new drug indications physicians and pharmacists should know about

NEW IUD: Yanae Cu 380

BD Canada announces Health Canada approval of self-collected HPV tests

Meds that community pharmacists should dose-adjust or avoid in advanced chronic kidney disease

Interior Health fined after hospital workers exposed to illicit substance

Pet pharmaceuticals: Action needed to combat lack of competition, report says

Meet Dr. Dominick Shelton: Our Q&A with the interim dean of recruitment and admissions at the TMU’s School of Medicine