We often assume that when someone chooses MAiD, they are exercising autonomy. But is this true autonomy, or is it simply the brain braining, following conditioned thoughts like a river follows its course?
The first standardized patients program started at McMaster University in 1971. Today, all Ontario medical schools employ actors as a safe way for students to learn and be tested on clinical skills.
If the U.S. goes ahead with its tariffs, we can expect tariffs on drugs and Canada to retaliate with similar measures, warns pharmacy industry expert Bertrand Bolduc.
As physicians, we often focus on the tangible—lab results, diagnostic criteria, treatment plans. But sometimes, the most profound impacts we make aren’t in the exam room or through clinical interventions.
Pharmacists are already in the trenches, armed with drug knowledge, a shocking tolerance for paperwork and the ability to spot a fake online pharmacy from a mile away (looking at you, “Bob’s Discount Viagra Emporium”).
So why aren’t we letting pharmacists do more?
