From the Other Side of the Counter

Blogs

• 3/6/2024

  Editorial: Fighting fire with passion

  It seems that every new year blows in some new firestorm for pharmacists to fight.
• 2/27/2024

  Pharmacy responds with one voice to news of National Pharmacare deal

  With the news of the first stages of a long-anticipated National Pharmacare program, pharmacists express concern that the plan is being developed without the input of the professionals who will be most affected by it.
• 12/4/2023

  Editorial: Let’s share the wealth

  I believe there’s a gold mine of practical wisdom in the pharmacy profession that deserves to be shared with others who are struggling to overcome practice and professional challenges.
• 11/2/2023

  Editorial: Need a perspective refresh?

  It can be hard to find the time to stop and look around at the world outside of our own walls. What’s going on out there in the pharmacy universe? What are other folks doing in their practice that’s interesting?
• 10/27/2023

  #Pharmageddon—only in America?

  Ongoing walkouts are finally shining a spotlight on the brutal working conditions of pharmacists at the largest U.S drugstore chains in a movement being coined #Pharmageddon. Will anything change?
• 10/19/2023

  The little province that could—and did

  Tiny Nova Scotia is leading the world in pharmacy innovation right now. By planning with care for the future of pharmacy, they’ve set themselves up for success.
• 9/26/2023

  The overlooked power of kindness

  I know I’m not alone in feeling that our world has gotten a little bit meaner in recent years.
• 7/18/2023

  Minor ailments a conflict of interest for pharmacists? Pu-leeze!

  Once more for the record: pharmacists do not receive money for the prescriptions they prescribe.
• 7/12/2023

  My first minor ailment assessment

  I had my first minor ailment assessment by a pharmacist a few weeks ago. Here’s how it went.
• 6/19/2023

  SPARK your OTC counselling skills!

  If you’re a regular reader, you’ll recognize the annual Survey on OTC Counselling and Recommendations section found in this issue.
• 4/11/2023

  Oops . . . I caught it, again!

  Do you remember where you were on March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic?
• 3/14/2023

  Is this the year you find your ‘Ikigai?’

  In our first issue of 2023, we are very pleased to introduce the winners of our inaugural Pharmacy Practice + Business Awards.