With 500,000 Canadians living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, it is important that pharmacy technicians learn about ways in which they can help these patients and their caregivers.
Canadian Drug Speak is an audio/visual training tool that provides the correct pronunciation and classification of more than 1,000 Canadian brand and generic drug names.
Ontario may be behind other provinces in expanding the scope of practice for pharmacists, but it’s the first to put one of the major enablers in place: regulated pharmacy technicians.