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Diabetes is a condition that impacts over 3 million Canadians. That is approximately 8.8% of the population, further, it is estimated that 6.1% of the Canadian adult population are at high risk of developing diabetes.

Relative to the history of our profession, only more recently have pharmacists been pushed to invent from scratch through prescribing. This is a new mental model, where we use the same analysis but then move on to create the solution instead of select it from what is put in front of us.

I am using this opportunity to tell you about my mistakes. To destigmatize mistakes. To hear from experts about professional practice, remediation, and discipline. To talk about root cause analysis and the true utility of being honest with yourself.

By the end of the presentation, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of the current state of influenza and the strategies for protecting older adults.

One of the most important ways we lead is by leading up. This is key for a number of reasons. Perhaps most notably, it is because when we lead up, we make life easier for our boss. And in turn, our boss can make life easier for us. And if you are serving on a team with others who have the same boss, life can improve for all of you!

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is something pharmacists recommend. Scientific literature proves its place as a first-line therapy in mental health. The principle is that our thoughts influence our feelings, and our feelings influence our behaviours.

I trust the new year still finds you well and well on your way to achieving your goals for 2023. Over the course of the next several articles we are going to look at the idea of what I will call “directional leadership.”

We have been helping pharmacist-owners sell their businesses for decades now, and we have often been surprised that the one part of their operations to which they are closest – the dispensary – is also one to which they pay the least attention in terms of measuring performance.