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  • It was such an eventful week. I wonder what next week could possibly bring?

    It started Friday when I was honoured to moderate the Alberta Pharmacists’ Association (RxA) Spring PD Event. I was fortunate to moderate the same event one year earlier. So, in preparation for this year, I reviewed my opening comments from 2021. I was shocked to read my notes from only one year ago.
    Bruce Winston

  • Limitless humility in baseball and pharmacy practice

    We have been through a lot in pharmacy, even before the global pandemic (and toilet paper!) challenges played havoc. So, if you are feeling a little jaded, no one blames you. But you will be the only one capable of pulling yourself out of that rubble and back to the motivating days you felt when you graduated. It is time for a reset and only you can do it.
    Jason Chenard

  • How do you recession-proof your pharmacy business? Part 1

    To increase or at least maintain profits in a difficult economic environment, business owners must improve positive inputs and reduce the negatives. To manage this dilemma in the best way possible, you can take several measures to optimize the outcome while the business climate goes through a so-called recession.
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  • 10 of Pharmacy U's most popular presenters over the past 10 years

    Pharmacy U turns 10 this year! Canada's leading event for the pharmacy industry will be in-person once again, on April 2, 2022, at the International Centre. That in itself is cause to celebrate.
    PHUT

  • 4 key strategies to get staff to buy in and stay in at your pharmacy

    They're worth their weight in gold: those loyal, experienced employees who add so much to your pharmacy's success. They're often the ones who answer customers' questions, find products on the shelf, and help make your pharmacy more than just another drugstore.
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  • Pharmacy information vs. insight: what's the difference?

    I have heard some claim that we are now in the Age of Insight. The age where we take the information available to us and then find ways to apply it in such a way as to deliver a benefit. In keeping with the theme of the last several articles, we would call this delivering “value.”
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  • 5 key ways pharmacists can make a difference in improving patients' mental health

    Jamie Kellar has devoted much of her professional life to managing individuals with mental illness, as a clinical pharmacist in tertiary mental health facilities, in community pharmacy practice, and as an educator at the University of Toronto.
    Jamie Kellar

  • Can pharmacists gain wisdom from the Ancients?

    In my experience, so many leaders model their leadership based on how they have been led. This often yields limited results when there is near limitless opportunity around them. And when the “storm” comes along, their business is in serious jeopardy.
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