Embracing Change
How are pharmacists responding to an expanded scope of practice? Which services do patients appreciate the most? What are the challenges of billing for new services?
The Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy explores these and other frontline issues related to putting an expanded scope of practice into action. Pharmacists share best practices, lessons learned and how they’re making a difference in patients’ lives.
Latest Articles From Our Embracing Change Series

Embracing Change in Lindsay, Ontario
AUGUST 2021 – Mike Cavanagh is so happy with the appointment-based model of pharmacy practice so far that he’s volunteered to be part of a

Embracing Change in Newfoundland and Labrador
JULY 2021 – The Medication Therapy Services (MTS) Clinic at Memorial University’s School of Pharmacy in St. John’s is a place where ideas thrive—and failure

Embracing Change in Stony Plain, Alberta
MAY 2021 – Carlene Oleksyn, manager-owner of Mint Health + Drugs: Meridian in Stony Plain, Alberta, has literally flipped her pharmacy around to better serve

Embracing change in Longueuil, Quebec
APRIL 2021 – After working for seven years as a consultant helping pharmacies implement new practice models, Judith Choquette decided it was time to walk

Embracing Change in Bedford, N.S.
FEBRUARY 2021 – For Fady Faltas, the term expanded scope is a misnomer. “At some point,” he says, “expanded scope is simply your scope.” The

Embracing Change: MedMe Health
JANUARY 2021 – Less than a year after earning her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Waterloo in 2018, Rui Su and two partners

Embracing Change: Pace Pharmacy, Toronto
SEPTEMBER 2020 – Being your own boss, and acting on your vision is not something every pharmacist gets to achieve. For Adam Silvertown, pharmacist and

Embracing Change in Regina, Saskatchewan
AUGUST 2020 – “I never saw myself opening a pharmacy in my career but I realized that it was something that was needed, something that

Embracing Change in Toronto
APRIL 2020 – Whether it’s expanding pharmacy services or scaling them back in times of crisis, pharmacist/owner Victor Wong believes pharmacies need to embrace their
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