PharmPath
PharmPath: Your Journey to Pharmacy
These 3 virtual case-based scenarios will provide you with a learning opportunity reflective of three current practice examples based in a community pharmacy setting.
The cases are grounded in common professional competencies for Registered Pharmacists (RPh) and Pharmacy Technicians (RPhT) and are designed to promote intra-professional role understanding and collaborative practice.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the scenario the learner will:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the roles of a pharmacist and a pharmacy technician to optimize scopes of practice.
- Apply knowledge of scopes of practice to effectively care for a patient questions.
- Recognize elements of effective verbal communication between pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and patients.
Resources
Scenario 1
Vaccine administration by Pharmacists
https://www.ocpinfo.com/library/pharmacy-connection/download/OCP_PharmacyConnect...
Publicly Funded Immunization Schedules for Ontario
https://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/immunization/docs/Publicly_Funded_I...
Pharmaceutical Opinion Program (POP)
Scenario 2
NIHB Handbook for First Nations to Access Non-Insured Health Benefits
https://fnhda.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nihb_handbook.pdf
NIHB Optimization Program
https://pharmacyconnection.ca/pharmacy-awareness-indigenous-health-fall-2020/
Indigenous Services Canada NIHB
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1576790320164/1576790364553
NAPRA’s New Standards: Communication and Collaboration
https://pharmacyconnection.ca/exploring-napras-new-standards-communication-and-c...
R.I.C.E Treatment for Acute Injury
https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-rice-190446
Ontario Pharmacists Prescriptive Authority
https://www.ocpinfo.com/minor-ailments-approved-in-effect-january-1-2023/
Pharmacists on the frontline of pain care
https://www.pharmacy.utoronto.ca/news-announcements/pharmacists-frontline-pain-c...
Scenario 3
Ontario College of Pharmacists - Code of Ethics
https://www.ocpinfo.com/regulations-standards/code-of-ethics/ https://www.ocpinfo.com/library/practice-related/download/code_of_ethics_infogra...
Legal Authority for Scope of Practice
https://www.ocpinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Legal-Authority-Scopes.pdf
Pharmacy Technicians’ Scope of Practice in Canadian Jurisdictions
https://www.napra.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/NAPRA-PT-Scope-of-Practice-in-Ca...
Toronto Sexual Health Clinics
https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/health-wellness-care/health-clinics/sexu...
