Scope of practice 10 years behind

AUSTRALIA’S pharmacy scope of practice is 10 years behind that of Canada’s, according to Ross Tsuyuki ( pictured), Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Pharmacists in Canada are able to prescribe, repeat scripts with adjustments, order laboratory tests and perform other patient care activities based on evidence of positive outcomes, he said in an interview.

Tsuyuki was speaking to the moderator of the Pharmacist Business and Career Network podcast ( CLICK HERE) ahead of his hotly anticipated presentation at Pharmacy Connect this year.

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