Scope of Practice Round-up

All pharmacists in B.C. receive the Scope of Practice Round-up produced by the BC Pharmacy Association, highlighting important changes to the profession's scope. Updates will be distributed quarterly. Past editions can be found at bcpharmacy.ca/scope-practice-round. medSask Access Extended The Ministry has extended free access to the Medsask guidelines for all BC pharmacists until March 31 2028. This is welcome news with the potential expansion of the minor ailments program expected later in the year. Have you accessed medSask guidelines and PARs recently? If not, here are some of the recent...

All pharmacists in B.C. receive the Scope of Practice Round-up produced by the BC Pharmacy Association, highlighting important changes to the profession's scope. Updates will be distributed quarterly. Past editions can be found at bcpharmacy.ca/scope-practice-round. MedSask Updates Have you accessed medSask guidelines and PARs recently? If not, here are some of the recent changes to further align with B.C. MACS scope: Significant updates to Guideline and PAR for Contraception, no longer an algorithm (November 2025) New! Guideline update for Dandruff (August 2025) Guideline update for...

All pharmacists in B.C. receive the Scope of Practice Round-up produced by the BC Pharmacy Association, highlighting important changes to the profession's scope. Updates will be distributed quarterly. Past editions can be found at bcpharmacy.ca/scope-practice-round. MedSask Updates The Medsask Guideline on Dandruff has been updated as follows: Ciclopirox olamine 1.5% Shampoo was discontinued in January 2024. It has been removed from this guideline and the associated documents. There ceases to be any Schedule I option for prescribing. There is now a column in the guideline for ‘dosage form’ in...

All pharmacists in B.C. receive the Scope of Practice Round-up produced by the BC Pharmacy Association, highlighting important changes to the profession's scope. Updates will be distributed quarterly. Past editions can be found at bcpharmacy.ca/scope-practice-round. MedSask Updates Have you accessed medSask guidelines and PARs recently? If not, here are some of the recent changes to further align with B.C. MACS scope: Guideline added for Atopic Dermatitis (March 27 2025) Acne guideline, algorithm and PAR have been updated to include information on all topical therapies ( April 24 2025)...

All pharmacists in B.C. receive the Scope of Practice Round-up produced by the BC Pharmacy Association, highlighting important changes to the profession's scope. Updates will be distributed quarterly. Past editions can be found at bcpharmacy.ca/scope-practice-round. New adaptation, emergency fill, drug administration data available On Feb. 4, 2025, the Ministry of Health published updated numbers on pharmacist claims for adaptations, emergency fills and drug adaptations. The data is provided to illustrate uptake of prescription adaptations by pharmacists in B.C. since changes were made to PPP...