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Monday, April 21, 2008
Brrrr. Spring didn't last very long. Tomorrow is Amy's last day. Next week Jennifer, a second year student, will be starting a four month stretch here in Leader. Let's hope the weather is a bit more welcoming by then. This weekend Gord, Amy, Jennifer and myself will all be in Regina for the Pharmacist's Association of Saskatchewan's annual conference. Gordon will be speaking in a debate on Primary Care and I will be having a poster session on the topic. Amy was very busy during her 5 weeks here. In addition to the Champix and PPI studies she also initiated insulin for one patient, attended numerous hospital rounds, did a one hour medication review for a patient with high blood pressure, and was going to do a counselling session on hormone replacement therapy (but it was cancelled due to the weather). Amy also prepared a patient COPD handout that outlines the different treatment options.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Spring is finally here! I have been busy these last few months and unable to post a blog. I am now working with my 3rd fourth year student, Amy. She is busy continuing the PPI study started by Erica and the Champix study started by myself. I will post the study results as soon as they are available.
Amy has been attending hospital and nursing home rounds regularly and she just completed a nursing inservice on creatinine clearance and renal dosage adjustments.
We will be starting in-home and in-pharmacy INR testing for our patients taking warfarin, in the next week or so. We now have a Roche CoaguChek machine and have received category nine status from Saskatchewan Lab Licensing. There will be a charge for the INR tests but we hope that this service will increase patient convenience as well as patient safety.
We are two weeks away from the Pharmacist's Association of Saskatchewan conference in Regina. Gordon will be participating in a primary care forum and I will be demonstrating our clincal and primary care work at a poster session.
The week following the conference I will be in Saskatoon for a women's health forum "Minding your Metabolism", where I will have a booth that focuses on weight loss and portion control using The Diet Plate.
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