PHR 2.4
NAPRA's Pharmacists' Gateway Canada Project

The National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) is developing and will maintain a single point of access for International Pharmacy Graduates (IPGs) entitled, Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada for international pharmacists, to obtain the information they need to become licensed to practice pharmacy in Canada. The project objectives include providing a fair, accessible, transparent, consistent and rigorous service for the registration of international pharmacy graduates and to streamline the processes on the path to licensure to ensure they are efficient, fair, transparent, consistent and rigorous. This project includes, among other things, a plain language website, new tools to help IPGs assess their preparedness and readiness to practice in Canada, a database accessible to all Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities in Canada and a communications and marketing strategy to ensure IPGs know where to find these services.
For additional information, view NAPRA’s press release or contact Carole Bouchard (NAPRA).

PHR 2.4
Assessing the workforce integration of internationally educated health professionals

The Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) is conducting research assessing the integration of practising immigrant health professionals in Canada. This collaborative initiative brings together groups and individuals from five different health professions: medical laboratory science, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, pharmacy and medical radiation technology. The primary objective of this research is to determine, through qualitative and quantitative means, the barriers (if any) that practising, internationally educated health practitioners, including pharmacists, face in integrating into the Canadian workforce.
For additional information, contact Keith Johnson (Project Manager).

PHR 2.7
CCLB benchmarks language demands of pharmacists

The Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB) is conducting research to benchmark the language demands of pharmacy occupations, including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in French or English in Canada. CCLB is working in close consultation with the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) and other pharmacy industry and regulatory stakeholders on this initiative.
For additional information, contact CCLB.

PHR 2.11
SafetyNET-Rx

SafetyNET-Rx is a quality improvement process designed to help pharmacies continuously enhance the safety of the services they provide through proactive self-assessment, structured learning from medication errors and near misses and commitment to fulfilling the resultant (and continuously evolving) tailored quality improvement plan. This process, currently in use in Nova Scotia, is the product of the SafetyNET-Rx project, the creation of a unique partnership of the Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists, St. Francis Xavier University School of Business, Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Canada.
For additional information, visit the SafetyNET-Rx website.