Former paramedic and volunteer firefighter, pharmacist Paul Gibbons, owner of The Medicine Shoppe in Tsawwassen, who is a local marine lifeboat volunteer, works In a changing world where the roles of both pharmacists and pharmacies are evolving rapidly.
Pharmacists are no longer confined to the traditional role of medication dispensers. They have emerged as key players in improving patient care, medication management, and treatment outcomes.The Medicine Shoppe in Tsawwassen offers services such as Ostomy Supplies, Prescription Refills, Smoking Cessation Counselling, Travel Health
The 21st-century pharmacist is positioned to have a greater impact in the shifting landscape of health care and public health. Beyond dispensing medications, pharmacists also provide a spectrum of prevention services to help improve health outcomes.
Pharmacists are an under-utilized resource in health care and there are opportunities for them to become a patient's partner in preventing and managing illness, improving transitions between different levels of care, as well as their medication use.Advancements in technology, sociopolitical changes, the end of deference, greater access to information and a shift to multi-disciplinary working all mean that the way pharmacists work have been working and will need to change in future.
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Richard Shantz and President Brian Coe thank Paul Gibbons with a donation in Paul's name to the Rotary International campaign to rid the world of polio |