Featured Resource
Understanding Pharmacology for Pharmacy Technicians by Publication Date: 2023 Second EditionOur featured book, Understanding Pharmacology for Pharmacy Technicians, Second Edition provides background material on the principles of pharmacology, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics for pharmacy technicians. Also covered is information about the basic anatomy and physiology of each body system and the agents used in treating conditions in those systems.
- Human Anatomy (Gale Interactive)
Interactive anatomy database. Explore and manipulate 3-D models of human anatomy by zooming in, rotating, and dissecting. Dive into specific systems or regions of the body.
Best Bet Databases, Journals & Magazines
- CPS Full Access
Health research database. Contains Health Canada–approved products, such as monographs for drugs, vaccines, natural health products and medical devices. Includes the most current, evidence-based therapeutic information and nonprescription therapy for common conditions, with cross-referenced drug tables.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Nursing and allied health database. Contains full text, scholarly articles covering pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management and medical law.
- Nursing and Allied Health Premium
Health database covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine and more. - Emcare (OVID)
Premium nursing and allied health database. Covers all nursing specialities and nursing healthcare professions. Includes international coverage of allied health, midwifery, healthcare economics, social work, pyschiatry and mental health, traumatology, emergency and critical-care medicine.
- CPJ: Canadian Pharmacists JournalCovers research and contemporary health care issues related to practice.
Full-text available: 2012 - present - CJHP: The Canadian Journal of Hospital PharmacyCovers information related to patient-centred pharmacy practice in hospitals and health care settings in Canada.
Full-text available : 2009-
- Pharmacy ConnectionSource: Ontario College of Pharmacists
- The TabletSource: BC Pharmacy Association
- Pharmacy TimesSource: MJHealth Sciences
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy: AJHPProvides current information on the clinical use of new drugs - new thinking on drug therapy with selected diseases & trials evaluating drug effects & possible negative drug reactions.
Coverage: 2002 - present (Full Text Delay: 1 year) - American Journal of Pharmaceutical EducationPublished by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Coverage: 1998 - present - Journal of Research in Pharmacy PracticeCoverage: 2012 - present
Pharmacy Trends, Issues & Research
- Compounding practices: Implications for patient and medication safetySource: Hospital News August 7, 2024
- Unique Roles for Pharmacy Technicians Can Enhance Patient Care and SafetySource: Pharmacy Times, July 26, 2024
- Public Health Matters: Generative AI and the Future of PharmacySource: Pharmacy Times (Podcast duration 37 minutes) June 24,2024
- Manulife, Loblaw reach deal on specialty drugs. Why some experts are concernedSource: Global News January 30 2024
- Vaccine administration by pharmacy technicians: Impact on vaccination volume, pharmacy workflow and job satisfactionArticle Source: Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy, 2024, Vol.13
- U.S. allowing Florida to import drugs from Canada, reviving fears of shortagesSource: CBC January 5, 2024