PAM 2021 Stories: Aska Patel
Pharmacy Appreciation Month “I am so glad we talked. Thank you!” To this day, I vividly remember this encounter with my patient. I was referred
March is Pharmacy Appreciation Month (PAM). The annual campaign (previously titled Pharmacy Awareness Month) celebrates pharmacy professionals and the collective impact they have made, especially during the pandemic.
To celebrate this special month, the Ontario Pharmacists Association highlighted pharmacy professionals and their stories of memorable patient interactions from the past year.
Pharmacy Appreciation Month “I am so glad we talked. Thank you!” To this day, I vividly remember this encounter with my patient. I was referred
Pharmacy Appreciation Month As pharmacy manager of the newly established Prime Medical Pharmacy, the biggest challenge that I have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic is
Pharmacy Appreciation Month I’m a UofT PharmD student working in a pharmacy that serves marginalized populations, such as those living with mental health issues, experience
Pharmacy Appreciation Month For the past year, I have seen the 2020 graduating class struggle with the continued cancellations of their OSCE licensing exam due
Pharmacy Appreciation Month I think the biggest aspect I love about the pharmacy profession is our versatility. Pharmacy has endless opportunities, from roles in industry
Pharmacy Appreciation Month Pharmacy has always been an ever changing environment and this past year has shown great perseverance through all those changes on top
Pharmacy Appreciation Month As 2020 pharmacy school graduates, my colleagues and I faced the difficult task of beginning our careers during a global pandemic. Despite
Pharmacy Appreciation Month   I started a job almost 40 years ago in community pharmacy and then realized it’s a career in healthcare. I
Pharmacy Appreciation Month   The thing that stands out the most for me through all of this is how people relied on us. My
Pharmacy Appreciation Month Year after year, several families would come to my pharmacy because of how gentle my flu shot delivery was the year before.
Pharmacy Appreciation Month A patient asked for my advice on heartburn medications one day so I stepped out of the dispensary to have a discussion
Pharmacy Appreciation Month   Throughout this pandemic, Ontario’s pharmacy professionals have done an outstanding job of protecting the frontline. We have protected the drug
Pharmacy Appreciation Month   The white lab coat becomes heavier when you put it on, bearing with it the weight of a whole profession
Pharmacy Appreciation Month  I am proud to be a pharmacist. During the pandemic, we are playing a big role in helping our patients and
Pharmacy Appreciation Month   This pandemic brought us closer to all of our patients and making us most the accessible and trusted health care for
Pharmacy Appreciation Month   I found myself as a new pharmacist when COVID-19 started back in March 2020. In the last year, I have