Case Based Scenarios
You discover that you accidentally dispensed the wrong strength of a medication yesterday. The patient has not yet noticed any issue.
What is the ethical obligation to disclose an error?
This Alberta law governs how personal health information is collected, used, and disclosed.
What is the Health Information Act?
This ethical principle requires acting in the best interest of the patient.
What is beneficence?
The ACP’s primary mandate is to protect this group.
What is Exempted Codeine?
A technician accesses a patient profile to confirm if a neighbour picked up their medication “as a favour.”
What is unauthorized access to personal health information?
Activities that only certain regulated professionals are permitted to perform are called these.
What are Restricted Activities?
Avoiding harm to patients reflects this ethical principle.
What is non‑maleficence?
This is the legal authority under which the ACP operates.
What is the HPA?
These are not allowed verbal orders.
What are straight narcotics?
A coworker accesses a patient profile out of curiosity and tells you, “I didn’t share it with anyone, so it’s fine.” You are unsure whether to intervene.
What is the ethical responsibility to address or report a privacy breach?
This regulation reduces diversion and limits/controls sale and access of precursors.
What is Precursor Control Regulations?
This principle means maintaining access to pharmacist services and care.
What is serve as an essential health resource?
Council is made up of these members.
What are 5 pharmacists, 2 pharmacy technicians, and 7 public members.
These can be transferred, but only once.
What are Targeted Control?
A patient asks a technician if they should stop taking a medication because it’s causing dizziness. The technician suggests skipping doses until symptoms improve.
What is practising outside pharmacy technician scope?
This organization is responsible for regulating drug quality and safety standards.
What is Health Canada?
This principle means seeking help for personal problems that might adversely affect the provision of service to patients, society or the profession.
What is demonstrate responsibility for self and other health professionals?
Council does NOT manage day‑to‑day operations; that responsibility belongs to this role.
What is the registrar?
Nalbuphine belongs to this group.
What are C2?
A patient refuses counselling, but you observe that they misunderstood how to take their medication and appear confused.
What is balancing patient autonomy with duty of care?
This is where you can find pharmacy protected titles.
What is Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Profession Regulation?
This principle means practicing only under conditions where the freedom to exercise professional judgment is not compromised.
What is Nurture the profession?
Council has authority to approve or amend this governing document of ACP.
What are bylaws?
These 2 require record of purchase AND record of sale.
What are straight narcotics and C1?