Counselling on OTC products is a critical (and essential) aspect of your daily scope of practice. When you counsel, patients trust your advice—9 times out of 10, when a pharmacist recommends an OTC product, the person will purchase it.1 That's a huge responsibility!
But for healthcare practitioners, reliable, research-backed information on over the counter products can be hard to find. That's why the team behind Pharmacy U, eCortex.ca and Pharmacy Practice + Business have worked with some of the most respected experts in health education to develop this much-needed curriculum based on the science behind the use of OTC products for a number of common indications.
1. Pharmacy Practice + Business' 2021 Survey on OTC counselling & Recommendations.
