Timony, Patrick E., Waite, Nancy, Houle, Sherilyn, Violette, Richard, and Gauthier, Alain P. (2022) The Pharmacist Is In: The Availability and Distribution of French-Speaking Pharmacists in Ontario. Minorités linguistiques et société, 18. pp. 175-196.

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Abstract

Francophones are an official language minority in Ontario with limited access to linguistically concordant healthcare services. Although communication is an important skill in the field of pharmacy, little is known about the availability of French-speaking pharmacists. This secondary data analysis of the Ontario College of Pharmacists registry converted weekly hours worked into full-time equivalents (FTEs) and calculated ratios of pharmacist FTEs per 1,000 population. French-speaking pharmacists tended to offer fewer FTEs in communities with a larger concentration of Francophones, particularly in northern and rural areas, a trend that was not observed among English-speaking pharmacists. This maldistribution of French-speaking pharmacists may limit the ability of official language minority patients to receive pharmacy services in their language of choice.

Item ID:	84172
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1927-8632
Copyright Information:	© Institut canadien de recherche sur les minorités linguistiques / Canadian Institute for Research on Linguistic Minorities, 2022. In accordance with the good practices of Open Access and Plan S, the journal is released under a CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons License.
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