Alumni Lindsay Bennett is a clinical pharmacist at Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center where she supports patients with substance abuse issues and psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia and mood disorders.
“Experiences with the mental health population in my co-op and early career as a pharmacist triggered my interest in mental health,” says Lindsay.
An average day at the Royal has Lindsay consulting patients, making medication recommendations, counselling on new medications, and completing rounds as part of an inter-disciplinary team. Lindsay works with people from all walks of life, and she’s come to appreciate the value of building trust and rapport when working one-on-one with her patients.
“Building rapport with patients can be just as or more important than developing a therapeutic plan. If a patient trusts you as a professional, it can mean all the difference.”
The Pharmacists Support series is issued by the School of Pharmacy for #PAM2017. It runs every Tuesday and Thursday in March.