Name: Ann Thompson, BScPharm, ACPR
Title: Clinical Practice Leader, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
Contact: ann.thompson@capitalhealth.ca
Education:
Non-traditional PharmD, University of Colorado, in progress, 2006-present
Accredited Canadian Pharmacy Residency, Queen Elizabeth II Health Science
Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia
BScPharm, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Clinical practice:
Hypertension clinic, ambulatory care
Research/clinical interests:

Management of hypertension and dyslipidemia by pharmacists
Committees:
 Canadian Hypertension Education Committee, Implementation Task Force
 Chair-Elect (2008-2009), Banff Western Conference, Canadian Society of
Hospital Pharmacists
Published papers
2008
Thompson A, Campbell NC, Cloutier L, Costello J, Dawes M,
Hickey J, et al, for the Canadian Hypertension Education
Implementation Task Force. Tackling the burden of hypertension in
Canada: encouraging collaborative care.
Canadian Family
Physician 2008 Dec;54:1659-67.
2008
Chan AHW, Campbell NR, Lewanczuk RZ, Semchuk W, Thompson
AE, Tsuyuki RT, for the Canadian Hypertension Education
Implementation Task Force. The 2008 Canadian Hypertension
Education Program Guidelines for the management of hypertension
by pharmacists. Can Pharm J 2008 Nov/Dec;141:In press.
2007
Pearson GJ, Thompson AE, Semchuk W. 2007 guidelines for the
management of dyslipidemia and prevention of cardiovascular
disease by pharmacists. Can Pharm J 2007;140(6):383-8.
Recent presentations
2007-2009
Hypertension Lectures and Seminar, 2nd year Cardiology
Module, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
2006-2008
Interpreting Laboratory Values: An Introductory Course for
Pharmacists, Continuing Pharmacy Education offered
cooperatively through the Alberta College of Pharmacists and the
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Workshop: Presentations include Electrolytes and Liver Function
Tests, Hypertension and Cholesterol Tests (September 21/22,
2007; September 19/20, 2008)
Distance learning session (Elluminate) facilitation: Lipid Case,
November, 2006-08
2008
2008 Hypertension Update, The 3rd Annual Atlantic Canada Fall
Symposium: Contemporary Therapeutic Issues in Cardiovascular
Disease, October 18-19, 2008, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2008
Studies That Should Change Your Practice: HYVET and
ENHANCE, The 8th Annual Contemporary Cardiovascular Therapy
Fall Symposium, September 28, 2008, Regina, Saskatchewan
2008
Hypertension Workshop, September 5, 2008, Kananaskis, AB
2008
Update on Hypertension, The 11th Annual Contemporary
Therapeutic Issues in Cardiology, Nephrology and Diabetes, April
26, 2008, Toronto, Ontario