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During the COVID-19 pandemic, community pharmacists took on numerous additional roles to support safe primary care access. As health systems are in the latter stages of recovery from the pandemic, understanding how the pandemic impacted routine community pharmacy practice and the repercussions for post-pandemic practice is important.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1463423626101303_as3\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Between September 2020 and January 2021, we interviewed 11 pharmacists working in community pharmacies in Nova Scotia, Canada. We thematically analyzed qualitative data pertaining to pharmacists\u2019 perceptions of pandemic impacts on providers, patients, and pharmacy practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1463423626101303_as4\">\n                    <jats:title>Findings:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted community pharmacy practice, patients, and community pharmacists. Participants recommended maintaining some of the community pharmacy practice changes and suggested that continuing to expand the scope of practice for pharmacists is essential to meeting population health needs moving forward. Pharmacists recognize and are willing to maintain the essential roles they have assumed in facilitating patient access to primary care. Decision-makers should consider providing the necessary supports (e.g., communication software) and funding support to enable the full scope of community pharmacist practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1463423626101303","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,16]],"date-time":"2026-06-16T09:28:34Z","timestamp":1781602114000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["<i>\u2018I can contribute so much more but you have to untie my hands\u2019 \u2013<\/i>\n                    a qualitative study of COVID-19 pandemic impacts on community pharmacist practice: lessons and future directions"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"27","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8327-0329","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emily Gard","family":"Marshall","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Dalhousie University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0802-0140","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lauren","family":"Renaud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dalhousie University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5174-104X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria","family":"Mathews","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Western Ontario: Western University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"Bishop","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bobbi","family":"Morrison","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"StFX: St Francis Xavier University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4792-9365","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Natalie","family":"Kennie-Kaulbach","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01e6qks80","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Dalhousie University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7982-4437","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shanna","family":"Trenaman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01e6qks80","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Dalhousie University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9546-3574","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abraham","family":"Munene","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dalhousie University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susan","family":"Bowles","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01e6qks80","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Dalhousie University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4812-8428","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Isaac","family":"Bai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Queen\u2019s University - Kingston Campus: Queen\u2019s University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1648-7362","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jennifer E.","family":"Isenor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dalhousie University"},{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01e6qks80","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Dalhousie University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1463423626101303_ref28","unstructured":"Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists (2020c) Professional notice: Change to 30 days supply measure 2020. 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