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Pharmacotherapeutic Management of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
Provided by: Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
1. Discuss the current epidemiology and trends of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as well as identify key viral transmission modes and their associated risk factors.
2. Describe the natural progression of liver disease associated with HCV and how host, viral, transmission and environmental factors affect disease progression.
3. Discuss the burd... |
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Assessing Patient Vitals: Temperature, Pulse, Respirations, and Blood Pressure (Students Can Help!)
Provided by: The Collaborative Education Institute
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this activity, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Proficiently obtain accurate vital signs.
2. Correctly document results
3. Provide accurate information to patients upon completion of vitals assessments.
4. Avoid common errors made while performing a vitals assessment.
5. Integrate experienti... |
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Improving Inpatient Care Through Antimicrobial Stewardship:
A Case-Based Approach to Managing Acute Infections
Provided by: Global Education Exchange, Inc. (GLOBEX)
Early and appropriate treatment of acute infections, especially in critically ill and immunocompromised patients, is paramount to successful outcomes. Appropriate empiric therapy often requires the use of multiple broad-spectrum agents that must be used judiciously to preserve antimicrobial activity over time. Critical components of antimicrobial s... |
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Substitution of Generic Drugs for Brand Name Drugs
Provided by: Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
At the conclusion of this lesson, successful participants should be able to:
1. Explain the requirements for approval of a generic drug
product.
2. Explain how therapeutic equivalence of generic drugs is
established and how the FDA rating system is used.
3. Provide patient education tips for common questions regarding generic drugs.... |
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Shaping Your PhaRxmacy Future
Provided by: The Collaborative Education Institute
Activity Description:
Where is your practice today and more importantly, where will it be tomorrow? There have been many changes in health-care over the last several years and many more are sure to come. All of which are making pharmacy a more competitive business than ever. How is your practice stacking up? Are you maximizing your business' oppor... |
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Managing Joint Pain and Associated Conditions
Provided by: Power-Pak C.E.®
To provide pharmacists with an update on the newer approaches to the management of osteoarthritis and provide strategies for educating, counseling, and monitoring patients about the relief of joint pain.... |
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Health Care Reform: Legal Impact on the Drug & Pharmacy Disciplines
Provided by: Power-Pak C.E.®
This course will provide the pharmacist the tools to implement the new policies in procedures of health care reform into his/her practice setting. The course demonstrates the positive and negative impact reform will have on the pharmaceutical industry. There is emphasis on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the changes that will tak... |
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A Review of Asbestos and Related Consequences
Provided by: U.S. Pharmacist
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
1. Discuss the origin of asbestos and its impact on health.*
2. Identify the risk factors and etiology of asbestos-related diseases.*
3. Differentiate between various asbestos-related diseases.*
4. Provide information on the current regulation of asbestos.*
5. Recognize... |
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Tonicity, pH, Buffer Capacity, and Stability Considerations for Technicians
Provided by: Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
The purpose of this article is to explain tonicity, pH, buffer capacity, and several stability considerations as they pertain to common intravenous solutions for infusion.... |
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A Review of Recently Approved Drugs
Provided by: Southwestern Pharmacy Alumni Foundation, Inc.
Goals & Objectives: The primary goal of this knowledge-based course is to provide pharmacists with a concise review of recently approved drug products with an emphasis on practice-oriented information for new molecular entities, new products containing existing agents, and new biologics. For each new drug product, the pharmacist should be able to: ... |
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Managing Chronic Noncancer Pain with Opioids - A Case Approach for the Pharmacists
Provided by: The CE Solution, Inc.
The goal of this activity is to enable pharmacists to apply the latest information about chronic pain management to improve the treatment of patients with chronic noncancer pain requiring use of opioids for an extended duration while minimizing the potential for inappropriate use of the medication.
Accreditation:... |
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MethGuard(TM): Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005
Provided by: Pharmacy Foundation of California
Methamphetamine is being produced in communities across the nation. Small illegal labs use ingredients found in many over-the-counter medicines along with other common household products (legitimate, safe and effective products bought or stolen) to produce this highly addictive drug.
It's an expensive and deadly problem. Not just for those who m... |
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Women and Migraine Disease
Provided by: Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
The goal of this article is to familiarize the participant with the unique experience of migraine in the female population and to introduce appropriate treatment options across the lifespan.... |
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Pharmacy Law
Provided by: Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
Goal: To help pharmacy technicians understand and identify the major legal rules and regulations dealing with the practice of pharmacy.... |
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Strategies for Lifelong Learning in Pharmacy CPD 101
Provided by: The Collaborative Education Institute
1. Define Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
2. Describe the need to improve how pharmacists approach their continuing education
and lifelong learning
3. List and describe the components of CPD
4. Apply knowledge to a personal CPD example
5. Compare and contrast the traditional CE model with a CPD model... |
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Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements:
Patient Self-Care and the Role of Store Brands
Provided by: ProCE
The overall goal of this program is to understand the role of store brand vitamins, minerals, and supplement products (VMS) in delivering effective patient self-care in the retail environment.
Upon completion of this activity, pharmacists will be able to:
* Interpret and respond to changing patient/client attitudes towards health care and welln... |
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Health Insurance Advanced Studies, Part A online course.
Provided by: America's Health Insurance Plans
You understand the health insurance industry and continuously work to stay ahead of the trends and changes. This online course advances your knowledge on a full range of topics within health insurance including health insurance plan structures and alternatives, prescription drugs, and pharmacy benefit news, Medicare and Part D, Medicaid, tax treatm... |
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HIPAA Security Basics for the Pharmacy Workforce
Provided by: Pharmacy Foundation of California
This course reviews administrative, physical, and technical safeguards mandated by the HIPAA Security requirements; describes required policies and procedures; and introduces the basic concepts of information security.... |
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Primary and Aseptic Compounding Training Classes
Provided by: PCCA
In addition to seminars and symposiums, PCCA members have the opportunity to attend training classes in the PCCA's state-of-the-art compounding laboratory in Houston. Each year PCCA trains licensed pharmacists, as well as pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students and pharmacy professors. The compounding classes are accredited by ACPE and are offered ... |
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Optimizing Disease Control to Manage RA-Associated Pain in Adults
Provided by: U.S. Pharmacist
After completing this activity, the participant should be able to:
1.Explain the pathophysiology of RA.*
2.Discuss nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and biologic DMARD therapies.
3.Identify the potential adverse effects of pharmacologic therapies used for treating pain associated with RA.
4.Evaluate nonpharmacolog... |
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Diabetic Neuropathy
Provided by: Ohio Northern University
Description:
Diabetic neuropathy is a heterogeneous disease state in which prevention and therapy must be individualized. Diabetic neuropathy is a complication that will continue to increase in prevalence in the future. As healthcare practitioners, we have a duty to educate patients how to minimize their risk for developing diabetic neuropathy a... |
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Core Modules for New Preceptors - Creighton University School
of Pharmacy and Health Professions
Provided by: The Collaborative Education Institute
Activity Description:
This activity contains four (4) modules at approximately 30 minutes each in length. The activity's are designed to equip preceptors with the background information they need to be successful clinical instructors for pharmacy students.... |
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Managing Drug Interactions with Warfarin
Provided by: The Collaborative Education Institute
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this program, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Identify factors that contribute to the high prevalence of warfarin drug interactions.
2. Describe the typical time course for warfarin drug interactions.
3. Describe mechanisms for warfarin drug interactions.
4. Discuss various types of drugs or... |
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Common Cold, Influenza, and the Pharmacist: Rational Self-Care Recommendations
Provided by: Power-Pak C.E.®
The goal of this continuing education lesson is to review the common cold and influenza, including incidences, symptoms, prognoses, and prevention steps for both and to provide information that will allow pharmacists to make medically defensible treatment and referral decisions.... |
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Endemic Mycoses in Wisconsin: An Update on Treatment and the Role of the Pharmacist
Provided by: Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
To provide an update on the treatment of mycoses endemic to Wisconsin and review Infectious Diseases Society of America.... |
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Pregnancy Complicated by Diabetes
Provided by: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
Description:
This knowledge-based activity provides information on preconception care, treatment, and follow-up for women with diabetes prior to pregnancy and for those who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy. Participants will learn why preconception care is especially important for women with preexisting diabetes and review recent Amer... |
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Infant Formulas: Safe Alternatives to Breast Milk in Many Situations
Provided by: U.S. Pharmacist
After completing this program, participants should be able to:
1. Recognize the optimum nutrition for infants through the first year of life-breast milk;*
2. Describe the role of formulas as adequate substitutes for term infants whose mothers cannot or choose not to breast-feed;*
3. Review regulations ensuring infant formula quality and s... |
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A Role for Pharmacists: Improving Persistence with Stroke Prevention Medications
Provided by: The Collaborative Education Institute
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this activity, pharmacists and student pharmacists should be able to:
1. Discuss the guidelines for secondary stroke prevention.
2. Describe the generalizability of the study results to patients in your pharmacy practice.
3. Evaluate the impact of the study on the role of the pharmacist for sec... |
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Time and Stress Management
Provided by: Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
At the conclusion of this lesson, successful participants should be able to:
1. Explain how time pressures and other stressors negatively affect their social and
occupational functioning and their physical and mental health.
2. Discuss various techniques to managing ones' time and learn a system for
scheduling one's activities.
3. Recognize sy... |
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Is it Possible to Significantly Limit or Halt the Damage from Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)? — The Benefits of Anti-TNF Therapy in Managed Care
Provided by: Impact Education, LLC
TARGET AUDIENCE
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of managed care pharmacists, pharmacy directors, medical directors, quality directors, policy executives, managed care affiliated physicians, employer and government policy administrators, and other managed care administrators.
STATEMENT OF NEED
The advent of the ant... |
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