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Practical Implications of the 2017 Heart Failure & Hypertension Updated Guidelines


1.25 CE Hour 
 
Keep up to date with this review of the most current heart failure and hypertension guidelines.  Professor James A. Karboski, PharmD walks you through the most recent evidence-based guidelines to optimize drug treatments used in the management of heart failure and hypertension.  
 
 
The lecture was originally recorded at The University of Texas at  Austin College of Pharmacy’s Annual Pharmacy Practice Seminar (PPS). 
 
 
 
Program Design: 
This course is presented in a lecture format, available via MP4 files, and is accompanied by PDFs of the presenter's PowerPoint slides. A post-test and program evaluation will be completed after reviewing the presentation. The post-test and evaluation must be completed BEFORE August 2021.
 
Note:
The video and PDF documents were developed to work on most computers, tablets, and smartphones.
 

Fee

$15.00

CE Hours

1.25

CE Units

0.125

Activity Type

Knowledge

Target Audience(s)

Pharmacists
Technicians

Accreditation(s)

“This statement contains information provided to NABP from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) via CPE Monitor®. ACPE policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit.  The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor®.”
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
 

Requirements for CE Credit

 
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The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.  This online activity is approved for 0.125 CEUs (1.25 contact hour) of continuing education credit.  In order to receive 1.25 contact hours of CE credit, the participant must watch the videos in their entirety, complete the online post-tests, and complete the online evaluation. 
 
Technical Requirements:  Ability to view mp4 video and sound, ability to view and/or download Adobe PDF documents.  Works on most computers, smart phones, tablets, and other connected devices. 

Practical Implications of the 2017 Heart Failure & Hypertension Updated Guidelines
 

2018 PPS Practical Implications of the 2017 Heart Failure & Hypertension Updated Guidelines
 

Objectives

  • Identify appropriate blood pressure treatment goals for a patient with hypertension.
  • Identify appropriate symptom and treatment goals for a patient with heart failure.
  • Examine the most recent evidence-based guidelines to optimize drug treatments used in the management of heart failure and hypertension.

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

James A. Karboski picture

James A. Karboski, Pharm.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharm


Brief Bio : James A. Karboski, Pharm.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Assistant Division Head in the Health Outcomes and Pharmacy Practice Division at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. He holds the Neill B. Walsdorf Fellowship in Pharmacy. Dr. Karboski earned a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Washington State University in 1985. Subsequently, Dr. Karboski earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio in 1987. He continued his training in Texas where he completed a Clinical Sciences Fellowship in Pharmacokinetics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Activity Number

0067-0000-18-042-H01-P/T

Release Date: Aug 5, 2019
Credit Expiration Date: Aug 15, 2021

CE Hours

1.25