2020 VIRTUAL Pharmacy Practice Seminar

2020 Texas Pharmacy Law Update

 

Objectives

• Cite recent changes in pharmacy laws and rules and their impact on daily practice.
• Discuss applicability of Texas Pharmacy Laws to preceptor development.
• Critically discuss practice scenarios/questions regarding Texas pharmacy laws and rules

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Unconsious Bias: Are We Treating All Patients Equitably?

Objectives

• Describe unconscious bias.
• Recognize the impact of unconscious bias on healthcare delivery.
• Describe several strategies to mitigate the impact of unconscious bias on healthcare disparities.

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2020 New Drug Update

Objectives

• Describe the pharmacology, adverse effects, drug interactions, therapeutic uses and dosing of selected prescription drugs recently marketed.
• Examine the role of currently marketed and emerging therapeutics in the prevention/management of COVID-19.

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	Bryson Duhon, Pharm.D. Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharm
	Laurajo Ryan, PharmD, MSc, BCPS, CDE, Pharm.D., MSc, BCPS, CDE Clinical Associate Professor, UT Austin College of Pharmacy / UTHSCSA

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Immunization Update: Addressing COVID-19

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NOTE: There are two additional hours of Immunization Update via another video course.  See tabs below.

Objectives

• Discuss the effects of COVID-19 on the delivery of immunizations.
• Examine vaccine development for COVID-19 and the potential impact on patient outcomes.
• Discuss practice-related immunization/vaccine questions.

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2020 Immunization Update 

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This session may be used towards the TSBP requirement of 3 hours CE every 2 years to maintain Immunization Certification ( TSBP rule 295.15(c)(2))

An additional 1 hour Immunization Update session, focusing on COVID-19 (filmed in September 2020) is avaialble in another tab above.  Completion of all three sessions meeting TSBP rule 295.15(c)(2)

 

 

Objectives

• Identify changes or updates to the January 2020 Immunization Schedules for persons aged 0 through 18 years and adults.
• Evaluate the most current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations and CDC best practices guidelines.
• Discuss vaccines under investigation or in the pipeline.

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Asthma Treatment Update

 

Objectives

• Briefly explain asthma and diagnosis.
• Examine current evidence-based asthma treatment guidelines.
• Identify quick-relief asthma medications, including side effects, dosing, and key counseling points.
• Identify long-term control asthma medications, including side effects, dosing, and key counseling points.
• Describe proper inhaler technique/counseling.
• Discuss the impact of COVID-19 on asthma management and patient care.

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Kristin M. Janzen, PharmD, BCPS Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

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Going Viral: An Update on Respiratory Viral Infections

Objectives

• Compare and contrast common upper respiratory viral pathogens.
• Discuss challenges surrounding COVID-19 diagnosis, management, and prevention.
• Examine prevention strategies for common respiratory viral infections including immunization.

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What's the Point of Care in Pharmacy Practice?

 

Objectives

• Identify the potential role point-of-care testing in pharmacy practice, including the potential opportunity for pharmacies to offer coronavirus testing.
• Explain what it means for a diagnostic test to be CLIA-waived and what is required to use CLIA-waived POC tests in the community pharmacy setting.
• Identify the knowledge base, training, and special licenses needed to begin point of care testing in the pharmacy.
• Evaluate how point of care testing can complement or advance existing clinical services offered in the pharmacy.
• Create a plan to provide CLIA-waived point of care tests in your pharmacy.

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Diabetes Management - Injectables and Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Objectives

• Review injectable medications used in the management of diabetes (mechanism of action, dose/administration, side effects).
• Explain continuous glucose monitoring and its role in diabetes management.
• Discuss key considerations when managing diabetes during COVID-19 pandemic or with a concurrent COVID-19 infection.

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Help! Is There a Pharmacist in the House?

 

Objectives

• Define the steps to using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
• Identify basic steps to performing CPR (NOTE: this is not a CPR certification course).
• Demonstrate steps to performing the Heimlich maneuver.
• Demonstrate how to stop emergency bleeding.

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The Pill Turns 60:  A Review of Oral Contraceptives

 

Objectives

• Compare the types of OC's available based on hormone content.
• Evaluate patient characteristics to determine the best OC.

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Pain, Opioids and Choices - When Tapering and Safety Collide

 

• This session counts towards the TSBP CE requirement for Pain Management.
• See TSBP website for more information about specific pharmacy continuing education requirements:  https://www.pharmacy.texas.gov/licensees/ce-pharmacist-faq.asp

 

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This program is part of series of Opioid Use Disorder programming.  You can find additional FREE content on the Pharmacy Addiction Research and Medicines (PhARM) website here.

 

This session is funded by the Texas Health and Human Resources Texas Targeted Opioid Response

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Objectives

• Describe the complexities of using opioids to treat chronic pain.
• Examine outcomes of forced opioid tapering that is currently taking place with many chronic pain patients.
• Identify strategies for providing effective and compassionate care to patients with chronic pain who are maintained on high dose opioid therapy.

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Effective Use of the Prescription Monitoring Program

 

• This presentation has been reviewed by the Texas Consortium on Experiential Programs and has been approved as preceptor education and training for Texas Preceptors.

• This presentation may be applied towards the TSBP CE requirement for Prescribing and Monitoring Controlled Substances credit.

 

See TSBP website for more information about specific pharmacy continuing education requirements:  https://www.pharmacy.texas.gov/licensees/ce-pharmacist-faq.asp

 

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This program is part of series of Opioid Use Disorder programming.  You can find additional FREE content on the Pharmacy Addiction Research and Medicines (PhARM) website here.

 

This session is funded by the Texas Health and Human Resources Texas Targeted Opioid Response

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Objectives

• Discuss the impact of mandated Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) use
• Debate pain management in the age of PMP and monitoring of morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs)
• Discuss using non-stigmatized and inclusive language with patients to address common situations around controlled substances

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New Trends in Treatment-Resistant Depression

 

Objectives

• Define TX-Resistant Depression
• Review evidence based drug therapy including...
• Explore Ketamine use and monitoring requirements (REM's)

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ADHD Across the Ages

 

Objectives

• Distinguish clinical features, diagnosis, and clinical monitoring tools for best-practice treatment of ADHD in child, adolescent, adult, and aging populations.
• Appraise the current understanding of the efficacy and safety of ADHD treatments, workup, and the impact of comorbid disease states across the age spectrum.
• Compare the current and near-horizon ADHD treatments (psychotherapy, nutritional, pharmacotherapy, and “video games”) with regard to mechanism of action, duration of activity, adverse effects, and cost.

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Dietary and Natural Treatments for Mental Health Disorders: Fact vs. Fiction

 

Objectives

• Describe the relationship of diet and nutrition to mental health status.
• Catalog the use of complementary & alternative medications (CAM) and dietary approaches in the treatment of psychiatric disorders using literature-supported evidence.
• Evaluate safety concerns regarding CAM and dietary adverse effects and drug interactions with common natural and herbal remedies used to treat psychiatric disorders.
• Devise a set of resources that can be used by a clinician to advise their patients about CAM and dietary approaches to their mental illness.

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Marisa S. P. Toups, M.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UT at Austin Dell Medical School

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Mental Health First Aid - How to Show Up for Your Learner's Mental Health

 

This presentation has been reviewed by the Texas Consortium on Experiential Programs and has been approved as preceptor education and training for Texas Preceptors.

Objectives

• Identify key signs and symptoms of mental health challenges that may impact pharmacy learners.
• Describe action steps that may help someone experiencing a mental health challenge.
• Apply appropriate action steps to a case-based scenario.

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Samantha Vogel, PharmD, PCPP, PharmD, BCPP Clinical Assistant Professor for Pharmacy Practice, UT Austin College of Pharmacy Brief Bio : After graduating with her Pharm.D. degree, Dr. Vogel completed a pharmacy practice residency (2016-2017) and a psychiatric pharmacy practice residency (2017-2018) at Seton Healthcare Family and The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. Currently, she serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor for The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy where she provides didactic lectures and lab facilitation to Pharm.D. students. In addition to her academic appointment, she is a Behavioral Health Pharmacist at UT Health Austin. She has a practice site in the Primary Care and Comprehensive Pain Management Integrated Practice Units (IPUs). She is a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor and serves on the Resident and New Practitioner committee within the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) organization.

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Experiential Teaching in a Virtual Environment

 

This presentation has been reviewed by the Texas Consortium on Experiential Programs and has been approved as preceptor education and training for Texas Preceptors.

Objectives

• Describe key factors for success in a virtual experiential environment.
• Compare & contrast how activities can be delivered in-person vs virtual rotations.
• Design a leaner calendar for virtual rotation experience.

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Kristin M. Janzen, PharmD, BCPS Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

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New Preceptor Orientation:  What Every Preceptor Needs to Know

 

This presentation has been reviewed by the Texas Consortium on Experiential Programs and has been approved as preceptor education and training for Texas Preceptors.

Objectives

• List both preceptor-faculty and student requirements for participation in The University of Texas at Austin Experiential Program.
• Design an intern orientation session that will foster a meaningful preceptor/intern relationship.

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Developing Habits of Highly Effective Preceptors

 

This presentation has been reviewed by the Texas Consortium on Experiential Programs and has been approved as preceptor education and training for Texas Preceptors.

Objectives

• Establish realistic and achievable goals for the rotation to satisfy the needs and interests of the learner and experiential site.
• Review learner-specific goals utilizing awareness of the learner to assess progress and adjust accordingly.
• Provide learner feedback in terms of achievement of individualized goals or rotation objectives.

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Highlights from Spring 2020 USP Meeting:  USP Chapter <797>

This session may be used towards the TSBP requirement for sterile compounding continuing education to maintain Sterile Compounding Certification (TSBP rule (291.133).

 

Objectives

• Recall USP risk levels.
• Identify cleanroom suite layouts.
• Summarize garbing considerations.

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Highlights from Spring 2020 USP Meeting:  USP Chapter <800>

This session may be used towards the TSBP requirement for sterile compounding continuing education to maintain Sterile Compounding Certification (TSBP rule (291.133).

 

Objectives

• Summarize action plans for hazardous drug (HD) activities.
• Recognize containment engineering controls for HD compounding.

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2019 Sterile Compounding Back to Basics - Part 1

This session may be used towards the TSBP requirement for sterile compounding continuing education to maintain Sterile Compounding Certification (TSBP rule (291.133).

Objectives

• Identify quality control and quality assurance procedures that should be performed within a cleanroom environment.
• Recognize the differences between primary engineering controls.

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2019 Sterile Compounding Back to Basics - Part 2

 

This session may be used towards the TSBP requirement for sterile compounding continuing education to maintain Sterile Compounding Certification (TSBP rule (291.133).

Objectives

• Recall the critical sites of commonly used sterile compounding supplies.
• Identify the ISO classification in a cleanroom environment.

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