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2021 Hospital Practice Seminar - CORE


 
 
HPS-CORE is an on-demand CPE activity that features key practice highlights presented during the live Annual Hospital Practice Seminar (PPS).  This condensed self-study version offers 15.25 hours of CPE credits that meet current Texas State Board of Pharmacy CPE requirements and include such topics as Texas Pharmacy Law, sterile compounding, relevant clinical updates, COVID-19 treatment updates, and much more.  The Hospital Practice Seminar has traditionally been offered live in-person by The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy.  Now pharmacists and technicians who missed the annual live event can still access key practice updates from the event by taking the on-demand CORE version!   HPS-CORE is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who practice in hospital and other health-system settings.
 
 
 
 
 
How it Works • Super Easy
  • Register:  Register below using the green button then bookmark this page for easier access when logging back in.
  • View Presentation Video: Once you are registered and logged in, just click on the title of the session you wish to view/complete (sessions listed below), and follow the instructions for that session.
  • Assessments:  After you have viewed the entire video, click on "take the test" button to complete the brief post-test with a score > 70% within 5 attempts.
  • Evaluations: Once you pass the post-test, the evaluation button will appear.   Submit the evaluation, then CPE credit will automatically submit to CPE Monitor using your NABP e-ID that you entered when registering for this activity (click "my profile" at the top right of the screen and ensure you have entered the correct NABP number and date of birth).  Allow up to 4 business days for the credits to appear in CPE Monitor.
 
 
 
Already Registered / Logging Back In 
If you previously registered for this on-demand course, just follow the instructions below to continue completing sessions:
  • On the HPS-CORE website, click Pending/Private Programs in the gray menu bar at the top of the page.
  • Enter your email/password at the prompt.
  • Under the Online CE Tab, select the activity title (HPS-CORE).
  • Continue completing the sessions listed below by clicking a session title and following the instructions for that session.
 

 
 
2022 Hospital Practice Seminar
Join us LIVE in Austin, Texas for the next Annual Hospital Practice Seminar (HPS)!  Save the Date for June 9-11, 2022.  The live Hospital Practice Seminar (HPS) offers 20+ hours of timely and relevant CPE programming to allow participants to pick and choose topics that are most relevant to their own practice needs.  Interested in attending the next LIVE HPS?  Visit the official HPS website for more information.
 

 
Questions?
Email the UT Austin College of Pharmacy CPE staff at UTpharmacyCE@austin.utexas.edu.  Please note:  while CE staff continues working remotely, the fastest way to reach one of us is via email.  Calling the office and leaving a message may result in a delayed response. We apologize for any inconvenience.
 

 

Fee

$360.00

CE Hours

15.25

CE Units

1.525

Activity Type

  • Knowledge

Target Audience(s)

  • Physicians

Requirements for CE Credit

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 knowledge-based activity is approved for a maximum of 15.25 CPE hours (home study).  In order to receive 15.25 CPE hours of credit, the participant must view each video activity, pass each learning assessment (> 70%, within 5 attempts) then complete an online evaluation for each accredited session.  After each online evaluation is submitted, CPE credit for that session is transmitted directly to CPE Monitor within one week. 

 

 

 

   

Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms – An Evolving Landscape
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Review new agents and the resistance mechanisms they overcome
  • Discuss use of micro tools used to detect and diagnose multi-drug resistant organisms

About the Faculty 
Matthew Robinson, M.D.
Infections Disease Physician
Austin Infectious Disease Consultants
 
Dr. Robinson received his medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. He completed an Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. He returned to Lubbock to join the faculty at TTUHSC-SOM as an Assistant Professor in the Medicine Department after completion of his training. Since 2008 he has been in private practice with Austin Infectious Disease Consultants providing both inpatient and outpatient consultation and active in medical staff leadership at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center.
 
Disclosure: Dr. Robinson has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-111-H01-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

A Pharmacist's Guide to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Review the pathophysiology and diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
  • Identify targeted therapeutic options for PAH, understand their side effects, and recommend pathways for safe use
  • Define treatment goals and develop drug regimens for the management of PAH based on current guidelines

Faculty 
Jon Rek, Pharm.D., BCPS
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Pharmacist
Methodist Hospital San Antonio
 
Jon Rek obtained his Doctor of Pharmacy at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy and then completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency and PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency at University Hospital in San Antonio.  Following residency, he worked as a heart and lung transplant clinical pharmacist at Integris Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute in Oklahoma City, before moving back home to Texas to work as the kidney transplant clinical pharmacist at Christus Transplant Institute in San Antonio.  Jon is now the advanced heart failure and transplant clinical pharmacist at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio where he collaborates to care for heart transplant recipients, advanced heart failure patients with mechanical circulatory support such as LVADs or ECMO, and PAH patients.
 
Disclosure: Dr. Rek has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-112-H01-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

New Drug Update
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Discuss the basic pharmacology of the new drugs presented and how the pharmacologic actions related to both therapeutic and adverse effects

Faculty 
Laurajo Ryan, Pharm.D., MSc, BCPS, CDE
Clinical Associate Professor  -
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

Laurajo Ryan, PharmD, MSc, BCPS, CDE is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Pharmacotherapy Division at the University of Texas College of Pharmacy and at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio in the Department of Medicine and the Pharmacotherapy Education Research Center. She teaches extensively in the College of Pharmacy as well as the School of Medicine. She also serves as a scientific reviewer for an investigational review board (IRB).  She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Texas and completed a 2-year specialty residency at the University of Maryland. She received her Master’s degree in Clinical Investigation from the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio.  Her primary clinical practice is on the inpatient medicine service at University Hospital where she supervises Pharm.D. interns and residents on acute care medicine. She also sees patients in the South Texas VA therapeutic drug management clinic. Her academic responsibilities include didactic teaching of Pharm.D. students, Master’s students, PhD students and residents.

Disclosure: Dr. Ryan has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.

Questions?  Send emails to Dr. Ryan: ryanl@uthscsa.edu
 

Justin Pedigo, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor  
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
 
Justin Pedigo is a clinical assistant professor and Regional Internship Program Director for the San Antonio region at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, and he completed his Doctor of Pharmacy training at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy in Abilene, Texas. Dr. Pedigo completed a two-year Pharmacotherapy Residency in Lubbock, Texas with TTUHSC, and afterwards he served as a drug information clinical practice specialist with the University of Texas Medical Branch Correctional Managed Care in Huntsville, Texas. Dr. Pedigo provides drug information consultant services to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services Vendor Drug Program and University Health Systems. As a drug information pharmacist, Dr. Pedigo has provided evidence-based population health services to the state offender population including writing evidence-based treatment guidelines and algorithms, and he has provided education to a wide array of healthcare professionals.
 
Disclosure:  Dr Pedigo has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.
 
Questions?  Send emails to Dr. Pedigo: pedigo@uthscsa.edu

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-114-H01-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 18, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms - An Evolving Landscape
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Review new agent and treatments for COVID-19
  • Review the history of treatment and agent development through the pandemic
  • Discuss new agent guidelines, best practices, safety review in hospital settings

Faculty 
Elizabeth Hand, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP.
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infections Diseases
University Health System
Clinical Assistant Professor / Pharmacy Residency Director
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
 
Elizabeth Hand is a 2010 graduate from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. Upon graduation, she completed a PGY1 residency at University Hospital in San Antonio, TX and a PGY2 in Infectious Diseases at the South Texas VA. She is currently working as a clinical pharmacy specialist in infectious diseases at University Hospital and serves as the PGY1 residency program director. Her practice interests include antimicrobial stewardship, treatment of resistant pathogens, and development of future pharmacy leaders through residency training.
 
Disclosure:  Dr Hand has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-115-H04-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

Ventilation Management Differences in COVID-19, Pneumonia, and Non-Infectious Sources
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Describe ventilation basics and patient goals.
  • Analyze the differences in managing the patients with COVID-19 versus pneumonia versus non-infectious sources.
  • Illustrate the lessons learned in medication management of new disease state.

Faculty 
Viet Vo, M.D.
Physician
Austin Pulmonary Consultants
 
I was born and raised in the suburbs of Houston to hard working Vietnamese parents that came to the US in the 70s. I am the youngest of 3. I am a husband to the most beautiful woman and father of the 2 most wonderful boys. I graduated UT in 2006 and did my medical schooling at Texas A&M. I completed training in emergency medicine in 2014. Finished fellowship in critical care medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in 2016.
 
Disclosure: Dr. Vo has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-118-H01-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

Pharmacy to the Rescue!
Review the Role of Hospital Pharmacy through the Pandemic
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Describe the challenges faced in a hospital pharmacy during a pandemic- including staffing, fears, supplies, and medications.
  • Illustrate the urgency of protocol development and frequency of changes to treatment approaches during a pandemic
  • Evaluate the lessons learned, technology utilized, and flexibility of managing a hospital pharmacy during a pandemic that will mold the future of hospital pharmacy.

Faculty 
Amy Jones, Pharm.D.  
Director of Pharmacy, St. David’s South Austin Medical Center
 
Amy Jones, PharmD, BCSCP is the Director of Pharmacy for St. David’s South Austin Medical Center. Leading a department of 60 employees for an acute care hospital that manages cardiology, bone marrow transplant, oncology, stroke, neurology, trauma, emergency medicine, medical/surgical, labor and delivery, nursery/NICU, and critical care patients. Her background includes PGY1 residency, hospital practice, informatics, phase I and phase II research, community practice, academic teaching, home infusion, and pharmacy consulting.
 
Disclosure: Dr Jones has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.
 

Lauren Cavanaugh, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist
HCA Houston Medical Center
 
Cavanaugh graduated from Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy. For the last 9 years, she maintained a practice at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, Texas as the critical care clinical pharmacist and then as the clinical pharmacy manager. She is board certified in pharmacotherapy and critical care.

Disclosure: Dr. Cavanaugh has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.

 


Lori Jackson-Khalil, Pharm.D
Clinical Pharmacy Manager, St
David’s Georgetown Hospital
 
Lori Jackson-Khalil graduated from The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and is board certified in pharmacotherapy. She has worked at St. David’s Georgetown Hospital in Georgetown, Texas for the past 8 years as a clinical staff pharmacist, informatics pharmacist, and most recently as the clinical pharmacy manager.

Disclosure: Dr. Jackson-Khalil has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.


Activity Number

0067-0000-21-119-H04-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

Novel Therapies for the Treatment of HFrEF
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Review of clinical trials and demonstrated safety and efficacy research of a variety of novel heart failure medications
  • Review new agents in the treatment of HFrEF

Faculty 
Amanda Kitten, Pharm.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice  
University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy

Dr. Kitten is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy. She practices as a clinical pharmacist in the Cardiac Care Unit at University Hospital and in an outpatient cardiology clinic at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Kitten attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2017 and her Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2019. In conjunction with her master’s degree, Dr. Kitten completed a two-year Pharmacotherapy Residency through The University of Texas at Austin and UT Health San Antonio. Dr. Kitten’s research interests include cardiology and large database analysis.

Disclosure: Dr. Kitten has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.


Activity Number

0067-0000-21-123-H01-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

Managing the Unexpected – Reversal Agents Review and Evaluation
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Define the reversal medications available
  • Categorize the reversal agents that are needed immediately versus when available
  • Describe the analysis of hospitals and hospital systems in preparing for the unexpected

About the Faculty 
Daniel Giddings, Pharm.D., BCPS
Residency Program Director, UT Austin College of Pharmacy
Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Clinical Contractor
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center

Daniel Giddings, PharmD, BCPS is an Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center (SAMC), a position he has held since February of 2016. Responsibilities include patient care as part of a multidisciplinary team, bedside pharmacist support of codes, trauma alerts, and resuscitations, process improvement, and patient counseling. In addition, Daniel serves as the director for SAMC’s PGY1 Pharmacy Residency program as well as a preceptor for UT Austin pharmacy students interested in the ED. When not at work, Daniel likes to watch things grow, whether that is his veggies and blackberries in the garden or his 2-year-old daughter Linnea. Daniel completed his pre-pharmacy coursework at the University of Texas at Austin and received his PharmD from the UT College of Pharmacy in 2013. He undertook post-graduate training at SAMC, where he has worked in several roles since completing the PGY1 program in 2014.

Disclosure: Dr. Giddings has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.


Activity Number

0067-0000-21-124-H04-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

Texas Pharmacy Law Update - Hospital Focus
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Cite recent changes in pharmacy law and rule and their impact on daily hospital pharmacy practice
  • Discuss impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmacy practice rules and procedures

Faculty 
Terri Burrows, RPh, PharmD.
Compliance Officer, Region 8 Dallas  
Texas State Board of Pharmacy
 
Terri Burrows is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, College of Pharmacy (B.S.) and a graduate of the University of Texas, College of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.).  She also completed a Master’s Degree in Patient Safety & Risk Management from the University of Florida, College of Pharmacy and a law degree from Concord Law School.  Terri has worked in several areas of pharmacy practice including hospital, community, and academia before becoming interested in regulatory practice.    Currently, Terri is a Compliance Officer in the Dallas area for the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.  She performs inspections of all classes of licensed pharmacies, explains compliance-related deficiencies to pharmacists, advises pharmacy personnel on methods of correction, and provides education on pharmacy laws and rules.
 
Disclosure:  Dr. Burrows has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-113-H03-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

COVID-19 Immunization Update
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Review current status of COVID-19 Immunizations.
  • Discuss the characteristics of the U.S. COVID-19 vaccines
  • Identify the key clinical considerations when administering COVIC-19

Faculty 
Sharon Rush, RPh
Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
 
Sharon Rush received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree in 1986.  Sharon Rush practiced as a staff pharmacist, pharmacy manager, Central Texas Immunization Coordinator and PGY1 residency preceptor during her 23 years with a large community pharmacy chain.  She has been involved with different patient care programs such as pharmacy-based immunizations, health screenings, Medication Therapy Management and Disease State Management. is a certified instructor for the APhA “Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery” certficate program, the APhA “Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services in the Community” certificate program and is an American Heart Association Basic Life Support instructor.  She was honored with the “Friend of UT-APhA-ASP” award in 2010 and 2011 for her involvement with their health screening events.

Disclosure:  Sharon Rush has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.


Activity Number

0067-0000-21-125-H06-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 18, 2023

CE Hours

1.25
   

   

Experiential Learning During COVID-19: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Preceptor Credit
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Discuss preceptor pearls learned through the pandemic
  • Review approached specific with IPPE and APPE students
  • Discuss advantages and disadvantages of using virtual technologies in residency recruitment, staff meetings, teaching and precpting, etc

Faculty 
Justin Pedigo, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor  
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
 
Justin Pedigo is a clinical assistant professor and Regional Internship Program Director for the San Antonio region at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, and he completed his Doctor of Pharmacy training at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy in Abilene, Texas. Dr. Pedigo completed a two-year Pharmacotherapy Residency in Lubbock, Texas with TTUHSC, and afterwards he served as a drug information clinical practice specialist with the University of Texas Medical Branch Correctional Managed Care in Huntsville, Texas. Dr. Pedigo provides drug information consultant services to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services Vendor Drug Program and University Health Systems. As a drug information pharmacist, Dr. Pedigo has provided evidence-based population health services to the state offender population including writing evidence-based treatment guidelines and algorithms, and he has provided education to a wide array of healthcare professionals.
 
Disclosure:  Dr Pedigo has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.
 

Gerard Gawrys, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Infectious Disease Pharmacy Specialist
Residency Program Director
Methodist Hospital and Methodist Children’s Hospital
 
After graduating from the St. Louis college of Pharmacy, Dr. Gawrys completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at the VA Hudson Valley HealthCare System in Castle Point, New York. Here, Dr. Gawrys was able to gain knowledge in overall clinical and administrative aspects of patient care and the profession of pharmacy. From there, he completed a PGY2 residency in infectious diseases at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center where he was able to focus on his passion for antimicrobial stewardship and infectious disease pharmacotherapy.  Utilizing his experiences in PGY1 and PGY2, Gerard has served as an infectious disease clinical pharmacy specialist since August 2013, coordinating antimicrobial stewardship efforts with a multidisciplinary team at Methodist Healthcare System in San Antonio. His day to day responsibilities include daily antimicrobial stewardship, infectious disease consultations, and precepting pharmacy students from UT Austin and UIW. Gerard serves as the residency program director for the expanding PGY1 pharmacy residency program at Methodist Hospital and Methodist Children’s Hospital. He is a board certified in infectious diseases pharmacist.
 
Disclosure: Dr. Gawrys has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-117-H04-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

Let's Talk about It: Required vs Best Practices in Sterile Compounding
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Compare and contrast master formulation records (MFR) and compounding records Examine example master formulation record (compounding recipe)
  • Evaluate a MFR (compounding recipe) selected by participant
  • Debate "hot potato" topics including garbing order, removing overfill from IV bags, following which version of USP <797>, et al.

Faculty 
Holli Temple, Pharm.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
 

Dr. Holli Temple is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Health Outcomes & Pharmacy Practice Division. She is a Course Coordinator for Introduction to Patient Care and the associated Care and Respect for the Elderly (CARE) Program. Additionally, she is the Inpatient Coordinator for Advanced Health Outcomes & Pharmacy Practice Experiences, Austin/Temple/Waco region.  Previously, Dr. Temple practiced pharmacy at North Austin Medical Center (NAMC) from 1995 – 2011.  Her responsibilities at NAMC focused on implementing and managing Clinical Pharmacy Services. In addition, she facilitated the Medication Safety Group and served as the NAMC representative to the Austin Multi-Institutional Review Board.   From 2000-2011, Dr. Temple precepted students on Adult Medicine and Institutional Pharmacy rotations and served the UT College of Pharmacy as the Institutional Coordinator for the Austin/Temple/Waco region. She has contributed to ASHP’s PharmPrep publication as an author and continues to be a section editor for the Renal Disorders chapter.  Academically, Holli completed her B.S. in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University in 1992, her B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Texas in 1994, and her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Texas in 1999.  Dr. Temple has received the following honors and awards associated with her pharmacy practice: recipient of the 2004 Caregiver of the Year award from North Austin Medical Center, named to the 2003 Rho Chi Alumni Honor Roll, and recipient of the 2002 Wm. Arlyn Kloesel Outstanding Preceptor Award.

Disclosure: Dr. Temple has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.

 

Emory S. Martin, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy Project Specialist
Steward Health Care

Emory is a native of Houston, Texas and married Carolyn Reed of Rexburg, Idaho after he completed two years of voluntary missionary service in Japan.  They have five children and 16 grandchildren.  Emory graduated with a PharmD degree from UC San Francisco in 1984.  In his first month of hospital clinical rotations as a pharmacy student, he set a career path toward hospital pharmacy and student precepting.  He completed two years of clinical residency training at University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.  In 1986, he joined the clinical pharmacy faculty at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy precepting adult medicine rotations.  In 1990 he transitioned to part-time UT faculty status as he practiced hospital pharmacy in Austin, Round Rock, and Temple serving as a clinical pharmacy coordinator, hospital pharmacy director, and multi-hospital system pharmacy administrator.  He continued to precept hospital pharmacy, adult medicine, infectious disease, and pharmacy administration APPE rotations, as well as IPPE rotations with students through 2017 – for a total of thirty years of student precepting.  For eight years he served as hospital pharmacy residency program director.  Emory has held a visiting professor appointment with Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in Chiba, Japan for 12 years.  He served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists for 10 years, including serving one term as President.

Disclosure:  Dr Martin has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.


This module may be counted as 1.00 hour of CE for Sterile Compounding certification maintenance

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-116-H07-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

1.00
   

   

Sterile Compounding - Refining Aseptic Technique
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Discuss selected terminology used in sterile compounding
  • Demonstrate hand positions that minimize risk of shadowing
  • Setup LAFW (hood) to optimize workflow
  • Identify shadowing of critical sites and recommend corrections

Faculty 
Holli Temple, Pharm.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

Dr. Holli Temple is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Health Outcomes & Pharmacy Practice Division. She is a Course Coordinator for Introduction to Patient Care and the associated Care and Respect for the Elderly (CARE) Program. Additionally, she is the Inpatient Coordinator for Advanced Health Outcomes & Pharmacy Practice Experiences, Austin/Temple/Waco region.  Previously, Dr. Temple practiced pharmacy at North Austin Medical Center (NAMC) from 1995 – 2011.  Her responsibilities at NAMC focused on implementing and managing Clinical Pharmacy Services. In addition, she facilitated the Medication Safety Group and served as the NAMC representative to the Austin Multi-Institutional Review Board.   From 2000-2011, Dr. Temple precepted students on Adult Medicine and Institutional Pharmacy rotations and served the UT College of Pharmacy as the Institutional Coordinator for the Austin/Temple/Waco region. She has contributed to ASHP’s PharmPrep publication as an author and continues to be a section editor for the Renal Disorders chapter.  Academically, Holli completed her B.S. in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University in 1992, her B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Texas in 1994, and her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Texas in 1999. Dr. Temple has received the following honors and awards associated with her pharmacy practice: recipient of the 2004 Caregiver of the Year award from North Austin Medical Center, named to the 2003 Rho Chi Alumni Honor Roll, and recipient of the 2002 Wm. Arlyn Kloesel Outstanding Preceptor Award.

Disclosure: Dr. Temple has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.


This module may be counted as .50 of CE for Sterile Compounding certification maintenance

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-127-H07-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

0.50
   

   

Sterile Compounding • Training and Competency Assessments
 
 
Learning Objectives • Pharmacists
  • Characterize a quality onboarding training program.
  • Describe a compliant competency assessment program, including how to identify and remediate “failure”.

 
Learning Objectives • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Explain the need and methods of site-specific IV training at onboarding.
  • List the TSBP-required onboarding competency assessments.

Faculty 
Emory S. Martin, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy Project Specialist
Steward Health Care
 

Emory is a native of Houston, Texas and married Carolyn Reed of Rexburg, Idaho after he completed two years of voluntary missionary service in Japan.  They have five children and 16 grandchildren. Emory graduated with a PharmD degree from UC San Francisco in 1984.  In his first month of hospital clinical rotations as a pharmacy student, he set a career path toward hospital pharmacy and student precepting. He completed two years of clinical residency training at University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.  In 1986, he joined the clinical pharmacy faculty at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy precepting adult medicine rotations.  In 1990 he transitioned to part-time UT faculty status as he practiced hospital pharmacy in Austin, Round Rock, and Temple serving as a clinical pharmacy coordinator, hospital pharmacy director, and multi-hospital system pharmacy administrator.  He continued to precept hospital pharmacy, adult medicine, infectious disease, and pharmacy administration APPE rotations, as well as IPPE rotations with students through 2017 – for a total of thirty years of student precepting.  For eight years he served as hospital pharmacy residency program director. Emory has held a visiting professor appointment with Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in Chiba, Japan for 12 years. He served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists for 10 years, including serving one term as President.


Disclosure:  Dr Martin has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.


This module may be counted as .50 of CE for Sterile Compounding certification maintenance


Activity Number

0067-0000-21-129-H07-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

0.50
   

   

Sterile Compounding • Compounding Documentation and Workflow
 
 
 
Learning Objectives • Pharmacists
  • List key components for compounding formula documents.
  • List some advantages and challenges of electronic systems for IV Workflow Management and documentation for required USP <797>-related tasks
 
Learning Objectives • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Recognize the general types of written compounding formulas.
  • List some advantages of electronic technology for IV Workflow Management and documentation of routine tasks required by USP <797>.

Faculty
 
Emory S. Martin, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy Project Specialist
Steward Health Care

Emory is a native of Houston, Texas and married Carolyn Reed of Rexburg, Idaho after he completed two years of voluntary missionary service in Japan.  They have five children and 16 grandchildren. Emory graduated with a PharmD degree from UC San Francisco in 1984.  In his first month of hospital clinical rotations as a pharmacy student, he set a career path toward hospital pharmacy and student precepting. He completed two years of clinical residency training at University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.  In 1986, he joined the clinical pharmacy faculty at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy precepting adult medicine rotations.  In 1990 he transitioned to part-time UT faculty status as he practiced hospital pharmacy in Austin, Round Rock, and Temple serving as a clinical pharmacy coordinator, hospital pharmacy director, and multi-hospital system pharmacy administrator.  He continued to precept hospital pharmacy, adult medicine, infectious disease, and pharmacy administration APPE rotations, as well as IPPE rotations with students through 2017 – for a total of thirty years of student precepting.  For eight years he served as hospital pharmacy residency program director. Emory has held a visiting professor appointment with Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in Chiba, Japan for 12 years. He served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists for 10 years, including serving one term as President.


Disclosure:  Dr Martin has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.


This module may be counted as .50 of CE for Sterile Compounding certification maintenance


Activity Number

0067-0000-21-130-H07-P/T

Release Date: Jun 19, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

0.50
   

   

Sterile Compounding – Viable Environmental Surface Sampling
 
Learning Objectives • Pharmacists
  • Describe the components of TSBP’s required viable environmental sampling program.
 
Learning Objectives • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Describe the components of TSBP’s required viable environmental sampling program.
 

Faculty 
Emory S. Martin, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy Project Specialist
Steward Health Care

Emory is a native of Houston, Texas and married Carolyn Reed of Rexburg, Idaho after he completed two years of voluntary missionary service in Japan.  They have five children and 16 grandchildren. Emory graduated with a PharmD degree from UC San Francisco in 1984.  In his first month of hospital clinical rotations as a pharmacy student, he set a career path toward hospital pharmacy and student precepting. He completed two years of clinical residency training at University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.  In 1986, he joined the clinical pharmacy faculty at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy precepting adult medicine rotations.  In 1990 he transitioned to part-time UT faculty status as he practiced hospital pharmacy in Austin, Round Rock, and Temple serving as a clinical pharmacy coordinator, hospital pharmacy director, and multi-hospital system pharmacy administrator.  He continued to precept hospital pharmacy, adult medicine, infectious disease, and pharmacy administration APPE rotations, as well as IPPE rotations with students through 2017 – for a total of thirty years of student precepting.  For eight years he served as hospital pharmacy residency program director. Emory has held a visiting professor appointment with Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in Chiba, Japan for 12 years. He served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists for 10 years, including serving one term as President.


Disclosure:  Dr Martin has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.


This module may be counted as .50 of CE for Sterile Compounding certification maintenance


Activity Number

0067-0000-21-131-H07-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

0.50
   

   

Sterile Compounding - Is Lumen Volume Really a Thing?
 
 
Learning Objectives 
  • Review anatomy of syringes and needles
  • Define and demonstrate lumen volume
  • Apply knowledge of lumen volume to compounding scenarios

Faculty 
Holli Temple, Pharm.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
 

Dr. Holli Temple is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Health Outcomes & Pharmacy Practice Division. She is a Course Coordinator for Introduction to Patient Care and the associated Care and Respect for the Elderly (CARE) Program. Additionally, she is the Inpatient Coordinator for Advanced Health Outcomes & Pharmacy Practice Experiences, Austin/Temple/Waco region.  Previously, Dr. Temple practiced pharmacy at North Austin Medical Center (NAMC) from 1995 – 2011.  Her responsibilities at NAMC focused on implementing and managing Clinical Pharmacy Services. In addition, she facilitated the Medication Safety Group and served as the NAMC representative to the Austin Multi-Institutional Review Board.   From 2000-2011, Dr. Temple precepted students on Adult Medicine and Institutional Pharmacy rotations and served the UT College of Pharmacy as the Institutional Coordinator for the Austin/Temple/Waco region. She has contributed to ASHP’s PharmPrep publication as an author and continues to be a section editor for the Renal Disorders chapter.  Academically, Holli completed her B.S. in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University in 1992, her B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Texas in 1994, and her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Texas in 1999. Dr. Temple has received the following honors and awards associated with her pharmacy practice: recipient of the 2004 Caregiver of the Year award from North Austin Medical Center, named to the 2003 Rho Chi Alumni Honor Roll, and recipient of the 2002 Wm. Arlyn Kloesel Outstanding Preceptor Award.

Disclosure: Dr. Temple has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.


 

This module may be counted as .50 of CE for Sterile Compounding certification maintenance

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-128-H07-P/T

Release Date: Jun 19, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

0.50
   

   

Sterile Compounding • Component Staging and Equipment Sanitizing
 
Learning Objectives • Pharmacists
  • Identify best practices in staging ingredients and supplies.
  • Identify best practices in establishing effective sanitizing procedures.
 
 
Learning Objectives • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Explain component “staging” and when it should occur.
  • Identify fundamental concepts for effective cleaning and disinfection.

Faculty 
Emory S. Martin, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy Project Specialist
Steward Health Care

Emory is a native of Houston, Texas and married Carolyn Reed of Rexburg, Idaho after he completed two years of voluntary missionary service in Japan.  They have five children and 16 grandchildren. Emory graduated with a PharmD degree from UC San Francisco in 1984.  In his first month of hospital clinical rotations as a pharmacy student, he set a career path toward hospital pharmacy and student precepting. He completed two years of clinical residency training at University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.  In 1986, he joined the clinical pharmacy faculty at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy precepting adult medicine rotations.  In 1990 he transitioned to part-time UT faculty status as he practiced hospital pharmacy in Austin, Round Rock, and Temple serving as a clinical pharmacy coordinator, hospital pharmacy director, and multi-hospital system pharmacy administrator.  He continued to precept hospital pharmacy, adult medicine, infectious disease, and pharmacy administration APPE rotations, as well as IPPE rotations with students through 2017 – for a total of thirty years of student precepting.  For eight years he served as hospital pharmacy residency program director. Emory has held a visiting professor appointment with Toho University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in Chiba, Japan for 12 years. He served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Society of Health System Pharmacists for 10 years, including serving one term as President.


Disclosure:  Dr Martin has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.


This module may be counted as .50 of CE for Sterile Compounding certification maintenance

Activity Number

0067-0000-21-132-H07-P/T

Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Jun 15, 2024

CE Hours

0.50