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2021 ON-DEMAND Education Registration

UPhA Offers 2021 On-Demand Education

Member Pharmacists - $99
Member Technicians - $69

The Utah Pharmacy Association is pleased to offer our 2021 UPhA On-Demand CE Education. The On-Demand registration offers CE sessions, including handouts for each class that you can either print, or download and follow along on your computer screen, as well as instruction on how to claim your CE credit. The link to register is at the end of the registration information.

Below is an overview of what courses the On-Demand registration offers;



Enhancing Success and Satisfaction: Principles of Effective Teaming for Clinicians and Leaders
KyleTurnerPharm.D., BCACP

UAN:  0107-9999-21-161-H04-P
           
0107-9999-21-161-H04-T
           
Knowledge-based | 0.1 CEU /1.0 Hr

Session Objectives

  • Describe the characteristics of high performing teams
  • Explain how Tuckman’s Stages of Teaming apply to current professional situation
  • Identify plan to enhance success and satisfaction within one’s own team

Non-Prescription Medications and Self-Care Refresher
MichelleHon, BA, MA, Pharm.D

UAN:  0107-9999-21-162-H04-P
          
 0107-9999-21-162-H04-T
           
Knowledge-based | 0.1 CEU /1.0 Hr

Session Objectives:

  • Describe the basic cause(s) and occurrence of each condition covered
  • Recognize the signs/symptoms of the condition
  • Identify basic self-care guidelines, including appropriate OTC product selection and use, non-drug measures, and expected outcomes
  • Identify when appropriate provider-referral is needed

Point of Care Testing Services
Van Luu, PharmD.

UAN:  0107-9999-21-163-H04-P
          
 0107-9999-21-163-H04-T
           
Knowledge-based | 0.1 CEU /1.0 Hr

Session Objectives

  • Review the state of Utah’s point of care testing (POCT) services available in the community pharmacy setting including, cholesterol screening, blood glucose, hemoglobin A1c tests, and COVID-19 antibody testing.
  • Discuss and summarize testing recommendations for additional POCT opportunities not widely adopted in Utah community pharmacies including, group Astreptococcus, influenza, hepatitisC, HIV, and INR testing.
  • Describe how POCT may be utilized along side collaborative practice agreement, standing order, or prescriptive authority in community pharmacy practice as part of an innovative practice model.
  • Discuss the impact of POCT on improving patient health outcomes
  • Review current CLIA waived POCT products and the requirements to obtain CLIA waivers for future POCT services in the community pharmacy setting.

CPhT to PharmD: Career Considerations and Applying to Pharmacy School (Technicians)
NickCox, PharmD, BCACP
Dustin Christensen-Grant, PharmD, BCPS

UAN:  0107-9999-21-164-H04-T
           
Knowledge-based | 0.1 CEU/1.0 Hr

Session Objectives

  • Identify factors related to pharmacy technicians applying to pharmacy school and becoming a pharmacist
  • Describe general pharmacy school application requirements
  • Explain a competitive pharmacy school application

Beyond "Self-Care": Addressing Burnout in the Pharmacy Profession
Alisyn May, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES

UAN:  0107-9999-21-165-H04-P
           
0107-9999-21-165-H04-T
           
Knowledge-based | 0.15 CEU /1.5 Hr

Session Objectives:

  • Describe burnout rates among pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
  • Identify literature regarding causes and contributors of burnout and resilience among the pharmacy profession
  • Outline interventions to prevent and manage burnout in pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
  • Outline an individual action plan to prevent and manage personal burnout

Immunization Overdrive: Updates and Tips for Survival in 2021
Karen Gunning, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, FCCP
Professor (Clinical) and Associate Dean of Community Engagement
Adjunct Professor of Family & Preventive Medicine
University of Utah College of Pharmacy, and School of Medicine

UAN:  0107-9999-21-166-H06-P
           
0107-9999-21-166-H06-T
           
Knowledge-based | 0.2 CEU /2.0 Hr

Pharmacist Objectives:

  • Compare and contrast the 2021 ACIP Schedules with previous years and incorporate those changes into your immunization practice.
  • Develop a general counseling plan for COVID-19 vaccines, including a discussion of efficacy and adverse effects.
  • Identify areas of potential vaccine error and develop process to reduce errors in the storage, handling and administration of vaccines.
  • Define “SIRVA” and be able to develop a plan to reduce the frequency of this adverse effect.

Technician Objectives:

  • Compare and contrast the 2021 ACIP Schedules with previous years and incorporate those changes into your immunization practice.
  • Review available COVID-19 vaccines, and be able to differentiate between the different vaccines in terms of storage, administration and dosing.
  • Identify areas of potential vaccine error and develop a process to reduce errors in the storage, handling and administration of vaccines.
  • Define “SIRVA” and be able to develop a plan to reduce the frequency of this adverse effect.

SGLT-2 Inhibitors: Updates and Best Practices

ShannonGadd, Pharm.D.

UAN:  0107-9999-21-167-H01-P
           
0107-9999-21-167-H01-T
           
Knowledge-based | 0.15 CEU /1.5 Hr

Session Objectives:

  • Review recent literature regarding the use of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors
  • Determine the appropriate use of SGLT2 inhibitors in heart failure and diabetes
  • Identify safe prescribing practices forSGLT-2 inhibitors
  • Identify the role of the pharmacy team in the use ofSGLT-2 inhibitors

Understanding the Expanding Role of Pharmacy Services in Outpatient CF Care:
What CanTeamRx Do 4 U
Dave Young,  Pharm.D.  Chronic CF medication update
Lynda Roe, Specialty Pharmacy Technician CF copay assistance update
Justin Moss, CPhT Role of Pharmacy Technician(s) in Outpatient Cystic Fibrosis Care
Jeffery Zobell, Pharm.D., BCPPS  Evolving Outpatient Pharmacy Servicesin Cystic Fibrosis Care

UAN:  0107-9999-21-168-H01-P
           
0107-9999-21-168-H01-T
           
Knowledge-based | 0.15 CEU /1.5 Hr

Session Objectives:

  • Explain the chronic medications utilized in the care of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients
  • Identify the various copay assistance programs utilized for CF medications
  • Describe the role of pharmacy technicians in outpatient CF care
  • Explain the available literature highlighting the evolution of outpatient CF pharmacy services

Healthcare by the Numbers
MichaelWright, R.Ph.

UAN:  0107-9999-21-169-H04-P
           
0107-9999-21-169-H04-T
           
Knowledge-based | 0.15 CEU /1.5 Hr

Session Objectives

  • Discuss weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, and common lab tests and what their values should be.
  • Describe health risks associated with out of range values.
  • Discuss the prevalence of issues regarding these measurements.
  • Identify current treatments for these conditions.

Diabetes-Related Complications: The “Onerous Opathies” and Macrovascular Disease

LauraShane-McWhorter, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM, CDCES, FASCP, FADCES

UAN:  0107-9999-21-170-H01-P
           
0107-9999-21-170-H01-T
           
Knowledge-based | 0.15 CEU /1.5 Hr

Session Objectives

  • Describe the major microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes.
  • Describe the importance of maintaining glucose at optimal levels.
  • List treatment strategies for microvascular complications, including retinopathy, neuropathy, and  nephropathy.
  • Discuss treatment strategies for macrovascular complications, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and  heart failure. 

 

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*Once you are registered, a thank you confirmation will be emailed to you and give you the link to the conference

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