Leading Change: Efforts to Improve Patient Care and Advance Pharmacy Practice

MPA

October Handout

October 13, 2017

Discuss the purpose and goals of the ASHP Practice Advancement Initiative
Discuss opportunities for pharmacists to create value through changes in healthcare payment systems
Discuss the value of advancing the roles and responsibilities of pharmacy technicians
Describe various changes in pharmacy practice that could help facilitate significant improvements in patient care
Describe a vision for the future where pharmacists are the primary prescribers of medications as members of interprofessional healthcare teams
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Treating Tobacco Use Disorder

Explain the health consequences of tobacco use and benefits of quitting
Describe the chronic and relapsing nature of tobacco use disorder
Describe evidence-based methods for brief interventions for treating tobacco use disorder
Explain the correct use, efficacy, adverse events, contraindications, known side effects and exclusions for all first-line tobacco treatment medications
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Maine Legislative Update, 128th Maine Legislative Session I, 1/4/17 – 8-2-17

Identify new drugs that can be dispensed by pharmacists following law enactment 2017
Describe the steps a pharmacy bill submission takes through law enactment and ultimately becomes practice ready
Recognize the difference between a pharmacy law and a pharmacy rule
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Effectively Managing Crucial Conversations

Define Crucial Conversations
Recall the two common downfalls of most communication
Recognize the signs that your conversation is falling apart
Identify tools that can be utilized to put your conversation back on track
Apply concepts to enhance a move to action
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Beam Me Up: Precepting the Next Generation

Describe the characteristics, learning styles, motivators, and value structures of learners of each generation
Identify challenges and opportunities in Precepting the next generation of learners
Identify methods to adapt your current Precepting techniques to meet the learning needs of millennials
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Medical Marijuana Point-Counterpoint

Describe the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of cannabinoids
Identify the currently known adverse effects and efficacy of cannabinoids
Review the clinical indications for the use of medical cannabis
Recall the safety profile and drug interactions of medical cannabis
Discuss the common forms of administration of medical cannabis and the advantages of them in clinical practice
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CPR Re-certification

Describe the chain of survival with the application of basic life support concepts
Demonstrate/perform high-quality CPR for an adult, child, and infant
Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction
Demonstrate the multiple techniques used for adult and infant relief of foreign-body airway obstruction
Describe and demonstrate multirescuer CPR
Describe and demonstrate appropriate use of an AED
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October 14, 2017

Expanding the role of Pharmacists = Expanding Patient Access to Care

List the details of federal provider status legislation and recent activity
Explain state-level opportunities that may increase patient access to pharmacists’ services
Describe how success at the federal and state level can impact pharmacists and their practice
Discuss ways to advocate and get involved
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List the details of federal provider status legislation and recent activity
Recognize state-level opportunities that may increase patient access to pharmacists’ services
Recall how success at the federal and state level can impact pharmacists and their practice
Discuss ways to advocate and get involved
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USP <797> and <800> Update

Recall the status of the USP Compounding chapters
Explain the types of facilities required for sterile compounding and for hazardous compounding
Define the types of environmental monitoring required for sterile and hazardous compounding
Restate the document and must be used to develop your hazardous drug list
List three alternative containment strategies and/or work practices that can be used to mitigate risks of hazardous drugs that are not antineoplastics
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Recognize the USP compounding chapters that are official now, and those that will be official within the next year
Restate the two types of IV rooms where compounded sterile preparations can be mixed
List the two required environmental monitoring tests required by USP <797>
Restate the organization that maintains the list of drugs that are hazardous to healthcare personnel
Restate the three types of engineering controls required by USP <800>
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New Drug Update

Define the indications for recently approved prescription medications
Recall the mechanism of action and dosing parameters for each new drug
Discuss the new drug’s place in therapy
Explain key counseling points for each new medication
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Recall the indications for recently approved prescription medications
Recognize the mechanism of action and dosing parameters for each new drug
State the new drug’s place in therapy
Describe key counseling points for each new medication
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A Brief Overview of Pharmacy Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians

Discuss and explain ratio and proportion and dimensional analysis methods to solve pharmacy calculation problems
Recognize and express units among the pharmacy math systems, especially the metric systems
Define and express percentage strength of a medication expressed as weight/weight, weight/volume or volume/volume
Discuss and explain parenteral IV flow rate calculations
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Immunization Update 2017

Discuss the gap between current rates and Health People 2020 goals for vaccinations
List each of the CDC recommended flu vaccines based upon live/inactivated, route, prep., and storage.
Discuss the influenza vaccines for 2017 including the new quadrivalent and mammalian cell vaccines
Identify vaccine contraindications and recommend vaccines based upon age and medical history
Explain ACIP recommendations and FDA approved indications for the CDC recommended vaccines
Recognize federal and state laws that regulate vaccine administration
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Advancing the Roles for Pharmacy Technicians in an Evolving Health Care Environment—PART 1

Describe the evolving national health care landscape and how it serves as the framework for pharmacy technician role/responsibilities expansion
Describe examples of expanded roles and responsibilities for pharmacy technicians and how they may provide opportunities for patient care services advancement, patient safety initiatives enhancement, and pharmacist/pharmacy technician job satisfaction
Explain how state pharmacy regulatory variations in pharmacy technician education, training, certification and licensure may support or suppress advanced roles creation for pharmacy technicians
Recognize possible pharmacy technician education, training, and certification requirements to assume advanced roles and responsibilities
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Advancing the Roles for Pharmacy Technicians in an Evolving Health Care Environment: Pharmacy Technician Stakeholder Consensus Conference—PART-2

Describe the history of pharmacy consensus conferences focused on the pharmacy technician workforce
Explain the differences between pharmacist and pharmacy technician pathways for entry into the profession of pharmacy and their potential impact on advancing pharmacy technician roles/responsibilities
Describe the key recommendations resulting from the Pharmacy Technician stakeholder Consensus Conference (PTSCC) and their significance for the profession
Identify which entities bear the responsibility for advancing the conference recommendations into implementable actions
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Law Update

Recall recent pharmacy-related legislation
Apply recent pharmacy-related legislation to pharmacy practice
Discuss opioid prescribing and dispensing laws in the State of Maine
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Recall recent pharmacy-related legislation
Apply recent pharmacy-related legislation to pharmacy practice
Discuss opioid prescribing and dispensing laws in the State of Maine
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October 15, 2017

340B Program and Apexus Update

Discuss 340B Program policy updates and trends
Describe tools and resources available to entities through the Prime Vendor Program to support program integrity
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Population Health and Evolving Pharmacy Practice

Express WHY population health is important
Describe the major healthcare payment reform models in place
Describe the importance of population risk
Identify the most important quality measures for pharmacy practice
Identify one strategy you can use in your day-to-day pharmacy practice to improve the health of populations
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Oral Oncolytics: The Expanding Role of the Oncology Pharmacist

Identify opportunities and challenges associated with the recent growth of the oral onolytic market
Describe various patient care models employed to manage patients on oral oncolytics
Define the roles of oncology pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the management of patients on oral oncolytic treatments
Explain the integrated model of a Health-System to justify enhancing patient care through expanded clinical pharmacy services in patients receiving oral oncolytics
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How can you Mend a Broken Heart? 2017 Update on Heart Failure

Identify the evidence, utility, and limitations of established biomarkers in prevention, diagnosis, and prognosis of heart failure
Discuss the mechanism of action, supporting clinical evidence, and appropriate use of the newer chronic heart failure therapies
Describe an appropriate, patient-specific, evidence-based pharmacotherapy plan for heart failure management
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The Veterinary Pharmacy Marketplace

Recall current pet ownership and pet expenditure statistics for companion animals in the United States
Explain why the Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationship is required for a veterinarian to have prescriptive authority
Describe the locations from which a client can access pet medications, and how pet medication purchasing trends have affected their business
Recall the veterinary pharmacy knowledge and training that community pharmacists experience in the PharmD curriculum, and in practice
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CPR Re-certification

Describe the chain of survival with the application of basic life support concepts
Demonstrate/perform high-quality CPR for and an adult, child and infant
Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction
Demonstrate the multiple techniques used for adult and infant relief of foreign-body airway obstruction
Describe and demonstrate mutirescuer CPR
Describe and demonstrate appropriate use of an AED
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