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Clinical Questions in Cardiology: Using Glucagon-like Peptite-1 Receptor Agonists
The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) class of medications has become an important option for treating patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). Cardiovascular outcome trials also show that selected GLP-1RAs exert beneficial cardiovascular benefits in patients with and without T2D. In this activity, case studies commonly encountered in cardiology practice are utilized to prompt reflection on opportunities for reducing cardiovascular risk. Drawing on seminal research and th... |
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Addressing Key Questions About BCMA-Targeted Therapy for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Though treatment advances have improved outcomes for most patients, MM remains an incurable disease characterized by continuous relapse. However, the treatment landscape for relapsed/refractory MM (RRMM) has expanded in recent years, and patients who relapse and/or become refractory to initial therapies are benefiting from the increasing availability of a diverse range of novel agents, including B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)"targeted immunotherapies. These agents ... |
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Recurrent and Metastatic HNSCC: New Insights and Real-World Evidence for Improved Patient Outcomes
STATEMENT OF NEED
Head and neck cancers represent a heterogeneous group of tumors that originate in the lip/oral cavity, hypopharynx, oropharynx, nasopharynx, and larynx. An estimated 66,470 new cases are diagnosed in the United States annually, and 15,050 people die of the disease (Siegel et al, 2022). Approximately 90% of cases are classified as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Treatment of HNSCC is complicated by numerous factors, including differing therapeutic strategies ... |
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Prevention of Medical Errors in Nursing Practice
STATEMENT OF NEED
Medical errors are among the most common health-threatening mistakes that affect patient care, accounting for as many as 250,000 deaths per year in the United States (Makary & Daniel, 2016). Medical errors are considered a global problem; they affect as many as 20% of patients in primary and outpatient care and complicate a patient’s primary condition for which they needed medical attention (WHO, 2019). These errors can lead to adverse outcomes, such as increased mor... |
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Hazardous Drug Handling - Primer for Pharmacy Personnel Home Study
This 6-hour knowledge-based home study learning program is tailored for pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, focusing on regulations and standards related to handling hazardous drugs. By grasping these guidelines, participants can implement optimal practices at work, ensuring the safety of both compounded hazardous preparations and the staff handling them. Pharmacy Technicians can utilize this program to equip themselves for the CPhT Advanced Certification Examination on hazardous drug handli... |
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Compounding for the Veterinary Patient Home Study
In this 6-hour knowledge-based home study learning program, participants will review the regulations of veterinary medicine and recommendations for veterinary compounding, as well as the challenges in compounding for a veterinary patient. Participants will explore ways to help patients and owners by adjusting dosage strength, customizing dosage forms, and tailoring ingredient selection by animal species.
Participants will review important compounding principles, including the benefits an... |
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Non-Sterile Compounding Home Study
This knowledge-based home study learning program is designed for compounding pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. It covers a broad overview of nonsterile compounding, including the applicable regulations and standards, along with discussions of each of the typical dosage forms prepared by compounders. The calculations module provides detailed explanations and examples and is a guide to help develop proficiency in common pharmaceutical calculations.
As a PTCB-Recognized Education/Training ... |
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Executive Functioning in Adults
Executive Functioning in Adults is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides strategies to help adults overcome executive functioning deficits.
Executive functioning (EF) is an umbrella term for the various complex cognitive processes that are responsible for cognitive control of thoughts and actions that are necessary to maintain goal‐directed behavior in pursuit of the attainment of future goals (Holst & Thorell, 2018). Executive skills allow one to organize the... |
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Therapy Tidbits – Spring 2021
Therapy Tidbits – Spring 2021 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the Winter 2021 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent, quarterly newspaper intended to keep psychologists informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Congress Throws a Wrench in Medicare Telehealth Rules – Identifies Section 123 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act and explains the impact this bill will have on telehealt... |
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