APhA Pharmacist & Patient Centered Diabetes Care Certificate Training Program

APhA Pharmacist & Patient Centered Diabetes Care Certificate Training Program

4 HOURS LIVE AND 4 HOURS OF SELF STUDY
5:30PM am " 9:30 pm
Zoom Online Presentation

Faculty " Hyma Gogineni, PharmD, MSc, BCACP, TTS

Class Overview

APhA’s “The Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care” Certificate Training Program was the recipient of the 2015 Award, Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions for outstanding Live CE Activity. This award recognizes an organization for innovation and excellence in the design, educational format, and instructional delivery of a live CE activity or educational initiative.
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) developed The Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care Certificate Training Program, is an educational experience designed to equip pharmacists with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to provide effective, evidence-based diabetes care. The program provides comprehensive instruction in current diabetes concepts and standards of care and incorporates case studies and hands-on skills training focused on the situations most likely to be encountered"as well as the services most needed"in community and ambulatory care practice settings. Participants will gain experience evaluating and adjusting drug therapy regimens for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, counseling patients about lifestyle interventions, analyzing and interpreting self-monitoring of blood glucose results, and assessing the overall health status of patients to identify needed monitoring and interventions.