• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  PharmCon recognizes the need for productive and meaningful professional conversations around certain topics. For these topics, it is helpful to step ‘beyond the classroom’ and pose the toughest questions and practice challenges to the leading experts. In this session, join our trio of clinical and regulatory specialists as they discuss the complexities of opioid use disorder, taking your own questions in real time! This unique format fosters an environment conducive to open and productive discussion about the ongoing crisis that impacts daily practice in the pharmacy setting.
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   21128H04.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Recall national drug overdose trends

  Distinguish between the FDA approved medications (buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone) for the treatment of opioid use disorder and naloxone as a 'rescue agent'

  Recognize prescription drug abuse prevention strategies

  Recognize ways that the opioid crisis is steering regulatory change within the profession of pharmacy

  Pharmacy Technician

  Recall national drug overdose trends

  Distinguish between the FDA approved medications (buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone) for the treatment of opioid use disorder and naloxone as a 'rescue agent'

  Recognize ways that the opioid crisis is steering regulatory change within the profession of pharmacy

  Recognize prescription drug abuse prevention strategies

  Nurse

  Distinguish between the FDA approved medications (buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone) for the treatment of opioid use disorder and naloxone as a 'rescue agent'

  Recall national drug overdose trends

  Recognize prescription drug abuse prevention strategies

  Recognize ways that the opioid crisis is steering regulatory change within the profession of pharmacy

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-858582

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-21-128-H04-P
  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-21-128-H04-T
  Nurse 0798-0000-21-128-H04-N
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Mark  Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE, CTTS Assistant Professor, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy

  Jennifer  Gershman, PharmD, CPh Freelance Medical Writer

  Kimberly  Burns, RPh, JD Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) School of Pharmacy

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