• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  The fifth module will discuss the patient interview and medication history. First, key terms such as medication adherence, medication intolerance, medication allergy, social history, and medical condition will be defined. Next, the pharmacist and pharmacy technician roles in a patient interview will be compared to identify the differences in limitations during the medication history process. An emphasis will be placed on ensuring that the pharmacy technician is not counseling the patient during the review. Finally, the importance of active listening will be discussed because, aside from documentation, this is where the pharmacy technician’s role can be very impactful in the medication review. They can combine active listening with their knowledge of common drugs to identify potential low health literacy, cognitive impairment, cultural and social differences, inappropriate medication use, prescribing errors, or improper medication use technique.
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   22058H04_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   22058H04_6pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   Abbreviations List.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacy Technician

  Identify the importance of active listening during a patient interview to identify potential medication-related problems, inappropriate use, or low health literacy

  Define key terms in medication history and the medication history process

  Identify potential cultural or social differences that may affect the patient interview

  Compare the pharmacist and pharmacy technician limitations in the medication history

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-896305

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-22-058-H04-T
  

  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

  Francesca  Morris, MHA, CPhT-Adv MTM Pharmacy Technician

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