- Member Price: $255
- Nonmember Price: $475
If your company or organization is interested in offering this program to your pharmacists or student
pharmacists, please contact Chris
McKerrow.
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
Module 1.1: Current Landscape of Pharmacy Practice
- Identify opportunities for expanding patient-centered services in the pharmacy
setting using point-of-care testing (POCT).
- Discuss the evolution of pharmacy practice from product-focused to patient-focused.
- Present data supporting the pharmacist's unique position to improve access to care.
Module 1.2: Overview of Test and Treat and Point-of-Care Testing
- Define point-of-care testing (POCT).
- Review Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations and how they
apply to expanding patient-centered services in the pharmacy setting using POCT.
- Describe research findings regarding pharmacists' use of POCT to test and treat
minor nonchronic conditions such as influenza and Group A Streptococcus.
Module 1.3: Physical Assessment and the Pharmacist Patient Care Process
- Recall how to collect patient reported symptoms, medical history, and medication
allergies using the Pharmacist Patient Care Process (PPCP).
- Describe physical assessments, when appropriate to patient care, which may include
but are not limited to the following vital signs and statistics: blood pressure,
pulse, respiratory rate, oxygenation, cervical lymph node inspection, body
temperature, throat exam, and skin assessment.
Module 1.4: Preparing for Specimen Collection
- Describe the process of specimen collection for point-of-care testing, including:
throat swab, nasal swab, and finger stick blood collection.
- Describe physical assessments, when appropriate to patient care, which may include
but are not limited to the following vital signs and statistics: blood pressure,
pulse, respiratory rate, oxygenation, cervical lymph node inspection, body
temperature, throat exam, and skin assessment.
Module 2.1: Testing, Treating and Managing Influenza
- Discuss the assessment for influenza infections, including identification of “red
flags” indicating more severe illness and appropriate actions.
- Identify patients who should receive influenza antiviral therapy or chemoprophylaxis
according to current recommendations.
- Describe how to conduct appropriate point-of-care testing for influenza.
- Recall safe and effective treatments for influenza.
- List contraindications to treatment and exclusion criteria for testing and treating
influenza in the pharmacy setting.
- Identify when referral to a physician is necessary.
Module 2.2: Testing, Treating, and Managing Streptococcal Infection
- Discuss the patient assessment for symptoms of streptococcus, including
identification of “red flags” indicating more severe illness and appropriate
actions.
- Identify patients who should receive treatment for streptococcal infection according
to current recommendations.
- Describe how to conduct appropriate point-of-care testing for streptococcus,
including identifying patients who need additional follow-up testing.
- Recall safe and effective treatments for streptococcal infection.
- List contraindications to treatment and exclusion criteria for testing and treating
streptococcal infection in the pharmacy setting.
- Identify when referral to a physician is necessary.
Module 2.3: Testing, Treating, and Managing Urinary Tract Infection
- Discuss the patient assessment for symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI),
including identification of “red flags” indicating more severe illness and
appropriate actions.
- Identify patients who should receive treatment for a UTI according to current
recommendations.
- Describe how to conduct appropriate point-of-care testing for a UTI, including
identifying patients who need additional follow-up testing.
- Recall safe and effective treatments for UTI.
- List contraindications to treatment and exclusion criteria for testing and treating
a UTI in the pharmacy setting.
- Identify when referral to a physician is necessary.
Module 2.4: Testing, Treating, and Managing COVID-19
- Discuss the patient assessment for symptoms of a COVID-19 infection, including
identification of “red flags” indicating more severe illness and appropriate
actions.
- Identify patients who should receive treatment for a COVID-19 infection according to
current recommendations.
- Describe how to conduct appropriate point-of-care testing for a COVID-19 infection,
including identifying patients who need additional follow-up testing.
- Recall safe and effective treatments for COVID-19.
- List contraindications to treatment and exclusion criteria for testing and treating
a COVID-19 infection in the pharmacy setting.
- Identify when referral to a physician is necessary.
Module 3.1: Developing and Implementing a Protocol Agreement
- Discuss the continuum of pharmacist prescriptive authority which varies at the state
level.
- List the general sections of a protocol agreement.
- Identify strategies or systems to support efficient documentation and communication
with patients and physicians.
- Discuss strategies and techniques for writing and entering into a successful
point-of-care protocol agreement.
Module 3.2: Establishing Elements for a Point-of-Care Testing Site
- Review a step-wise approach to setting up a point-of-care testing (POCT) site.
- Review regulatory considerations related to POCT.
- Describe the process of obtaining a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
(CLIA) certificate of waiver.
- Identify the basic requirements for performing CLIA-waived testing.
- Develop policies and procedures for a CLIA-waived laboratory practice site.
Module 4: Specimen Collection Skills Assessment
- Describe the following specimen collections used in point-of-care testing: throat
swab, nasal swab, and finger stick blood collection.
- Appropriately perform the following specimen collections used in point-of-care
testing: throat swab, nasal swab, and finger stick blood collection.
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