Continuing Education Web-based Course for Community Pharmacists
Weighing in on Antibiotic Resistance: Community Pharmacists Can Tip the Scale
Target Audience
Community pharmacists
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of the concept of antibiotic resistance.
- Knowledge of common upper respiratory infections for which antibiotics are often prescribed.
- Interest in the role pharmacists can have in the education and counseling of patients/customers.
Program Description
The educational activity is comprised of various video clips and slides that review the importance in understanding antibiotic resistance, the latest trends in antibiotic resistance in the community, mechanisms of resistance, why antibiotics are often prescribed inappropriately, and how to promote the proper use of antibiotics within the community pharmacy setting.
Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participant will be able to
- Characterize the problem of antibiotic resistance and describe trends in antibiotic resistance among respiratory pathogens in the United States.
- List the most common reasons for inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics by health care providers.
- Describe how pharmacists can be involved in addressing antibiotic resistance in the community.
- Determine the pharmacist practice activity domains in public health initiatives and responses and promotion of safe medication use in society (CAPE 3-1-D-i).
- Identify the goals and objectives of the Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work program.
Method of Participation
You may participate by viewing the web-based program.
To evaluate the webinar, receive a certificate, and print a transcript of all your TCEOnline CE activities for credits/contact hours, please go to http://www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline. This course is activity number WB 1739.
Faculty/Credentials
Lauri Hicks, DO
Medical Epidemiologist, Respiratory Diseases Branch
Medical Director, Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Katie Suda, Pharm.D, Associate Professor
Director, Drug Information Center
University Of Tennessee
Health Science Center College of Pharmacy
Contact Information/Email Address
Disclosure
In compliance with continuing education requirements, all content experts must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use. CDC, our planners, and the content experts for this web-based program wish to disclose they do not have financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. Planners have reviewed content to ensure there is no bias.
Content does not include any discussion or presentation of the unlabeled use of a product or product under investigational use.
CDC does not accept commercial support.
Support/Funding
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work Program.
Accreditation Statements
For Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE):
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 1.0 Contact Hours in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is 0387-0000-12-144-H04-P.
Course category: This activity has been designated as Knowledge-Based.
Fees
No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.
Origination/Expiration Dates
December 20, 2010 – December 20, 2014 (Renewal December 20, 2012)
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