Course Detail

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This certificate program prepares pharmacists with the essentials of clinical management for patients with cardiovascular disease. The robust online environment allows for anytime and anywhere learning while providing a strong knowledge base in disease pathology, clinical manifestation, and the most current clinical guidelines for care. Learners will apply this knowledge to practice through case studies, namely pharmacotherapeutic recommendations. The P³ Process of Care sets the framework for pharmacist engagement in patient-centered Comprehensive Medication Therapy management in a confidential counseling setting. Pharmacists completing this certificate will be equipped to assess, manage, and coach patients with cardiovascular disease. Patient-centered interventions for smoking cessation involve combination over-the-counter and prescription cessation aids. Courses in the Clinical Pharmacist Certificate Program: Cardiovascular Disease include:

1. The P³ Process of Care: Comprehensive Medication Therapy Management
2. Toolkit for Community Pharmacists to Improve Patients' Cardiovascular Health
3. Blood Pressure Control: Pharmacist-delivered Medication Management Strategies
4. Pharmacologic Management of Dyslipidemia: Assessment and Treatment
5. Pharmacotherapeutic Management of the Post-MI and Post-Stent Patient
6. Management of Diabetes: The Disease, Medications and Clinical Management
7. Tobacco Cessation: Pharmacist Impact Through a Brief, Targeted Intervention
8. Motivational Interviewing: What You Don't Know About Patient Non-Adherence

Learning Objectives
At the completion of this certificate program the leaner should be able to:

1. Interpret clinical laboratory measures, and evaluate and manage cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and tobacco cessation regimens;
2. Identify, evaluate, and communicate to the patient or health-care provider, the appropriateness aof the patient's specific pharmacotherapeutic agents, dosing regimens, dosage forms, routes of administration, and delivery systems;
3. Monitor clinical laboratory values, assess adherence, provide patient education, and collaborate with other health care professionals;
4. Manage chronic disease regimens including hypertension, dyslipidemia, tobacco cessation and post-MI and post-stent patients; through application of guidelines and universal therapy recommendations; and
5. Educate patients on the key factors that influence cardiovascular disease, management and behavioral health, including diet and wellness.

CE: 15.75 Contact Hours
UAN: 0025-0000-14-097-H01-P
Program Number: KE-CN#CVDC01
Fee: $375.00

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