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ForwardPulse - Clozapine for Suicidality in Schizophrenia
New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.
To provide education to pharmacists regarding what is the current use of Clozapine for Suicidality in Schizophrenia?
Target Audience
Pharmacist
Learning Objectives
- Identify suicide risk and suicide rates of patients with schizophrenia
- Describe clozapine’s anti-suicidality benefit in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
- Identify superiority of clozapine to differing antipsychotics for suicide prevention in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
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 HF_Disclosures.pptx | 861.85 KB |
 Pulse 10-19-22.docx | 15.84 KB |
| Abstract Handout Outline_Harrison Ferro.docx | 43.44 KB |
| Clozapine and Suicidality Pulse Fall 2022.pptx | 578.13 KB |
New medications and new guidelines are constantly being released. Pharmacists need a mechanism to keep up with these new medications and guidelines.
To provide education to pharmacists regarding what is the current use of Clozapine for Suicidality in Schizophrenia?
Harrison Ferro, PharmD
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Pharmacy (CPE)
This knowledge-based activity provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.