SHY: Antibiotic Dose Optimization

June 20, 2019

Overview

Subjects will vary for each presentation within the series.  In general, each presentation will review current pharmacotherapeutic management recommendation for a given disease state.  The goal of the series is to ensure that our pharmacists practice consistent, evidence-based pharmacy.

 

ACPE: 0481-0000-19-097-L04-P

Target Audience

The target audience consists of pharmacists, pharmacy residents, and pharmacy students

Learning Objectives

  • Offer structured support of professional development for pharmacists
  • Incentivize pharmacists to engage in professional development sessions by providing continuing education credit for attendance
  • Review current pharmacotherapeutic management recommendations for various disease states
  • Emphasize knowledge gained during presentations through summary slides, questions and/or patient cases
  • Ensure that residency preceptors are aware of current evidence-based pharmacy recommendations
    • List key upcoming changes to current antibiotic dosing recommendations
    • Describe rationale for prolonged infusion β-lactam therapy

Additional Information

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PDF icon COI Ballard 5.23.19.pdf239.13 KB
PDF icon COI Hebda 5.23.19.pdf244.21 KB
PDF icon Curriculum Vitae -Michele Hebda 2019.pdf477.7 KB
PDF icon SLBallard CV 2.18.2018.pdf199.68 KB
Microsoft Office document icon Flyer.doc84.5 KB
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy
    The 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.
  • 0.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
06/20/2019
Course expires: 
07/22/2019
Event starts: 
06/20/2019 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
06/20/2019 - 1:00pm EDT
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Program

Subjects will vary for each presentation within the series.  In general, each presentation will review current pharmacotherapeutic management recommendation for a given disease state.  The goal of the series is to ensure that our pharmacists practice consistent, evidence-based pharmacy.

Venue

Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Faculty

 

LOUISE-MARIE (GILLIS) OLEKSIUK, PharmD, BCPS

Accreditation

imageThe University of Pittsburgh Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education. 

The assigned universal program number(s) is:  0481-0000-19-097-L04-P

 

Available Credit

  • 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy
    The 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.
  • 0.50 Attendance

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