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ForwardSHY: Appropriate evaluation and management of patients with labeled β-lactam allergies
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
- Describe how to conduct an appropriate β-lactam allergy clarification interview with a patient and associated eRecord documentation
- Compare and contrast differences between antibiotic desensitizations and graded challenges
- Explain how to find the “desensitization and graded challenges” policy
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 COI Disclosure Form_Beta.lactam allergy clarification.pdf | 238.95 KB |
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.
LOUISE-MARIE (GILLIS) OLEKSIUK, PharmD, BCPS
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This knowledge-based activity provides .5 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
The assigned universal program number(s) is: 0481-0000-19-097-L04-P
Available Credit
- 0.50 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.