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ForwardSHY: Professional Development Series for Pharmacist: DOAC: Dodging Oncologic Associated Clots - November 19, 2020
Pharmacy continues to evolve and with that comes practices changes, new challenges and areas for improvement. ISMP continues to update their safety recommendations and Pennsylvania state board of pharmacy requires that all pharmacists have 2 patient safety contact hours for license renewal.
Target Audience
UPMC Shadyside pharmacy employees
Learning Objectives
Identify two characteristics of oncology patients that may benefit from the use direct oral anticoagulants approved for cancer-associated VTE
Recognize the clinical and economic factors that support the use of DOACs over low molecular weight heparin in cancer-associated VTE
List 3 barriers to using DOACs in the oncology population
Pharmacy continues to evolve and with that comes practices changes, new challenges and areas for improvement. ISMP continues to update their safety recommendations and Pennsylvania state board of pharmacy requires that all pharmacists have 2 patient safety contact hours for license renewal.
Jenna Christner, PharmD
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 0.5 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
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.
- 0.50 Attendance