APhA's The Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care

June 12, 2019
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort
39 Beach Lagoon Rd
Fernandina Beach, FL  32034

APhA's The Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care certificate training program (6th Edition) is an intensive educational experience designed to equip pharmacists with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to provide effective, evidence-based diabetes care. Five self-study modules provide comprehensive instruction in current diabetes concepts and standards of care. The live seminar incorporates case studies and hands-on skills training focused on the situations most likely to be encountered — as well as the services most needed — in community and ambulatory care practice settings. Participants will gain experience evaluating and adjusting drug therapy regimens for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, counseling patients about lifestyle interventions, analyzing and interpreting self-monitoring of blood glucose results, and assessing the overall health status of patients to identify needed monitoring and interventions.

Program Goals

• Provide comprehensive instruction on current standards of care for patients with diabetes
• Increase pharmacists' ability to apply pharmacotherapeutic information and serve as the drug therapy expert on the diabetes health care team
• Refresh pharmacists' knowledge of the pathophysiology of diabetes and the acute and long-term complications of the disease
• Familiarize pharmacists with important concepts in nutrition, exercise, and weight control that contribute to optimal diabetes care
• Provide training on the use of diabetes-related devices and physical assessments involved with optimal diabetes care
• Describe business opportunities and roles for pharmacists in improving health outcomes for patients with diabetes

Cost:

• GPhA members: $349
• Non-members: $499