In partnership with the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, ASCP is proud to promote the following educational activity, "Hospice and Palliative Care: A Certificate Program for Pharmacists".
Cost: $749
ASCP Member Discount: Use the coupon code ASCPSTL at checkout to receive $150 off!
This online certificate program is designed to introduce pharmacists to end-of-life issues and the care of patients in hospice and palliative care while further exploring advanced symptom management. The 16 modules are presented by nationally-recognized experts in the field of hospice and palliative care. The participant will be introduced to many topics important in the development and maintenance of a hospice practice, working with and communicating within a hospice team, and managing common challenges in pain management. Participants will then build upon foundational knowledge and enhance their skills related to prevalent diseases and disorders present at the end of life, such as gastrointestinal issues, psychiatric needs, and hematology. Finally, pharmacists will have an opportunity to apply their knowledge in practice and submit to receive a certificate.
Pharmacists can complete this course on-demand, from the comfort of home and earn 20 continuing pharmacy education credits. All modules are delivered fully online, for your convenience!
- Hospice and Palliative Care: Introduction and Overview
- Professional Pharmacy Services for Hospice
- Pharmaceutical Care and Medication Management in Hospice
- Hospice Practice Development and Management
- Alternative Drug Delivery Methods
- Pain Management at the End of Life: Part 1
- Pain Management at the End of Life: Part 2
- Communicating Effectively as a Member of the Interdisciplinary Team
- Performing a Hospice Chart Review
- Ethical Issues in Hospice Care
- Advanced Symptom Management: GI/GU, Part 1
- Advanced Symptom Management: GI/GU, Part 2
- Advanced Symptom Management: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
- Advanced Symptom Management: Neurologic Considerations
- Advanced Symptom Management: Psychiatric Considerations
- Advanced Symptom Management: Hematology and Dermatology
Speakers/Author(s):
Alexandra McPherson, Pharm.D., MPH
Palliative Care Consultant, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Amanda Daniels, Pharm.D.
Pain Management & Palliative Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Ashley Merritt, Pharm.D., AE-C
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Robert Silvey VA Clinic
Chris Herndon, PharmD, CPE, FASHP
Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
President-Elect for Society of Palliative Care Pharmacists
Justin Garret Kullgren, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, The Ohio State University
Kathryn Walker, Pharm.D., BCPS, CPE
Senior Clinical and Scientific Director for Palliative Care , MedStar Health System
Mary Lynn McPherson, Pharm.D., MA, MDE, BCPS
Executive Director, Advance Post-Graduate Education in Palliative Care at University of Maryland
Stephanie Abel, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Palliative Medicine, The Ohio State University
Activity Type: Certificate Program (formerly practice-based)
Complete the practice experience and three required reflection questions. Expect to spend approximately 2 hours completing this portion. You will be expected to email your responses to us; accumulated responses will be evaluated on a monthly basis. Please allow 4-8 weeks for processing and feedback.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the culture and history of hospice.
- Define hospice and palliative care, with specific attention to areas of overlap and difference.
- Identify common admission diagnoses and demographics for patients receiving palliative care or hospice services.
- Describe the interdisciplinary team for both hospice and palliative care.
- Describe roles for pharmacists in hospice care including direct patient care, medication order review, and reconciliation, education and medication counseling and administrative roles.
- Describe Medicare guidelines for the most common admitting terminal diagnoses to hospice care.
- Make recommendations to optimize the medication regimen to manage pain and non-pain symptoms, optimal dosage formations, and discontinue medically futile medications.
- Describe best practices in transitions in care from an acute care facility to home-based hospice in terms of medication management.
- Describe risks and benefits of commonly used administration routes at the end of life.
- Differentiate pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic differences in medications administered via alternative administration modalities.
- Discuss the benefits of deprescribing in hospice.
- Describe the ethical issues related to the process of health care decision making and informed consent (e.g., MOLST/POLST forms, advance directives, code status orders, health care proxy decision making).
- Identify key symptoms of diagnoses common to patients in hospice and palliative care.
- Recommend treatment of various symptoms including: nausea / vomiting, constipation, malignant bowel obstruction, and diarrhea at the end of life.
- Recommend treatment of various symptoms including: hiccups, anorexia/cachexia, dysphagia, dyspepsia, end-stage renal disease, uremia, mucositis, oral care, and related symptoms at the end of life.
- Discuss hospice eligibility criteria for heart failure and COPD.
- Identify pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic strategies to maximize symptom management in a patient with end-stage heart failure or COPD.
- Assess a treatment plan for distressing end of life care symptoms associated with dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and stroke.
- Recommend an appropriate treatment regimen for psychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, and delirium.
- Recommend treatment at the end of life for various symptoms including: anemias, cytopenias, thrombosis, wound care, and fungating tumors.
- Analyze current practice to identify needs for patients requiring hospice and palliative care.
- Develop a plan for applying the information in the modules to improve practice for the care of patients in hospice and palliative care. services.
Release Date: July 22, 2019
Expiration Date: July 22, 2022
ACPE UAN: 0033-0000-19-062-H01-P
ASCP Member Discount: Use the coupon code ASCPSTL at checkout to receive $150 off!
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