CE-25PA1004X - American Pharmacists Association’s The Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care
Course Description
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) developed The Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care Certificate Training Program, an educational experience designed to equip pharmacists with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to provide effective, evidence-based diabetes care. The program provides comprehensive instruction in current diabetes concepts and standards of care and 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.
Course Outline
Seminar Agenda
October 29
- Check-in
- Welcome, Introductions and Acknowledgements
- Comprehensive Diabetes Care
- Treating Type 2 Diabetes
- Insulin Therapy in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
- Nutrition and Lifestyle Counseling for Patients
One of the following dates: October 30; November 4, 6, 18, 20
- Hands-On Skills Practice
- Break
- Next Steps and Resources
- Post-Seminar Final Instructions Development
Learner Outcomes
How to Obtain a Certificate of Completion
- Successful completion of the self-study component involves passing the self-study assessment with a grade of 70% or higher.
- Successful completion of the live seminar component involves attending the full live seminar, successfully demonstrating competency in the utilization and/or evaluation of these devices and completing the online assessment and evaluation.
- Credit must be claimed for each course (self-study, live seminar, and post-live training) in order to obtain credit.
- Participants will need to have a valid APhA (pharmacist.com) username and password, as well as a CPE Monitor account to claim credit. After credit has been claimed, please visit CPE monitor for your transcript.
- The Certificate of Completion will be available online upon successful completion of all activities on the participant's My Training page.
- APhA continuing pharmacy education policy provides you with two opportunities to successfully complete a continuing pharmacy education assessment. Please note that you will not be permitted to submit an assessment a third time. The current policy of the APhA Education Department is not to release the correct answers to any of our CPE tests. This is intended to maintain the integrity of the CPE activity and the assessment.
Self-study Learning Objectives
Participants who successfully complete the course can expect the following outcomes:
- Explain important concepts in glucose homeostasis.
- Describe the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
- List diagnostic criteria and the treatment goals for patients with diabetes.
- Describe the implications of cardiorenal metabolic syndrome and obesity in patients with diabetes.
- Describe outcomes-based evidence related to glycemic control in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
- Explain strategies for managing hypoglycemia.
- Discuss basic concepts of carbohydrate counting and meal planning for patients with diabetes.
- Identify best practices for lifestyle management in patients with diabetes.
- Describe antidiabetic agents according to their primary mechanism of action, efficacy for various outcomes, principal adverse effects, and appropriate clinical use.
- Explain currently recommended pharmacologic approaches for managing type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Identify medications that impact cardiorenal outcomes.
- Identify screening and treatment recommendations for comorbidities commonly associated with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, including autoimmune diseases, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, nephropathy, retinopathy, and gastroparesis.
- Explain how pharmacists can obtain recognized diabetes care credentials.
- Describe the value of obtaining advanced diabetes care credentials.
Participants who successfully complete the course can expect the following outcomes:
- Apply key concepts of diabetes care, including selection of appropriate treatment approaches, to patient cases.
- Demonstrate effective communication strategies for educating patients with diabetes to manage their condition.
- Demonstrate how to perform a fingerstick for assessing blood glucose levels and inject medications with syringes or pens.
- Discuss the clinical value of CGM for patients living with diabetes.
- Evaluate data from various blood glucose logs, including those generated by continuous glucose monitoring.
Faculty and Disclosures
- Bethanne Brown, PharmD, BCACP, TTS; no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
- Anne Metzger, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP; no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Who Should Register?
Pharmacists in all practice areas who are interested in advancing diabetes care for patients.Additional Information
The American Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. APhA's The Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care certificate training program is approved for a total of 8.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit (0.8 CEUs). Self-study component is approved for 4 hours (0.4 CEUs) of CPE credit. ACPE UAN: 0202-0000-23-436-H01-P. Live component is approved for 4 hours (0.4 CEUs) of CPE credit. ACPE UAN: 0202-0000-23-437-L01-P / 0202-9999-23-437-L01-P.
The Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care was developed by the American Pharmacists Association. Copyright © 2024 by the American Pharmacists Association. APhA's Education staff involved in the review of this content declare no conflict of interest or financial interest in any product or service mentioned, including grants, employment, gifts, stock holdings, and honoraria. For a full listing of APhA Staff Disclosures, please see the APhA Disclosure Statement webpage at APhA Staff Disclosures.