Pharmacy-Based Contraception Care During Covid-19
Course Details
Target Audience
Pharmacists
Registration and Course Fee
This activity has been supported through an education grant from Exeltis, Inc.
- Pharmacists, no CPE credit $10
- Pharmacy students/others $10
Educational Methods
Lecture presentation with interactive activities.
Credits
View the 1 hour recorded webinar. Note: There is no CPE credit available for this course.
COVID-19 requires modifications to pharmacy operations and clinical services.
The goal of this educational program is to increase participant knowledge and comfort with providing contraception care, including prescribing hormonal contraception, in community pharmacy practice settings during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss the impact of COVID-19 on access to reproductive health services.
- Compare pharmacist contraception prescribing protocols with national guidelines for contraception care during COVID-19.
- Determine which contraceptive methods can be safely provided using no-touch or telehealth visits.
- Adapt existing protocols for contraception prescribing during COVID-19 to telehealth-based models.
Faculty Member(s)
Sally Rafie, PharmD, BCPS, APh, NCMP, FCCP
- Pharmacist Specialist, UC San Diego Health
- Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (w/s)
- Founder and Advanced Practice Pharmacist, The Pharmacists Clinic
- Founder, Birth Control Pharmacist
Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Predoctoral Education Program, Department of Family & Community Medicine, UC Davis
Sonya Frausto, PharmD
- Pharmacist-in-Charge, Ten Acres Pharmacy
Planning Committee and Contributors
Jennefer Russo, MD, MPH
- Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor-UCLA
- Associate Professor, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Faculty and Program Planning Committee Disclosures
Sally Rafie, PharmD serves as a Clinical Advisory Board Member for Afaxys, Inc and Speaker for Therapeutics MD. All other individuals involved in the development of this material declare no conflicts of interest or financial interests in any product or service mentioned in this activity, including grants, employment, gifts, stock holdings, and honoraria.
Course Completion and Credit
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Accreditation Statement
