Pharmacologic Interventions for Healthy Pregnancies
Course Details
Course Fee
$20
This activity has been supported by funding from March of Dimes. There is no CPE credit available for this course.
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Credits
Earn up to 1 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of ACPE-accredited continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit.
This course has been developed to promote pharmacist and other clinician interventions into address gaps in care during pregnancy and between pregnancies. The goal of this educational program is to increase participant knowledge and comfort around pharmacologic interventions for healthy pregnancies in order to empower them to change behaviors, provide direct clinical services, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
This course is intended for pharmacists who practice in a variety of settings, including, but not limited to, community pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, acute care, and ambulatory care, as well as physicians, physician assistants, nurse midwives, nurses, and students.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, the participant will be able to:
Preeclampsia
- Define preeclampsia and its impact in term and preterm patients.
- Identify when a patient meets criteria for preeclampsia prevention.
- Discuss safety of low dose aspirin during pregnancy.
Birth Spacing
- Explain interpregnancy interval recommendations and importance.
- Apply considerations for use of various contraceptive methods in the postpartum period.
Faculty Member(s)
Lauren Leader, PharmD, BCPS
- Clinical Pharmacist, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns
Sally Rafie, PharmD, BCPS, APh, FCCP, FCPhA
- Founder, Birth Control Pharmacist
- Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (w/s)
Faculty Disclosure
Sally Rafie, PharmD serves as a Clinical Advisory Board Member for Afaxys, Inc. 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.
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Accreditation Statement
Note: There is no CPE credit available for this course.
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