Initial Test and Treat Certification

Practice at the Top of Your License: Transform How Your Practice Pharmacy

NSU's Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy
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Live, via Zoom

Initial Test and Treat Certification*

Saturday, 16 March, 2024

*This program has been approved by the Florida Board of Pharmacy to meet the requirements for Pharmacists Test and Treat Certification (FS §465.1895) to be eligible for Provider Approval by the Board of Pharmacy.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

This NSU CPE activity offers additional special content to help you engage in Test and Treat Practices using protocols with Primary Care Clinicians:

Presentations from pharmacists who have extensive engagement in these protocol-based activities.
Physician discussing what information they want from pharmacists.
Active learning patient cases used to help you practice your skills.

This program has three distinct components:

Self-study modules.
Live Virtual Seminar (~8 hours) conducted via Zoom.
Post-workshop assessment and program evaluation.

It is very important to review all of the program information on the program website, which lists your responsibilities prior to enrolling in this course.

Live (via Zoom) Workshop Agenda (starts 8:00 a.m.; ends 5:00 p.m.)

Check-in
Welcome, Introductions, and Acknowledgements
What Physicians Want from a Protocol with Pharmacists?
Patient Assessment and Point-Of-Care Testing Review
Testing (screening), Treating, and Managing Minor, Nonchronic Health Condition
Lunch break
Testing, Treating, and Managing (continued)
Nuts and Bolts of Establishing a Physician-Supervised Protocol Arrangement
Crafting Business and Marketing Plans
Making Protocols Work
Wrap-Up / What’s Next? / Adjourn

A more detailed agenda will be furnished after registration.

Fees and Refund Information

Once you pay the registration fee, course enrollment information will generally be sent to you. Please follow the instructions.

A refund may be requested before you access the Program. If requested, your registration fee minus a $75 administrative fee will be credited to the card used to enroll.

Who should attend (target audience)

Pharmacists, in a community, ambulatory care, health-system, or other practice setting who are interested in working in a collaborative relationship with a physician. This Initial Test and Treat Course is specifically designed to meet the Florida Board of Pharmacy requirements for pharmacist treatment of nonchronic conditions certification as outlined in FS §465.1895.

For more information contact:

Carsten Evans at carsten@nova.edu

Accreditation Information

	The American Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

The home-study portion of this certificate training program is approved for 12 contact hours (1.2 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit (UAN: 0092-0000-21-402-H01-P). The live, via Zoom, training workshop is approved for 8 contact hours (0.8 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit (UAN: 0092-0000-21-403-L01-P).

To obtain full credit for the Initial Test and Treat Certification, registrants must

complete the home study activities
attend the entire live workshop
pass the course assessment exam
complete the activity evaluations

Activity Type: Practice-based

Target Audience: Pharmacists in all practice settings

Learning Level: Level 3

Home Study Initial Release Date: 14 November 2021

DISCLAIMER

Information in this message is correct at the time of distribution. Any needed alterations to the program or schedule will be made to the materials distributed during the workshop.

Policy of Non-Discrimination

Nova Southeastern University admits students of any race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying disability, religion, or creed, or national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school and does not discriminate in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Faculty

Goar Alvarez, Pharm.D.
Assistant Dean, Pharmacy Services
NSU's Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy

Luigi Cubeddu, MD, MS, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
NSU's Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy

Tricia Gangoo-Dookhan, BSPharm, Pharm.D., CPh
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
NSU's Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy

Robert McGory, Pharm.D.
Associate Dean, Professional Program
NSU's Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy

Mamta Pansuria, Pharm.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
NSU's Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy

Erika Zwachte, Pharm.D., CPh
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
NSU's Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy

Activity Goals and Learning Objectives

NSU’s Initial Test and Treat Certificate Program has the primary goal preparing Florida pharmacists to test (or screen) and treat non-chronic, minor health conditions in their patients within the context of a written protocol established with a physician in accordance with Florida Statutes. The program, which emphasizes a collaborative healthcare team approach, seeks to foster the implementation of interventions using best practice guidelines to test or screen for and treat for minor, nonchronic health conditions, including, but not limited to:

Influenza
Streptococcus
Lice
Skin conditions, such as ringworm and athlete's foot, and
Minor, uncomplicated infections

Testing (screening), Treating, and Managing Minor, Nonchronic Health Conditions

In the online, home-study portion, the learners will be guided through a series of five self-paced modules consisting of recorded presentations, demonstrations of POC testing techniques, basic patient screening (patient assessment), nonchronic disease management guidelines, and other documents.

Upon completion of these activities, the participant should be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of patient screening procedures used to collect relevant data
Collect sufficient subjective and objective data from the patient or patient’s caregiver
Demonstrate the following specimen collection methods used in POC testing: finger stick, throat swab, oral fluid collection, and nasal swab
Initiate patient screening protocol and identify, order, and perform appropriate testing (POC and clinical laboratory) and diagnostic procedures to assess, treat, and manage the minor, nonchronic health conditions included in your protocol
Communicate the care plan to the patient and supervising physician
Document patient’s subjective and objective data, treatment, and management plan into their chart
Coordinate the care plan according to the protocol establish with the supervising physician
Employ prevention approaches, including updating the vaccine record and early screening for diseases
Immunize against vaccine-preventable diseases

Nuts and Bolts of Establishing a Physician-Supervised Protocol Arrangement