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HealthTrust Presents…”Understanding Medication Therapy Treatment Options for Parkinson’s Disease”

Pharmacists can be a resource for physicians treating patients with Parkinson’s disease. In this session, the pathophysiology, causes, signs, symptoms and diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease will be reviewed. The mechanism of action, adverse effects, drug interactions, monitoring parameters, effectiveness, place in therapy and typical dosing of drugs for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease will also be discussed. A patient case will be presented to assist pharmacists with therapeutic and clinical considerations of select drugs. Pharmacists can utilize their knowledge of medications used in Parkinson’s disease to make meaningful interventions and recommendations that will ultimately improve patient symptoms and quality of life.

Learning Objectives for pharmacists & supply chain professionals  |  At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Recall the pathophysiology of Parkinson’s disease and determine how medications improve motor and non-motor symptoms based on mechanism of action.
2. Describe pharmacologic characteristics of various medications used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
3. Select an appropriate agent based on current best practices for a
   specific patient to treat symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease.

Learning Objectives for pharmacy technicians  |  At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the mechanism of action of the drugs used to treat Parkinson’s disease
2. Discuss the side effects of the drugs used to treat Parkinon’s disease

Presenter:

Evan Beakas,  PharmD, RPh  |  Pharmacy Practice Resident  |  Memorial Hospital of South Bend

Target Audience: Pharmacists & Pharmacy Technicians

Continuing Education Information:  1.0 contact hours approved for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs. Belmont University College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The ACPE Universal Activity Numbers for this activity are 0863-9999-19-088-L01-P and 0863-9999-19-088-L01-T . The activity is approved for 1 hour (.1 CEUs) of continuing education credit to pharmacists and pharmacist technicians who attend the webinar and complete the online evaluation. AHRMM will offer 1.0 CPEs for those who attended the entire webinar.

Note about CE credit: If you plan to obtain credit, stay until the end of the presentation to receive the verification code you will need to obtain your continuing education credit. A reminder that CE credit is individual. No group credit is available. Each person must register for this session and attend the webinar for 40 minutes or longer in order to receive an email after the event with instructions on how to apply for continuing education credit. Please do not share the code or forward the email you receive to others who did not actually attend the program. If they are not able to be verified on our webinar provider reports and registration list they will not receive credit. Also, please note: If you are joining only by phone, you will not be eligible for credit. You must also log in and join the visual portion of the webinar to be part of our CE provider-required reporting.

Effective June 1, 2019: Belmont College of Pharmacy will no longer issue paper/electronic statements of credit for CE activities. ACPE (our accrediting body) policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor at www.nabp.net.

A participant, sponsor, faculty member or other individual wanting to file a grievance with respect to any aspect of a program sponsored or co-sponsored by the Belmont COP may contact the Dean of Belmont University College of Pharmacy in writing at david.gregory@belmont.edu. The grievance will be reviewed and a response will be returned within 45 days of receiving the written statement. If not satisfied, an appeal to the Dean of the College of Pharmacy can be made for a second level of review.