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Safe Prescribing in the 21st Century
KNOW DRUGS - NO MISTAKES
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Up to 5 hours CME free
TARGET AUDIENCE
Family medicine physicians, primary care physicians, specialty physicians and physician assistants
OVERVIEW
This activity will focus on helping practitioners optimize safety in prescribing habits. Know drugs so there are no mistakes.
PRESENTED BY
The University of Georgia School of Pharmacy and the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine and Division of Continuing Education
Six Modules |
Module 1 Direct-to-Consumer Advertising |
Module 2 Product Labeling |
Module 3 Off-Label Prescribing |
Module 4 Understanding Generics |
Module 5 Pharmacovigilance |
Module 6 Evaluation of Clinical Studies |
OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of the six part series, the learner should be able to:
- Describe the history and rationale of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) advertising and assess the potential impact on the patient and physician.
- Provide a strategy for managing patients with questions or requests based on DTC advertising.
- Define off-label prescribing and identify conditions when a drug would be considered off-label
- Describe the advantages, problems and practices associated with off-label prescribing
- Describe the overall drug development process
- Identify efficacy and safety information obtained from the drug development process and where information is found in the product label
- Describe new label changes implemented by the FDA and how new information is incorporated into the drug label
- Describe the importance of post-marketing surveillance in monitoring drug safety
- Identify how clinicians can report issues and the uses of the MedWatch program in improving drug safety
ACCREDITATION
The Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
DESIGNATION
The Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Completion of post-test at 80% accuracy and evaluation required for CME credit.
FACULTY
Matthew Perri, Ph.D.
Professor,
University of Georgia
School of Pharmacy,
Athens, Georgia
Randall L. Tackett, Ph. D.
Professor and Graduate Coordinator,
Clinical Administrative Pharmacy,
University of Georgia,
School of Pharmacy,
Athens, Georgia
AVAILABLE IN THREE FORMATS:
- Mailed DVD
- Internet Access
- Podcast
TIME
The estimated time for completion of all six modules, the post-test and the evaluation is 5 hours.
COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS
Broadband internet connectivity recommended.
PC:
- CPU Pentium 4, 1.3 GHz
- Windows XP Pro, Windows Vista
- RAM 512 MB (Windows XP Pro)
- RAM 1GB (Windows Vista)
- Hard Drive – free space about 4GB
- Browser: IE 6.1, 7.x, Firefox
Mac:
- CPU Power PC 1.4Ghz / Intel 1.4 GHz
- Mac OS X Tiger 10.4, Leopard 10.5
- RAM 512MB
- Hard Drive – free space about 4GB
- Browser: Safari, Firefox
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
There is no fee for this continuing education activity, but registration is required. Funding is provided through the Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant.
Completion of post-test at 80% accuracy and evaluation required for CME credit.
Send registration form and all communications to:
Division of Continuing Education, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912.
Phone: 800-221-6437 or 706-721-3967.
You may fax registrations to 706-721-4642.
Date of original release: June 1, 2009
Termination date: July 31, 2010