Diabetes Medications and Treatments: Clinical Updates
OVERVIEW: Dr. Isaacs, a Clinical Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, discusses the pharmacologic mechanisms of diabetes medications, explores the latest evidence on how they affect heart, kidneys, and weight management, and identifies potential side effects and clinical pearls. Additionally, you will learn how to design a therapeutic regimen and monitoring plan for patients based on the updated diabetes treatment algorithm and how to add non-insulin agents to insulin therapy. By focusing on evidence-based learning and practical application, this course equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills required for effective diabetes care management. This asynchronous enduring course requires a passing score on the knowledge checks, as well as a completed course evaluation to claim credit.
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Format
  • Enduring Material
Credits
  • 1.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.50 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 Completion
Gender Affirming Care 101: Providing Hormone Therapy
Overview: This module reviews important terminology, addresses medical biases, and identifies best practices for serving transgender and nonbinary patients.  Users of this module will learn about clinical guidelines for prescribing hormone therapy and will learn about practice changes they can make to ensure patients receive nondiscriminatory care. This module includes a role play demonstration of key concepts.
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Format
  • Enduring Material
Credits
  • 2.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 2.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 Completion
Vaccine Communication Strategies for Healthcare Providers
Overview: This module reviews the population health impact of vaccinations on the community. This includes the vaccine campaigns, health benefits, risk-factors, vaccine hesitancy and impact of misinformation so that health professionals can effectively communicate with patients about vaccinations. ​This module will be a lecture style format with integrated questions throughout. ​This module will be approximately 1 hour in length for viewing and completion of the evaluation​. This module is approved for 1 hour of CME.
Category
Format
  • Enduring Material
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Completion
  • 0.10 Nursing Hour(s)
The Collaborative Care Model: How to Integrate Behavioral Health into Your Practice
OVERVIEW: This course presents providers with evidence-based information and tools to integrate behavioral health care skills into their practice using the Collaborative Care Model. In a time of widespread need for clinical assessment and early intervention services for depression and other behavioral health conditions, providers can learn about how their patient care practices can be adapted to address this need effectively. This module is a lecture style format with knowledge check questions at the end of the presentation. This module is approved for 1 hour of CME. 
Category
Format
  • Enduring Material
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Completion
  • 0.10 Nursing Hour(s)
[On-Demand] Long COVID: Exploring Advancements & Management
Overview: This adapted one-hour virtual webinar on Long COVID, is designed to give healthcare professionals a comprehensive understanding of the latest case definitions, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations of this condition. This session covers diagnostic evaluations and presents the newest evidence-based treatment options for symptoms such as fatigue, neurocognitive dysfunction, pain, and sleep disturbances. Led by esteemed experts, this webinar aligns with public health priorities and provides valuable insights for improving Long COVID care and management.
Category
Format
  • Enduring Material
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Completion
Implicit Bias II: A Practical Guide for Healthcare Settings
Overview: In DC Health’s second module on implicit bias, the concept of implicit bias is overviewed and then expanded on through five scenarios. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from these realistic situations that take place in healthcare settings and review the reasons certain interactions display bias. These interactions may take place at any point during a patient’s care, from a scheduling phone call to the recording of symptoms, and these interactions can even take place amongst coworkers. This implicit bias module recreates healthcare encounters and provides learners with concrete examples so that they may lead the change in creating healthier work environments.
Category
Format
  • Enduring Material
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Completion
  • 0.10 Nursing CEU
Medication Errors: Understanding the Causes and Designing Effective Risk Management Strategies
Overview: The purpose of this module is to engage health care providers (prescribers), pharmacists, and other health care professionals in evidence based practices to avoid medication errors and enhance patient safety. Successful attainment of knowledge by the learner will enable improved awareness and lead to changes in clinical practice measures to overcome common causes of medication errors.  
Category
Format
  • Enduring Material
Credits
  • 2.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 2.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 Completion
Antimicrobial Stewardship: Syndromic and System-Level Interventions
Overview: This course overviews the history of antibiotics and how antimicrobial overuse has led to a public health emergency in our communities. Presenters overview the concept of antimicrobial stewardship and its core elements. Learners will obtain knowledge of syndromic stewardship and how to customize interventions based on community needs. Additionally, learners will hear about system-level interventions using examples of systems in the DC area. For both syndromic and system-level stewardship, proper implementation practices will be reviewed. This module provides 1.5 hours of CME.
Category
Format
  • Enduring Material
Credits
  • 1.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.50 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 Completion
Pregnancy Related Hypertension and Diabetes: Therapeutic Management
Overview: This module overviews the population health impact of pregnancy related hypertension and diabetes in the District of Columbia and across the country. The course reviews the risk factors, diagnostic criteria, management, and treatment of these conditions so that health professionals can make appropriate treatment recommendations and referrals. This module will be a lecture style format with integrated questions throughout. It will be approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes in length and provide 1.5 hours of CME.
Category
Format
  • Enduring Material
Credits
  • 1.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.50 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 Completion

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