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Reducing the Risk of Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Continuing Education Credits for Healthcare Professionals
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Credits
1 Contact Hour
Event Type
Home Study Webcast
Release Date
Monday, August 01, 2011
Expiration Date
Friday, February 01, 2013
Target Audience
Nurse, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician
Program Cost
$2.00
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Program Overview
Approximately 75,000 strokes occur each year in the United States in patients with atrial fibrillation. Current guidelines recommend oral anticoagulation for high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation, but the inherent limitations of these agents lead to substantial underuse. This state of affairs has stimulated the development of new agents with improved benefit-risk profiles, which appear to be offer a wider therapeutic margin and low potential for drug interactions, allowing more convenient dosing without anticoagulation monitoring. Pharmacists must understand the underlying condition, possible comorbid conditions, potential of currently available treatment options (along with their probable results and possible side effects) and play an active role in educating patients on their drug treatment strategies and lifestyle changes necessary to reduce the risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation.
Nurse Educational Objectives
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Identify the under-recognized risk of stroke and/or inadequate prophylaxis in patients with atrial fibrillation and the associated morbidity, mortality, and cost burdens
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Discuss current and potential new challenges and opportunities in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
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Outline strategies to improve communication between pharmacists and patients/caregivers about the benefits and risks of anticoagulation therapy
Pharmacist Educational Objectives
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Identify the under-recognized risk of stroke and/or inadequate prophylaxis in patients with atrial fibrillation and the associated morbidity, mortality, and cost burdens
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Discuss current and potential new challenges and opportunities in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
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Outline strategies to improve communication between pharmacists and patients/caregivers about the benefits and risks of anticoagulation therapy
Pharmacy Technician Educational Objectives
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Identify the medications used for anti-coagulation therapy
Activity Type
Knowledge
Accreditation
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Nurse
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N-656
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Pharmacist
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0798-0000-11-019-H01-P
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Pharmacy Technician
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0798-0000-11-019-H01-T
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PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing education. In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation. Attendees may immediately print their Statement of Credit or leave them stored on this website.
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Pharmaceutical Education Consultants, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education for nurses by the Maryland Nurses Association which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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Faculty
Financial Support By
Boehringer Ingelheim
Program Documents
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