Review epidemiology of high cholesterol to include cardiovascular risks and goals for individual patients.
Describe the lifestyle changes and pharmaceutical choices available to reduce cholesterol levels
Explain the modes of action, efficacy, and advantages and disadvantages of currently available pharmacologic therapies
Describe the active role that pharmacists can play in collaboration with patients and physicians in setting patient goals, monitoring progress, and improving adherence to lipid management plans
Pharmacy Technicians Educational Objectives:
Review epidemiology of high cholesterol to include cardiovascular risks and goals for individual patients
Describe the lifestyle changes and pharmaceutical choices available to reduce cholesterol levels
Explain the modes of action, efficacy, and advantages and disadvantages of currently available pharmacologic therapies
Describe the active role that pharmacists can play in collaboration with patients and physicians in setting patient goals, monitoring progress, and improving adherence to lipid management plans
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About The Speaker:
Catherine Cooke, Pharm.D.
Catherine Cooke attained her Bachelor in Pharmacy from the University of Iowa and then went on to receive her Pharm.D. from the Medical University of South Carolina. Subsequently, she completed a specialty residency in Ambulatory Care/Managed Care through the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science.
After post-graduate training, Dr. Cooke served as a full-time Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy where she became a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Currently, she is an Independent Consultant working in health care quality and research. In addition, she provides clinical pharmacy services such as hypertension, dyslipidemia and smoking cessation management to patients in Maryland. Her main research interests are in the areas of cardiovascular pharmacotherapeutics and pharmacy services in the managed care environment with specific interest in discrepancies in health care based on sex or ethnicity.
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