The Astute Clinician: Filing High-Value Adverse Drug Event Reports CME/CE

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Release Date: October 3, 2008; Valid for credit through October 3, 2009

Credits Available
Physicians - maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for physicians;
Nurses - 1.0 ANCC contact hours (1.0 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology);
Pharmacists - 1.0 ACPE continuing education credits for pharmacists (0.1 CEUs)

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Contents of This CME/CE Activity

Downloadable Slides
The Astute Clinician: Filing High-Value Adverse Drug Event Reports
Downloadable PowerPoint Slides by Cindy Kortepeter, PharmD & Judith K. Jones, MD, PhD

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Raise awareness of the prevalence of medication errors and adverse drug events
  2. Identify populations, drug classes, and specific circumstances that raise the risk of drug errors and ADEs
  3. Learn strategies to reduce risks of drug errors
  4. Explain the role of surveillance and reporting programs to improve drug safety
  5. Describe the individual clinician's role and responsibilities in managing patients' medications safely and effectively
Authors and Disclosures

Cindy Kortepeter, PharmD
Disclosure: Cindy Kortepeter, PharmD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.


Judith K. Jones, MD, PhD
Disclosure: Judith K. Jones, MD, PhD, has disclosed that she has received research grants for epidemiology research from Abbott Laboratories; Allergan; C.B. Fleet Co. Inc.; Cephalon; Genetech, Inc.; Hoffman-LaRoche; and Oxford Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Jones has also disclosed that she has received a research grant for risk management from Bayer Healthcare, and received consulting fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hoffman-LaRoche, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Quintiles, and sanofi-aventis.


Laurie E. Scudder, MS, NP-C
Disclosure: Laurie E. Scudder, MS, NP-C, has disclosed that she has no relevant financial relationships.


David Danar, MD
Disclosure: David Danar, MD, has disclosed that he owns a small quantity of Pfizer Inc stock.


Christine Wiebe
Disclosure: Christine Wiebe has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
 
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