OVERVIEW

2020-2021 Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review Course-Introduction to Psychiatric Pharmacy is organized by College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP).

Activity Dates: 01/03/2020 - 12/31/2021

Target Audience:
If you are a pharmacist, nurse practitioner or other healthcare professional involved in the comprehensive medication management of psychiatric and/or neurological patients, we invite you to participate in this online course.

ACPE Contact Hours: 0.5

Learning Objectives:
• Identify social and cultural norms that can impact therapeutic outcomes.
• List the essential components of the psychiatric interview and a neurologic evaluation.
• Explain the role of the psychiatric interview in the collection of health and medication history.
• Recognize the essential components of shared decision making and its importance to optimized patient outcomes.
• Describe the principles and components of a holistic treatment approach.
• Explain the rationale for collection of collateral information by the treatment team.
• Outline the steps in the medication reconciliation process.
• Describe the features of care coordination and transitional care models of care and the role of the pharmacist in these processes.
• Identify principles and methods for educating healthcare professionals.
• Explain procedures for assessing the effectiveness of education of healthcare professionals.
• Identify principles and methods for educating patients and the public.
• Explain procedures for assessing the effectiveness of education of patients and the public.
• Identify principles of health literacy.
• Outline principles, processes and measures for measuring the effectiveness of psychiatric pharmacy services.
• Outline known disparities in psychotropic medication use on the basis of ethnicity, gender/gender identity, and geographic location.
• Identify pharmacist practice models that address known gaps in care of psychiatric disorders.
• Identify methods to provide and assess medication education to patients, families, and caregivers in individual and group sessions, and improve adherence.