About this Course
This course is a recorded (home study version) of the CE Finale Encore Webinars.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this application based CE Activity, a pharmacist will be able to:
| 1. Describe recent industry trends and regulatory actions affecting pharmacists’ workplace conditions |
| 2. Explain how a refusal to fill a legitimate prescription might result in civil liability |
| 3. Identify emerging approaches to containing the cost of drugs |
Release and Expiration Dates
Released: December 16, 2022
Expires: December 16, 2025
Course Fee
$17 Pharmacist
ACPE UAN
0009-0000-22-054-H03-P
Session Code
22RW54-ABC28
Accreditation Hours
1.0 hours of CE
Additional Information
How to Complete Evaluation: When you are ready to submit quiz answers, go to the BLUE take test/evaluation button.
Accreditation Statement
| The University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. |  |
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians are eligible to participate in this application-based activity and will receive up to 1.0 CE Hours (or 0.1 CEUs) for completing the activity ACPE UAN 0009-0000-22-054-H03-P, passing the quiz with a grade of 70% or better, and completing an online evaluation. Statements of credit are available via the CPE Monitor online system and your participation will be recorded with CPE Monitor within 72 hours of submission.
Grant Funding
There is no grant funding for this activity.
Faculty
Jennifer A. Osowiecki, RPh, JD
Cox & Osowiecki, LLC
Suffield, Connecticut
Faculty Disclosure
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Criteria for Quality and Interpretive Guidelines, The University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy requires that faculty disclose any relationship that the faculty may have with commercial entities whose products or services may be mentioned in the activity.
- Attorney Osowiecki has no relationships with ineligible companies
Disclaimer
The material presented here does not necessarily reflect the views of The University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy or its co-sponsor affiliates. These materials may discuss uses and dosages for therapeutic products, processes, procedures and inferred diagnoses that have not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. A qualified health care professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product discussed. All readers and continuing education participants should verify all information and data before treating patients or employing any therapies described in this continuing education activity.
Content
Post Test (for viewing only)
Post Test
Legal Perspectives on New and Evolving Issues in Pharmacy
Post-test
At the conclusion of this CPE activity, participants should be able to:
1. Describe recent industry trends and regulatory actions affecting pharmacists’ workplace conditions
2. Explain how a refusal to fill a legitimate prescription might result in civil liability
3. Identify emerging approaches to containing the cost of drugs
1. When thinking about health-system pharmacists who participated in a survey of well-being, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The majority of pharmacists indicated that their organizations offered resources to improve well-being and that they had used the resources.
B. Pharmacists who had a greater number of non-clinical duties were least likely to report negative effects on well-being.
C. Only a small percentage of these pharmacists—14.5%—were aware of resources offered by their organizations that could help improve well-being.
2. When reading stories published in various newspapers across the country, which of the following may be a limitation in their findings?
A. The people who conducted the “research” are not pharmacists.
B. The “data” is not collected in a structured, evidence-based way.
C. The newspapers rarely fact-check information before publishing.
3. A patient presents a prescription for emergency contraception on a Saturday evening. The sole pharmacist on duty refuses to fill it based on his religious beliefs and says he will also be the only pharmacist on duty on Sunday and Monday. Which of the following actions may INCREASE the likelihood of civil litigation?
A. The pharmacist tells the patient nothing other than he belongs to a religious sect that considers emergency contraception an abortifacient and he will not fill it.
B. The pharmacist tells the patient that the chain pharmacy across the street is open for another two hours, stocks the medication, and can fill the prescription.
C. The pharmacist asks the patient if she would like him to call his coworker and ask the coworker to come in within 24 hours to fill this prescription.
4. Which of the following prescriptions (which pharmacists refused to fill to treat COVID) resulted in a lawsuit against Walmart and Hy-vee pharmacies that was ultimately dismissed?
A. ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine
B. sodium hyochlorite and ivermectin
C. hydroxychloroquine and molnupiravir
5. Which of the following would reduce prescription drug costs for Medicare patients?
A. The 340B Program
B. Price disrupters and PBMs
C. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
6. Which of the following terms and descriptions are matched correctly?
A. Clear Bagging: Having the health system’s specialty pharmacy fill the prescription and transport it directly to the place where it will be given.
B. Brown Bagging: Having a specialty pharmacy ship a medication directly to the hospital or clinic so it can be administered to the patient there.
C. Gold Bagging: Having a patient fill a prescription by whatever means available and bring it to the hospital or doctor’s office for administration.
Handouts
VIDEO