Continuing Professional Development

Office of Continuing Professional Development

 
 
 
APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services certificate training program (3rd Edition) presents a systematic approach for developing, implementing, delivering, and sustaining MTM services. It includes an overview of the marketplace for delivering MTM services, guidance for implementing MTM services in pharmacy practice, a review of the essential skills and knowledge needed for performing MTM successfully, and an organized process for identifying medication-related problems.  The purpose of this certificate training program is to prepare pharmacists to improve medication use through the delivery of MTM services in a variety of practice settings.
 
The goals of this program are to:

• Advance public health and patient care through improved medication use
• Provide training to enhance pharmacists’ ability to effectively provide MTM services
• Motivate increased numbers of pharmacists to establish MTM services
• Communicate benchmark practices for providing MTM services

APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services certificate training program has three components: online interactive self-study with assessment; the live seminar with online evaluation; and post-seminar case exercise. A Certificate of Achievement will be awarded to participants who successfully complete all program components, including an evaluation.

Key Learning Objectives of the Live Training Seminar
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Conduct a thorough medication therapy review (MTR)
• When interviewing a patient, employ effective communication skills to overcome communication barriers
• Complete a personal medication record (PMR)
• Develop a medication-related action plan (MAP)
• Document medication therapy management (MTM) services in a manner that allows for evaluating patient progress, billing, and tracking clinical and financial outcomes
• Create a plan for patient follow-up
• Assess patient-specific data and issues, and interpret these findings to identify medication-related problems

• Develop a patient problem list and a list of the patient’s medication-related problems
• Establish goals of therapy for each medical condition and medication-related problem identified
• Make recommendations for resolving situations in which a patient’s medications are potentially inappropriate
• Discuss the elements of an effective medication therapy recommendation to another health care practitioner
• Describe the medication use concerns and adverse drug events that are more common in elderly patients
• Account for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes when reviewing an elderly person’s medication regimen
• List important considerations when determining the operations of an MTM service
• Identify potential payers for MTM services
• Explain how to bill for MTM services using CPT codes
• Describe strategies for marketing MTM services
• Describe emerging opportunities for delivering MTM services

For a complete list of learning objectives and for all APhA accreditation information and policies, please visit APhA’s website, http://www.pharmacist.com/delivering-medication-therapy-management-services.
 
Seminar Agenda – Click Here to Download Agenda

• Check-in and Continental Breakfast
• Welcome, Introductions and Acknowledgements
• The MTM Care Process
• Break
• Patient Communication During MTM Encounters
• Cultural Sensitivity
• Managing Special Needs of Elderly Patients
• Lunch and Networking
• Case Studies
• Break
• MTM Implementation: Financial and Operational Issues
• Next Steps and Take Home Points
• Post-Seminar Assignment and Final Instructions

Faculty: 
 
Lisa Cohen, PharmD, CDE
Associate Professor
University of Rhode Island
Erica L. Estus, PharmD, CGP
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Rhode Island
Ginger Lemay, PharmD, CDE
Clinical Assistant Professor,
University of Rhode Island
 
Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Information and Activity Completion Requirements
Initial release date: 11/01/2014; expiration date:  11/01/2017
Activity Type:  Practice-based           Target Audience:  Pharmacists in all practice settings
 

• Successful completion of the self-study component involves passing the self-study assessment with a grade of 70% or higher and will result in 10 contact hours of CPE credit (1.0 CEUs). ACPE Universal Activity Number: 0202-9999-14-158-H04-P.
• Successful completion of the live seminar component involves attending the full live seminar and completing the online evaluation. Successful completion of this component will result in 8 contact hours of CPE credit (0.8 CEU). ACPE Universal Activity Number: 0202-9999-14-159-L04-P
• Successful completion of the post seminar case exercise component involves completing 3 post cases and submitting an online attestation statement of completion. Successful completion of this component will result in 3 contact hours of CPE credit (0.3 CEU). ACPE Universal Activity Number: 0202-9999-14-160-H04-P

 
Once credit is claimed, Statements of Credit will be available online within 24 hours on participant’s CPE Monitor profile at www.nabp.net.  The Certificate of Achievement will be available online upon successful completion of the necessary activity requirements on the participant’s “My Training” page on www.pharmacist.com
 
The American Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
 
Activity Requirements –  Course material and exams will be accessed online – In order to participate in this activity, registrants must have access to a computer with minimum system requirements:  Internet connectivity with current version of internet browsers, such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer (V9 and above); Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flash Player 8 or higher, Windows 95, Pentium 3 or equivalent processor, 64 MB of free memory (not 64 MB total), and Audio: Sound card and speakers or earphones.  For full technology requirements, please visit http://www.pharmacist.com/delivering-medication-therapy-management-services
 
 
Registration
Registration Fee: $349 before May 1; $449 May 1 and later
The registration fee includes access to all program materials, continental breakfast and lunch.  Participants should print course materials including copies of the presentation slides and case studies prior to coming to the live training. Registration fees cannot be refunded for MTM Certificate Program cancellations once the enrollment code is redeemed. If the enrollment code has not been redeemed, a partial refund of 50% of the paid registration fee will be given or, if space allows, registrants will be permitted to enroll in a future training.
 
Parking and Lodging
The program is being held in the state of the art College of Pharmacy facility on the University of Rhode Island Kingston campus at 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston RI. Driving directions are available at https://www.uri.edu/home/visitors/Map/kingston_direction.html. Registrants will receive a parking pass via email prior to the live program date. Parking is available in the  Fine Arts and Mallon Center parking lots, both a short walk to the Pharmacy building. Visitors walking from Fine Arts and Mallon Center should enter the Pharmacy building through Tyler Hall and proceed to Room 240. Disability-Accessible designated parking is available in the Tyler Hall parking lot for visitors displaying current disability placards.  Please contact the Office of Continuing Professional Development at 401.874.5552 for assistance with special accommodation requests. The following hotels are within a short drive of campus: Hampton Inn South Kingstown, 20 Hotel Drive, South County Commons, South Kingstown, RI 02879 and Holiday Inn of SK, 3009 Tower Hill Road, Saunderstown, RI 02874. Additional options can be found on the South County Chamber of Commerce website athttp://web.srichamber.com/Accommodations-Lodging.