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Blueprint for Success: The PPSV23 Intervention in Action

Infectious Diseases
Curriculum:
Improving Immunization Rates through Optimizing Pharmacy’s Role in Providing Immunization Services
Credits:
1 ACPE
Launch Date:
June 25, 2013
Expiration Date:
The accreditation for this activity has expired.

Primary Audience:

Pharmacists and Pharmacy technicians

Relevant Terms:

Immunizations, Pneumococcal Disease, Revaccination, Vaccination, Vaccine Administration

Emily Scopelliti, PharmD, BCPS

Emily Scopelliti, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Jefferson School of Pharmacy
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Scopelliti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson School of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, PA. She received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA and completed an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 residency at the Lebanon Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lebanon, PA. Dr. Scopelliti is a trainer for the American Pharmacists Association's National Certificate Training Program on Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery and has certified over 200 pharmacists and student pharmacists to administer immunizations. She is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and is a practicing clinical pharmacist within an outpatient internal medicine physician's office, where she is actively involved in providing immunization based clinical services.

Michelle Rager, PharmD, BCPS, CDE

Michelle Rager, PharmD, BCPS, CDE
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy
Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA

Dr. Rager is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Shenandoah University Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy in Winchester, VA. She received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at University of Maryland Baltimore School of Pharmacy in Baltimore, MD. She completed an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 residency with emphasis in community care at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Pharmacy. She then completed an ASHP-accredited PGY-2 residency in Ambulatory Care at Wilkes University Nesbitt College of Pharmacy in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Dr. Rager is a trainer for the American Pharmacists Association's National Certificate Training Program on Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery and has certified over 200 pharmacists and student pharmacists to administer immunizations. She is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and is a practicing clinical pharmacist within an outpatient family medicine physician's office.
1. Identify pneumococcal vaccine candidates based on age, past medical history, medication profile, and/or social history
2. Recognize a patient who is a candidate for revaccination with the pneumococcal vaccine
3. Provide appropriate patient education related to the pneumococcal vaccine (pharmacists only)
4. Assist with providing appropriate patient education materials related to the pneumococcal vaccine (technicians only)  
5. Demonstrate effective use of intervention tools to identify high risk patients
6. Implement motivational strategies to promote pneumococcal and other appropriate immunizations (pharmacists only)
7. Assist with implementing motivational strategies to promote pneumococcal and other appropriate immunizations (technicians only)

Accreditation for Pharmacists and Technicians



Shenandoah University Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 
This knowledge-based home-study activity provides 1 hour (0.1 CEU) of continuing pharmacy education credit for pharmacists: 0101-0000-13-006-H01-P and technicians: 0101-0000-13-006-H01-T.  No partial credit will be issued.

Target Audience
This activity is for pharmacists and technicians employed by Kerr Drug in North Carolina
 
Format
This activity consists of online educational content, a pre-/post-assessment, and an activity evaluation. Participants must view the entire faculty presentation, as well as complete the activity assessment and evaluation to receive continuing education credit. A minimum score of 70% is required on the assessment for credit to be awarded. The estimated time to complete this activity is 60 minutes. This activity is provided free of charge.
 
Goals
The goal of this activity is to provide continuing professional education to pharmacists and technicians regarding pneumococcal immunization to enable them to provide immunization-related clinical services in order to increase pneumococcal immunization rates among high-risk populations. 

Funding
This activity has been funded by an independent professional education grant from Pfizer in partnership with RealCME, RxAlly, and Kerr Drug.

Disclosure Statement
Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy requires that all individuals involved in the development of activity content disclose their relevant financial relationships. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if the individual or spouse/partner has a financial relationship (i.e. employee, consultant, research grant recipient, speakers bureau, stockholder) occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products/services may be discussed in the educational activity content over which the individual has control. Conflicts of interest are identified and resolved prior to an individual's participation in development of content for an educational activity. The existence of these relationships is provided for the information of participants.

Michelle Rager, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, received an honorarium through an independent professional education grant from Pfizer for developing the educational content.
 
Emily Scopelliti, PharmD, BCPS, received an honorarium through an independent professional education grant from Pfizer for developing the educational content.
 
Additional Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, RealCME, RxAlly, and Kerr Drug individuals involved in the planning and development of this activity declare that they have no relevant financial relationships pertinent to this activity. 
 
Obtain CPE credit
Participants must complete the following to receive credit:
  1. Complete the online educational content.
  2. Complete the pre- and post-test with at least a score of 70% on the post-test. (Participants will have the opportunity to access the post-test a maximum of 5 times to obtain a passing score.)
  3. Complete the activity evaluation.
 
To claim CPE credit, both pharmacist and technicians must enter their unique NABP e-Profile ID, birth month and day into the activity evaluation. Participants should access the following website for more information: http://www.nabp.net/programs/cpe-monitor/cpe-monitor-service.
 
For those participants who have met the eligibility criteria stipulated above, participant information will be uploaded to CPE Monitor by the end of October 2013.


ACTIVITY CONTACT
Michelle L. Rager, PharmD, BCPS, CDE
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy
e: rxgrant@su.edu | p: 540-665-4846


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