Practical Solutions in Patient Care: Focus on Communication and Devices
Track:
Educational Sessions
Program Code: 265-L04
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST
Location:
S230E
MEETING PLANNING ASSOCIATE:
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Michelle Fritsch, PharmD, CGP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and AlaMAP Director, Alamance Regional Medical Center
I have been specialized in ambulatory geriatric care since 1992. I was full time faculty for two schools of pharmacy for 10 years teaching in geriatric topics. For the last several years I have taught on a more limited basis and have been precepting students on primary care and geriatric rotations since 1992. For seven years I directed the Alamance Medication Assistance Program and Pharmaceutical Care Clinic which are both primary care pharmacy clinics providing geriatric care. I communicate with patients and care providers and teach patients to use pharmaceutical devices daily. Since April 2008 I have been Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical and Administrative Sciences at the newly forming school of pharmacy at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.
PRESENTER(S):
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Kimberly Braxton Lloyd, PharmD, Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice; and Director, Auburn University Pharmaceutical Care Center (AUPCC), Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy
Dr. Braxton Lloyd is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and the Director of the Auburn University Pharmaceutical Care Center (AUPCC). She completed her BS in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees at Auburn University followed by three years of post-doctoral training including a one-year Pharmacy Practice Residency at The Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia and a two-year Pharmacoeconomics Fellowship with the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina and Glaxo-Wellcome, Inc. in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Dr. Braxton Lloyd’s teaching responsibilities include instruction in Pharmacoeconomics; Endocrine, Women’s Health, and Pulmonary Pharmacotherapy; and Early and Advanced Practice Experiences in Primary Care. Her research areas include providing pharmaceutical care services for employee populations, pharmacoeconomics, women’s health, and pulmonary projects. Dr. Braxton Lloyd has received several awards recognizing her work in the in the AUPCC. Dr. Braxton Lloyd serves as the chairperson for Alabama’s Office of Women’s Health Steering Committee and serves on the Board of the Alabama Pharmacy Association.
Dr. Braxton Lloyd teaches students how to use point of care testing devices and how to educate patients on novel dosage delivery systems through her work in the HSOP pharmaceutical skills laboratory. She applies these skills in the AUPCC when she provides direct patient care through the MTMS programs of the AUPCC.
Michelle Fritsch, PharmD, CGP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and AlaMAP Director, Alamance Regional Medical Center
I have been specialized in ambulatory geriatric care since 1992. I was full time faculty for two schools of pharmacy for 10 years teaching in geriatric topics. For the last several years I have taught on a more limited basis and have been precepting students on primary care and geriatric rotations since 1992. For seven years I directed the Alamance Medication Assistance Program and Pharmaceutical Care Clinic which are both primary care pharmacy clinics providing geriatric care. I communicate with patients and care providers and teach patients to use pharmaceutical devices daily. Since April 2008 I have been Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical and Administrative Sciences at the newly forming school of pharmacy at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.
Ms Jacobson receiving her public health training at Emory University’s School of Public Health. She has integrated public health prevention strategies into a clinical primary care setting with an emphasis on chronic disease prevention, which included smoking cessation, physical activity, and nutrition programs primarily for seniors. In addition to the development, implementation, and evaluation of successful behavior modification intervention programs, Ms. Jacobson served as the director for Grady’s Patient Education Committee. In this position, she provided guidance and leadership for the development and review of patient education materials for the entire health system that were culturally sensitive and of low-literacy. Additionally, she trained physicians of both Emory and Morehouse Schools of Medicine on the importance of integrating lifestyle counseling into their clinical practices. After having created a solid foundation for patient education and prevention at the local level, Kara served as the Director for Educational Programs Research and Development for the National office of the Arthritis Foundation. Presently, Ms. Jacobson is with the Emory Center on Health Outcomes and Quality. In her role at the research center, she conducts studies that address health literacy interventions and chronic disease self-management programs. Currently, she is working with the American College of Physicians Foundation on improving prescription bottle labels for patients, and she serves as a literacy consultant to industry and public health institutions. Ms. Jacobson is also teaching a new course she developed: Health Literacy: Importance as a Public Health Problem.
Dr. Kavookjian joined the faculty of the Pharmacy Care Systems department in the Harrison School of Pharmacy at Auburn University in June, 2006, after several years as faculty with the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Jan is a behavioral scientist whose research applies these skills to studies of outcomes from patient and provider behaviors. Recent patient-based research involved a study among type 2 diabetes patients examining psychosocial factors (quality of life, stages of change, depression) and their relation to clinical indicators (A1C, hypertension, lipid profile, BMI) and health care utilization. Dr. Kavookjian also applies her behavior science skills to physician behaviors (prescribing, monitoring, and patient counseling on physical activity). A current project includes a multi-state survey of primary care physicians to assess readiness and barriers for counseling overweight/obese pediatric/adolescent patients about physical activity. Dr. Kavookjian has taught students and trained pharmacists, nurse case managers, certified diabetes educators, and primary care physicians in Motivational Interviewing (MI) and is currently one of the co-founders and facilitators for the two-day MI Training Institute at Auburn. She is frequently invited to serve as a speaker/trainer in MI, including three annual invitations to deliver a featured half-day MI workshop at the APhA Foundation Advanced Practice Institute. She serves on the Behavioral Medicine & Psychology Council of the American Diabetes Association and was recently invited to present her physical activity research at the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
SPEAKER:
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Michelle Fritsch, PharmD, CGP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and AlaMAP Director, Alamance Regional Medical Center
I have been specialized in ambulatory geriatric care since 1992. I was full time faculty for two schools of pharmacy for 10 years teaching in geriatric topics. For the last several years I have taught on a more limited basis and have been precepting students on primary care and geriatric rotations since 1992. For seven years I directed the Alamance Medication Assistance Program and Pharmaceutical Care Clinic which are both primary care pharmacy clinics providing geriatric care. I communicate with patients and care providers and teach patients to use pharmaceutical devices daily. Since April 2008 I have been Professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical and Administrative Sciences at the newly forming school of pharmacy at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
Describe use of common pharmaceutical devices (e.g. inhalers, injectables, adherence tools).
Discuss ways to enhance communication with care providers of patients even in busy patient care environments.
Discuss ways to enhance communication with patients assuring understanding of communicated information.
Identify health literacy barriers to good pharmaceutical care.
State the pros and cons of each tool to determine when and how to appropriately use them.