3/2/2023: New Year, New Me: Let’s Talk About Diabetes and Weight Loss

Mentor:

Jefmar Dickey, PharmD
Associate Director of Pharmacy
Pacific Pharmacy Group

Description:

This course provides comprehensive information in current diabetes and weight loss medications in independent, community practice settings. The audience will gain experience in evaluating and recommending therapy recommendations, counseling patients about lifestyle interventions, and aiding with high copay burdens in patients with type 2 diabetes and adults with obesity or overweight who also have weight-related medical problems.

Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this knowledge-based course pharmacists should be able to:

1. Explain currently accepted approaches to managing type 2 diabetes and weight loss with the appropriate use of injectable antidiabetic agents
2. Review important concepts that contribute to diabetes care such as nutrition and exercise
3. Describe business opportunities and roles for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in copay assistance strategies for patients with type 2 diabetes and/or obesity
4. Discuss cost-effective, alternative recommendations when certain medications are unavailable

Claim your CPE Credit

To obtain 1.0 contact hour of continuing pharmacy education credit (0.1 CEU), participants must participate in the live activities, and log on to the CEimpact website to complete the exam and evaluation.

1. Click on https://learn.ceimpact.com and login to CEImpact.
2. If you are new to the site, click on Create an account before logging in.
3. Enter the course code (provided at the end of the lecture) in the text box on the left of the screen and click Submit.
4. Click on My Courses (on the left of the screen) to locate the course.
5. Click on the course title to access the course.
6. Complete the exam (2 opportunities provided) and evaluation as prompted and click Submit.
7. The course will move to the Completed tab under My Courses.
8. The CPE Statement of Credit will be available on CPE Monitor, www.MyCPEMonitor.net.

CEimpact is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

UAN: 0107-9999-23-057-L01-P  |  0.1 CEUs/1.0 Hrs.

Live Date:  March 2, 2023

Faculty Disclosure:  The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

Course Format:  Live

Financial Support:  None

Course Fee:  This course is available at no cost.