You must download and complete the ACPE Course Evaluation, ACPE Test and Participant Information Form (PIF).
Please mail these documents to the Jim Ybarra (contact information below) by December 31, 2009 in order for ACPE continuing education credit to be granted. There is no fee for continuing education credit.

The estimated time for completion of this activity is 1.0 hour.

Recording Date

This video was originally recorded on January 15, 2009.

Statement of Need

Medication Errors involving HIV medications are common and can be prevented. This web video is designed to provide Pharmacists with an overview the types of HIV medication errors encountered in practice and provide practical strategies to identifying and preventing them from occurring. Cases will be used to illustrate common errors in the hospital and outpatient pharmacy settings. Finally, strategies for prevention will be reviewed.

Target Audience

Pharmacists

Course Goals and Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be able:

1. Review Department of Health and Human Services Guidelines for HIV infection

2. Describe common types of medication errors encountered in HIV medicine

3. Using cases, provide examples of medication errors that have occurred in the past with HIV infected patients

4. Provide strategies to prevent the occurrence of medication errors.  

Accreditation

This Program is approved for 1.0 hours for ACPE continuing Pharmacy education. " The pharmacists Society of the State of New York is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing education" Program # 170-999-09-016-H02-P

Course Directors:

John J. Faragon, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVE
Regional Pharmacy Director, NY/NJ Education and Training Center                                                                                                        Pharmacist, Albany Medical Center

Planning Committee:

Marshall Glesby, MD, PhD
Medical Director of NY/NJ AETC, Cornell Clinical Trials Unit
Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College

Instructions For obtaining ACPE Continuing Pharmacy Education Credit.

   A. View the following 1 hour lecture
   B. Complete the Course Evaluation form
   C. Take the test ACPE the test ( a score of at least 2 correct answers is required)
   D. Complete the HRSA Participant Information Form (PIF).  
   E. Send all completed documents to:
                                Jim Ybarra  
                                Albany Medical College
                                Division of HIV Medicine
                                47 New Scotland Avenue, MC-158
                                Albany, NY 12208

Watch the Video
Course Evaluation
ACPE Test
PIF

If you have any questions, please contact

NY/NJ AIDS Education & Training Center
HIV Center, Department of Psychiatry
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
100 Haven Ave #31G
 New York, NY 10032  
nynjaetc@columbia.edu
212-304-5530