UGA College of Pharmacy Continuing Education & Outreach

Laboratory Values for Monitoring of Drug Therapy in Long Term Care

Co-Sponsor: Senior Health Consulting Alliance

Contact Hours: 15.0

ACPE No: 014-999-08-016-H04-P

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity the participant should be able to:
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

1. State rationale and normal values for lab tests routinely encountered in the long term care populations
2. Detect and interpret selected Drug-Lab test interactions
3. Interpret serum levels of digoxin, gabapentin, phenytoin, carbamazepine, valproic acid, theophylline and lithium
4. Interpret lab and related physical findings from case studies
5. Utilize lab studies to maximize medication regimen review (MRR) efficacy and minimize overall health care costs

Faculty:

James W. Cooper, RPh, PhD, BCPS, CGP, FASCP, FASHP

Allison H. Burfield, MSN, RN

Computer Requirements for Online Courses
PC

Windows 2000 SE or greater
Flash Player Plugin 9.0 or later
Internet Explorer 6.0 or later OR Firefox 2.0 or later
Sound Card & Speakers
800 x 600 Minimum Monitor Resolution (1024 x 768 Recommended)
Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing PDF's

MAC

Mac OS 10.2.8
Flash Player Plugin 9.0 or greater
Safari 2.0 or above OR Firefox 2.0 or later
Sound Card & Speakers
800 x 600 Minimum Monitor Resolution (1024 x 768 Recommended)
Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing PDF's'

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