NDSU Distance & Continuing Education (DCE)

Saturday February 2, 2013
9:00 am —4:30 pm
NDSU Memorial Union, Fargo

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This program is intended for community, hospital, and consultant pharmacists. It is also appropriate for pharmacy technicians, physicians, mid-level practitioners, and nurses with an interest in the subject area.

Heart disease and stroke are the first and fourth leading causes of death in the United States.  Cardiovascular diseases are responsible for 1 out of 3 deaths in the country, affecting more women than men.   Million Hearts™ is a national initiative that has set an ambitious goal to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. 

The American Heart Association and the ND Department of Health Heart Disease and Stroke prevention program along with numerous partners are actively participating in the Million Hearts™ Initiative to prevent heart disease and stroke by:

• Improving quality care for the ABCS.
• Focusing clinical attention on the prevention of heart attack and stroke.
• Activating the public to lead a heart-healthy lifestyle.

Pharmacists can play a key role in Million Hearts™ through improving the prescription and adherence to appropriate medications for the ABCS.   Learn about the free resources available.

Certificate of Attendance

A statement of credit will be mailed to those participating in these programs within 6 weeks. Attendance at the sessions and completion of an evaluation form will be required to receive continuing education credit. The College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences is awarding Continuing Pharmacy Education credit for the programs as follows:

Poster Presentation – 1 hour for every 5 posters evaluated.


Lecture Seminar – 3 hours
 

Program Goals

The Saturday morning session will consist of poster presentations by NDSU P3 pharmacy students on public health issues. Pharmacists will receive
continuing education credit for the poster presentations, by reviewing five posters for 1 hour of continuing education credit. Those receiving continuing education units (CEUs) must actively engage in discussion with the students, and identify at least three objectives from each poster.

Objectives

1. Discuss the million Hearts™ Initiative key components.
2. Describe the incidence and effects of hypertension on the health of Americans and North Dakotans.
3. Utilize the tools of the Team Up. Pressure Down. Program to lower blood pressure and prevent hypertension through patient-pharmacist engagement.
4. Describe the A.B.C.S. (Aspirin, Blood pressure control, cholesterol management & smoking cessation) of clinical indicators heart health and stroke prevention.  National and state current levels and goals.
5. Describe how MediQhome is lowering chronic diseases by improving hypertension control.  Role of the pharmacist. 
6. Identify opportunities of the pharmacy or pharmacist to make a positive impact on the prevention of heart attacks and stroke.
7. Understand the effectiveness based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women including indication and evidence for use of preventive drug interventions. 

Program Schedule

9:00 am — 12:00 pm   Poster Presentation

12:00 pm — 12:30 pm Lunch (optional)

12:30 pm — 1:20 pm    Million Hearts™ Be One in a Million   Joan Enderle, LRD, CDE American Heart Association

Overview of the national initiativeTeam Up.  Pressure Down – nationwide program to lower blood pressure and prevent hypertension through patient-pharmacist engagement.

1:20 pm — 1:30 pm      Stretch Break            

1:30 pm — 2:45 pm      The ABCs – Improving quality care of North Dakota  Susan Mormann, ND Department of Health Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program

ABCS (Aspirin, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation) of heart health and stroke prevention MediQhome blood pressure project results in North Dakota. Role of the pharmacist and resources available.

2:45 pm — 3:00 pm       Break

3:00 pm —4:15 pm       ABCs of Heart Disease in Women  Sanford Health Cardiologist

Effectiveness based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women – 2011 guidelines of the American Heart Association.

4:15 pm — 4:30 pm       Evaluation and Wrap up

Registration & Location:

Saturday February 2, 2013
9:00 am —4:30 pm
NDSU Memorial Union, Fargo

Register online at:

https://epayment.ndus.nodak.edu/C22800_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=3743&SINGLESTORE=true