Emergency Preparedness and the Role of Immunizing Pharmacists

Program Overview:

When there is a disaster or an emergency, pharmacists respond with a desire to help their communities and serve the public good. Pharmacists will be able to provide the greatest assistance during an emergency if they are prepared and trained in advance. Furthermore, proper planning can substantially reduce the impact of a pandemic or other emergency.  Pharmacists’ involvement in pandemic preparedness activities will help ensure that plans for making vaccines and other medications available to appropriate patients are implemented in a timely manner.  Pharmacists can also serve in other vital roles, such as acting as reliable sources of information, and overseeing distribution of resources.  In this session, we will examine lessons learned from previous emergencies, and use a case-based interactive approach to explore how pharmacists can best prepare to serve the public during a pandemic or other emergency.

Learning Objectives:

After attending this session, the pharmacist will be able to:

• Explain the importance of preparedness efforts prior to an emergency or pandemic.
• List benefits that pharmacists have provided to their communities during prior emergencies.
• Explain the importance of pharmacist-provided immunizations during emergencies.
• Describe a plan for becoming involved with public health departments’ preparedness efforts.

Faculty:

Erin Mullen, RPh, PhD
Assistant Vice President
RxResponse

Faculty Disclosure:

NACDS and APhA have a Full and Fair Disclosure Policy that requires course faculty to communicate any real or apparent commercial affiliations related to the content of their presentations/materials. Erin Mullen has nothing to disclose.

This event has limited enrollment, so you must pre-register to attend.

Target Audience: Pharmacists

Time: 1:00 to 2:30 pm ET 
         12:00 to 1:30 pm CT 
         11:00 to 12:30 pm MT
         10:00 to 11:30 am PT

Location: Internet Broadcast - RxSchool E-Classroom

ACPE - Pharmacists Accreditation Credit Hours: 1 Expiration Date: 03/17/2012 ACPE UPN: 206-999-09-08-L04-P       Release Date: 03/17/2009   The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.