Hormonal Contraception: Your Role in Ensuring Access and Overcoming Barriers

Monday, March 15, 2021

11:15 AM – 1:15 PM ET

Location: Live

CE: 2

Learning Level: 2
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
ACPE Number: 0202-0000-21-021-H04-P, 0202-0000-21-021-L04-P
Number of Hours: 2

Speaker(s)

Autumn Stewart-Lynch, PharmD, BCACP

Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Duquesne University, School of Pharmacy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Disclosure: American Pharmacists Association : Advisory Committee/Board Member (Status: Ongoing), APhA's Increasing Access to Hormonal Contraceptive Products (Status: Ongoing); Pfizer Medical (Spouse/Partner) : Employment (Status: Ongoing)

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Veronica P. Vernon, PharmD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Butler University
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Disclosure: Janssen Pharmaceuticals : Speaker for educational session on drug payment mechanisms (Status: Terminated --- August 6, 2020)

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As more states allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control, pharmacists will need to know about the various contraceptive methods, how to select an appropriate product based on a woman’s individual needs, and how to promote and encourage adherence. In this expert-led session, you’ll learn to initiate and manage contraceptive therapy by applying the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process.

This activity is part of the Trending Topics in Ambulatory Care Series.
Register for the 2021 Trending Topics in Ambulatory Care Recertification Package.
Registration includes a recertification exam offering up to 13.5 BCACP recertification credits and access to recordings of each session. To earn recertification credit, BCACPs must complete all sessions and successfully complete the online 2021 Ambulatory Care Trending Topics Assessment and claim BPS recertification credit.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the evolving role of community pharmacists in managing women's contraceptive care.
Discuss and demonstrate how to apply the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process when initiating and adjusting contraception.
Identify and apply available resources, including the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use and the U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use, to patient cases.
Identify and apply strategies to promote adherence to contraception when barriers to access exist.