Community-Based Pharmacy Practice

Pharmacists Out Front: Examining the Middle East COVID-19 Response

Monday, March 15, 2021

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET

CE: 1

Learning Level: 1
Activity Type: Knowledge-Based
ACPE Number: 0202-0000-21-064-H04-P
Number of Hours: 1

Speaker(s)

Ahmed Hamdan Aljedai, Pharm.D., M.B.A., BCPS, FCCP, FAST, FCCP, FASHP

Assistant Deputy Minister for Medical support Services
Ministry of Health

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

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On March 2, 2020, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirmed its first case of COVID-19. The number of confirmed cases soon increased nationally. Pharmacists joined other healthcare professionals in operating at full capacity to fight the emerging outbreak. Learn how they responded and about the important roles they played in the community, supply chain, and healthcare settings.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the COVID-19 pandemic response in the Middle East.
Review roles and responsibilities that pharmacists played in the pandemic.
Discuss approaches to optimizing the use of resources to improve patient care in times of a pandemic.