Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

  1. Recognize current lack of evidence for treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in obese patients.
  2. Evaluate current literature for efficacy and safety of DOACs for treatment of VTE in obese patients.
  3. Apply recent literature to clinical practice as appropriate.

Faculty

Jasmine An, PharmD

PGY1 Pharmacy Resident
Pharmacist
Baystate Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.                                                               

Session date: 
08/17/2020 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EDT
Location: 
Baystate Medical Center
759 Chestnut St.
LIVE Video Conference
Springfield, MA 01199
United States
  • 1.00 ACPE Contact Hours
  • 1.00 BCIPE Instructional Hours

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