Target audience: Baystate Health pharmacists

For questions or more information about the program, please contact Frank Szczerba via email at Frank.Szczerba@baystatehealth.org

Objectives

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

Empiric Use of Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Sepsis
1|Review current recommendations for empiric antibiotics used in sepsis ​
2|Summarize previous data
3|Analyze the trial by Chanderraj, et al. for application in clinical practice
Safety of Diltiazem for Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department: A Journal Club Exploration of Newly Released Data
4|Summarize existing literature that investigates the relationship between diltiazem and worsening heart failure.
5|Analyze the study’s design, enrollment, and outcomes.
6|Evaluate the study’s applicability and how it may influence your practice as a pharmacist.
Faculty
Larissa Wolfe, PharmD
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident
Pharmacist
Baystate Medical Center 
 
Sienna Wurl, PharmD
PGY2 Emergency Medicine 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. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

                                                                             

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Pharmacists
Baystate Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hours (s) for pharmacists. Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Session date: 
09/30/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EDT
Location: 
MA
United States
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  • 1.00 ACPE Contact Hours
  • 1.00 BCIPE Instructional Hours

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