Activity Dates: 01/28/2020 - 01/30/2023
If you are a pharmacist, nurse practitioner, or other health care professional involved in the comprehensive medication management of individuals living with mental health and/or substance use disorders, we invite you to participate in this online course.
The Patient Medication Education Group (PMEG) Community is hosting a webinar on the topic of how to provide and structure inpatient psychiatric patient medication education groups. During the webinar we will be focusing on 1) initiation and structure of PMEGs, 2) topics incorporated, 3) how to engage patients, 4) resources to provide to patients, and 5) how to incorporate pharmacy learners into the groups. Speaker Dr. Andria Church provides inpatient psychiatric groups at her practice site, JFK Medical Center – North Campus (West Palm Beach, FL). Andria Church (PharmD, BCPS, BCPP) is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy. She is a psychiatric pharmacist and as part of her faculty appointment has a practice site within the inpatient psychiatric units at the aforementioned JFK North.
This webinar is intended for pharmacists as well as pharmacy residents.
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Andria F. Church, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
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