Drug Interactions of Clinical Importance

This online course offers an engaging and informative discussion on Drug Interactions of Clinical Importance with Dr. Daniel C. Malone. Dr. Malone identifies the safety nets that assist in preventing harm due to drug-drug interactions and discuss risk factors that affect probability of harm from drug-drug interactions among other aspects of this fascinating topic.

Target Audience

Internal Medicine Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Obstetricians, Hospitalists, Fellows, Physician Assistants, Residents, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and all other interested healthcare providers.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify the safety nets that assist in preventing harm due to drug-drug interactions. 
  • Recognize drug combinations that should be avoided.
  • Discuss risk factors that affect probability of harm from drug-drug interactions.
  • List considerations that affect the risk associated with drug combinations.
     
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Qato, D. M., Alexander, G. C., Conti, R. M., Johnson, M., Schumm, P., & Lindau, S. T. (2008). Use of prescription and over-the-counter medications and dietary supplements among older adults in the United States. Jama, 300(24), 2867-2878.. 
  • Westerling, A. M., Haikala, V. E., Bell, J. S., & Airaksinen, M. S. (2010). Logistics or patient care: Which features do independent Finnish pharmacy owners prioritize in a strategic plan for future information technology systems?. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 50(1), 24-33a.
  • Olmos-Martínez, J. M., Molina, H., Salas, C., Olmos, J. M., & Hernández, J. L. (2019). Acute colchicine-induced neuromyopathy in a patient treated with atorvastatin and clarithromycin. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 6(3).
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 ABIM MOC II
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Course opens: 
11/01/2022
Course expires: 
08/31/2025
Part of: 
Internal and Family Medicine e-Learning Series

Daniel C. Malone, Ph.D., FAMCP
Professor
Department of Pharmacotherapy
Skaggs College of Pharmacy
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
             
Daniel C. Malone, Ph.D., FAMCP, faculty for this educational activity, has indicated that he is a consultant for Sarepta Therapeutics, Pear Therapeutics, Seres Therapeutics, Avidity Biosciences, and a researcher for Otsuka Pharmaceutical.  All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated and has indicated that the presentation will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

John Rubin, M.D., conference director for this educational activity, indicated that he is a shareholder in AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb. 

Kenneth Rosenthal, M.D., conference director for this educational activity, indicated that he is on the speakers’ bureau for AbbVie. 

All the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*.  

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 Medical Knowledge MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.

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Available Credit

  • 1.25 ABIM MOC II
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
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Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.

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