Pharmacy Calculations: Your Algebra Teacher Was Right! - Live Webinar on December 31, 2024 10AM ET
Learn essential pharmacy calculations for safe patient care. Enhance skills in drug dosing, fluid management, and risk assessment. Perfect for pharmacists, technicians, and nurses.
About this webinar
The mastery of pharmacy calculations is a crucial skill set for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and nurses alike, forming the backbone of safe and effective patient care. Accurate calculation ensures correct drug dosing, fluid balance management, and risk assessment for potential drug interactions, which are essential for preventing medication errors and adverse drug events. However, despite its importance, many professionals may find pharmacy calculations challenging or may need a refresher to maintain their competencies. This course aims to address this need, offering comprehensive and targeted training to enhance the proficiency of healthcare professionals in performing pharmacy calculations.
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
Calculate appropriate pediatric dosages based on weight
Describe different strengths of insulin and appropriately calculate day supplies based on strength, package size and dosing instructions.
Calculate days supplies of various topical dosage forms, inhalers, vaccinations and rescue medications
Instructors
Peter A. Kreckel, RPh is a most unique breed of community pharmacist. He is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. He has practiced independent community pharmacy for his entire career. He began his teaching career at St. Francis University in 2005, in the Department of Physician Assistant Sciences. For the past 16 years, he has taught Pharmacology to over 700 Physician Assistant Science students in their didactic year. He teaches all disciplines year-round, from Antibiotic therapy to Ob-Gyn.