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IPA Goes Local

IPA Goes Local

IPA Goes Local brings the learning and networking to YOU! Established in partnership with Iowa’s regional pharmacy associations, each event offers an educational program and allows IPA members to connect at the local level.

Des Moines – February 29, 2024CPE Details

Mason City – March 28, 2024 | CPE Details | Register >>

Council Bluffs – April 11, 2024 | CPE Details | Register >>

Quad Cities – May 14, 2024 | CPE Details | Register >>

Dubuque – August 29, 2024 | CPE Details Register >>

Black Hawk/Bremer – September 12, 2024 Register >>

Spencer – October 10, 2024 | CPE Details | Register >>

Iowa City – November 7, 2024 CPE Details | Register >>


Course Details

IPA Goes Local: Providing Whole-Person Care for People Living with Dementia (0.1 CEU/1Hr)

Upon successful completion of this knowledge-based course pharmacists and pharmacy technicians should be able to:
  1. Identify key factors to evaluate and align a patient’s medications with their needs across the trajectory of a serious illness.
  2. Discuss how socioeconomic factors and health-related beliefs affect health care utilization and wellbeing in patients and caregivers with dementia or other serious illnesses.
  3. Outline a person-centered approach that addresses the unique needs of each patient living with dementia and their caregivers, that includes resources and networks of interprofessional colleagues.
  4. Recognize the need for cultural humility and compassion when caring for people with dementia or other serious illnesses.

Faculty:
Kashelle Lockman, PharmD, MA, Assistant Professor of Instruction, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
James Ray, PharmD, CPE, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Lorin Fischer, PharmD, BCACP, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy​



 CEimpact is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. To obtain 1 contact hour of continuing pharmacy education credit (0.1 CEU), participants must participate in the course, successfully pass the exam (if applicable), and complete an evaluation. The CPE Statement of Credit can then be accessed on CPE Monitor, www.MyCPEMonitor.net.