Series Overview

This pharmacy journal club is dedicated to providing an open forum for evaluation of literature from recent peer-reviewed journals. By attending this session, participants will stay current with recent findings in the health care, improve their critical thinking skills, and debate potential implications to clinical practice.

Target Audience

This course is designed for Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians working for Geisinger to receive ACPE credit (patient-centered care and population-based care competencies).

Other learner groups who would also benefit from this education are IPPE, APPE, and GCSOM students.

Planning Committee

Sarah F. Hale, PharmD, Activity Director

Brain Simpkins, PharmD

Jessica Milheim, CPhT

Nichole Varela Gonzalez, PhamD

Accreditation 

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

Credit Designation

This live activity is approved for 1 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit JA0008072-0000-24-017-L01-P and JA0008072-0000-24-017-L01-T. 

Disclosure Policy

Geisinger College of Health Sciences must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its continuing education activities. Each person in a position to control the educational content of a CE activity must disclose the existence or non-existence of any financial relationship that they have with an ineligible company. There is no minimum financial threshold; individuals must disclose all financial information, regardless of the amount. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. Any identified conflicts of interest will be resolved prior to the start of the activity. Subsequently, disclosure information is made available prior to the start of the activity.