Pharmacy Law 103: Meets the requirement for an 8 hour “misfill” course pursuant to discipline issued by the Florida Board of Pharmacy, or may be used as general CE credit.

8 Contact Hours

Course Description

Reviews pharmacist and pharmacy responsibilities for medication error prevention. Describes techniques for the promotion of patient safety in pharmacy. Discusses continuous quality improvement as an application of root cause analysis and failure mode and effects analysis. Describes the aviation model of error prevention and applies that model to health care. Case studies of pharmacy error are included.

Purpose

Regulatory compliance with state board of pharmacy disciplinary requirement, or in anticipation of disciplinary action.

Course Materials

• Syllabus
• Background Readings Handout, Online Download
• Pharmacist Responsibility
• Types of Pharmacy Error
• Basic Research in Patient Safety
• Continuous Quality Improvement
• Lecture Handout
• Online Lecture: Medication Error Prevention
• A Systems View of Pharmacy Error
• Techniques for Pharmacy Error Prevention
• Developing and Implementing a CQI Program
• Organizing a Pharmacy’s Workflow
• Handling the Reported Error
• Study Guides for Online Videos
• Online Videos
• “Beyond Blame: Solutions to America’s Other Drug Problem”
• “Medical Mistakes: Taking a Cue From Aviation”
• Online 50 Question Multiple Choice Exam