Healthcare Communications: Teaching, Learning and Behavior Change

Presented by Susan Cornell, BS, PharmD, CDE, CDM
Assistant Director of Experiential Education
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Midwestern University, Chicago College of Pharmacy
Downers Grove, Illinois

Course Description:
It is estimated that greater than eighty percent of patients to not adhere to the advise provided by healthcare professionals. This program explores the clinician’s beliefs and barriers that may impair quality healthcare communication delivery and will introduce techniques to assist the clinician in helping patients make health behavior or lifestyle changes.

Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this program, participants will be able to:

1. List the 3 components in the educational process of communicating health care information.
2. Describe the role of the pharmacist as a facilitator of behavior change.
3. Identify strategies to assess the pharmacist’s understanding of the change process.
4. Describe 2 techniques used to assess a patient’s readiness for behavior change.

Faculty Disclosure:

RxSchool has a Full and Fair Disclosure Policy that requires course faculty to communicate any real or apparent commercial affiliations related to the content of their presentations/materials. Dr. Cornell would like to disclose that she does discuss the use  of Byetta in pre-diabetes and weight loss, and is on the following speakers Bureau's: Lifescan, Takeda, Pfizer Merck, Abbott, Bayer and Novo Nordisk.

Commercial Support:

This program is supported by Rx Pro Health, Inc. 

System Requirements

This is a live presentation delivered over the internet. In order to see and hear the program properly, you must have the following: Broadband internet connection, such as T1, Cable, or high-speed DSL. Before enrolling in this program, please test your internet connection here. It is important that you take this test on the same computer and network you will be using the day of the live presentation. Dial-up or modem is not supported. Lower-grade DSL may not provide a quality experience. Connecting via wireless network is not recommended.   RxSchool makes every effort to ensure maximum quality of our live online CE; however, please be aware that network difficulties beyond our control may occur. Computer speakers or headphones. Flash Player 6 or higher. Click here for a free download of the latest version. Refunds will not be issued to users who have not successfully tested the classroom. If you're having troubles, please contact Tech Support (877-217-8129) before you sign up for a live online program.

This event has limited enrollment, so you must pre-register to attend.

Target Audience: Pharmacists

Time: 8:00 to 9:00 pm ET 
         7:00 to 8:00 pm CT 
         6:00 to 7:00 pm MT
         5:00 to 6:00 pm PT

ACPE - Pharmacists Accreditation Credit Hours: 1 Expiration Date: 09/12/2010 ACPE UPN: 372-000-07-023-L04-P     RxSchool is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.