Recorded Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

This presentation will review the diagnosis and recommended treatment of community acquired pneumonia for all practice settings as well as treatment considerations when selecting appropriate therapy. Furthermore, strategies to promote antimicrobial stewardship in the treatment of community acquired pneumonia will be discussed.

This program is sponsored through a grant from the Alabama Department of Public Health, Bureau of Communicable Disease Infectious Diseases and Outbreaks through a Cooperative Agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, grant number 6 NU50CK000545-03-02, Strengthening HAI/AR (SHARP) CFDA 93.323.

Target Audience

This knowledge-based course is intended for Pharmacists (ACPE), Physician Assistants (ACCME), Physicians (ACCME), Nurse Practitioners (ABN), and Nurses (ABN).    

Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate community acquired pneumonia from common upper respiratory tract infections
  • Identify risk factors for MRSA and Pseudomonas in a patient with community-acquired pneumonia
  • Select appropriate antibiotics for a patient with community acquired pneumonia
  • Formulate treatment plans for a patient with community-acquired pneumonia, incorporating antimicrobial stewardship principles
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.20 ABN
    Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is a board-approved provider of continuing nursing education in Alabama by the Alabama Board of Nursing. Provider Number: ABNP1515
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
11/13/2024
Course expires: 
11/13/2027
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
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Recorded Webinar
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Dr. Taylor Steuber graduated from the UMKC School of Pharmacy in 2014, and completed a 24-month pharmacotherapy specialty residency with Indiana University Health and Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Indianapolis, Indiana. After residency, he joined the faculty at Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy in August 2016 where he worked for 6.5 years as an associate clinical professor in the department of pharmacy practice and as the assistant director of professional programs. Dr. Steuber transitioned closer to home and joined the faculty at his alma mater, the University of Missouri - Kansas City at MU School of Pharmacy in Columbia, Missouri in January 2023. He is currently a clinical associate professor in the division of pharmacy practice and administration and practices at University Hospital with the University of Missouri as an internal medicine clinical pharmacy specialist where he teaches and precepts students and residents. Dr. Steuber is a board certified specialist in pharmacotherapy since 2015. He is an active member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). He has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, 50 meeting posters, and has received funding through the Center for Evidence-based Policy with Oregon Health and Science University as well as the Alabama Department of Public Health. His practice and scholarship interests include infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide. The Universal Activity Number for this application-based program is 0001-9999-24-052-H01-P and is intended for pharmacists. The initial release date for this home-study program is November 13, 2024 and the intended expiration date is November 13, 2027.

ABN - Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is a Board approved provider of continuing nursing education in Alabama by the Alabama Board of Nursing. Provider Number: ABNP1515.

ACCME - Huntsville Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama through the joint providership of Huntsville Hospital and Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. Huntsville Hospital is accredited by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama to provide accredited continuing education for physicians.

 

 

Available Credit

  • 1.20 ABN
    Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is a board-approved provider of continuing nursing education in Alabama by the Alabama Board of Nursing. Provider Number: ABNP1515
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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