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Short Course 10
Use of CLIA-Waived POC and Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Community Pharmacies
Wednesday, August 19 | 6:30-8:30 pm

INSTRUCTORS

Michael E. Klepser, Pharm.D., FCCP, Professor, Pharmacy Practice, Ferris State University College of Pharmacy
Donald G. Klepser, Ph.D., MBA, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy
Allison Dering-Anderson, Pharm.D.,RP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy

AGENDA

Topic 1: Community Pharmacies – A Growth Market for Diagnostics

Michael KlepserMichael Klepser, Ferris State University College of Pharmacy

 
  • Summarize the size of the pharmacy workforce.
  • Discuss opportunities for employing POC and RDTs in community pharmacies.
  • Discuss the education and training of pharmacists in this field.

Topic 2: Legislation and State Practice Acts Regarding the Use of CLIA-Waived POC and RDTs in Community Pharmacies

Ally Dering-AndersonAlly Dering-Anderson, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy

 
  • Summarize legislation and practice laws that allow pharmacists to independently conduct rapid diagnostic and point of care testing.
  • Describe practice models that could be implemented in states with various pharmacy practice acts.

Topic 3: Developing a Sustainable Business Using POC and RDTs in Community Pharmacies

Donald KlepserDonald Klepser, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy

 
  • Describe a business model justifying the use of POC and RDT by community pharmacists.
  • Discuss pharmacy workflow and logistical considerations surrounding the use of POC and RDTs in a community pharmacy setting.
  • Discuss examples of successful pharmacy disease management programs that have been based on POC and RDTs.

INSTRUCTOR BIOGRAPHIES

Dr. Michael Klepser has been a Professor of Pharmacy at Ferris State University since 2001. Prior to joining Ferris, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy (1995-2001). Dr. Klepser’s research interests include use of point of care tests in community pharmacies, community-based antimicrobial stewardship, antifungal pharmacotherapy, antibacterial and antifungal pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, influenza, and health economics. He has published extensively on these topics and has more than 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts to his credit. Dr. Klepser is a founder and content advisor for the “Community Pharmacy-Based Point-of-Care Testing” certificate program. Dr. Klepser is active in several professional organizations including the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Dr. Ally Dering-Anderson, BA, PharmD, RP, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy. She coordinates and teaches the OTC & Self Care Products Course and the Point-of-Care Testing Course, does the didactic training for the immunization class, teaches in Pharmacy Law & Ethics and in Pharmacotherapy. She is also the preceptor for a Public Policy experiential rotation for senior level pharmacy students. A pharmacist immunization advocate, Ally has given more than 40,000 immunizations during her career. Ally is a mid-west radio personality with a live, call-in, radio show airing on 7 mid-western radio stations on a bi-weekly basis. The show is broadcast as a part of the KFOR AM 1240 Problems & Solutions Show, Digity, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Ally is a graduate of Doane College in Crete, Nebraska and the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy. She has been a licensed and practicing pharmacist in Nebraska and Iowa for over 25 years. She served as the Assistant Executive Director of the Nebraska Pharmacists Association for 13 years and works on-call for Walgreens.

Dr. Donald G. Klepser, PhD, MBA, is associate professor of pharmacy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy. He has PhD in Pharmaceutical Socioeconomics from the University of Iowa, an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, and a Bachelors degree in Communications from the University of Michigan. He has studied the use of POC testing in community pharmacies for the past 7 years and is currently the primary investigator on grants to develop community pharmacy practice models for managing diseases such as HIV, diabetes, hypertension, influenza, and group A Streptococcus. He is also the primary investigator on grants to better understand how state and local health departments perceive the role of pharmacists conducting POC tests.