Virtual Seminar
01/21/2024 - 01/21/2024
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Where: Remote
Topics include: Assisting Patients with Ophthalmic and Otic Conditions
Virtual Seminar
Speaker: Dr. W. Steven Pray, Ph.D., D.Ph., Bernhardt Professor Emeritus
Dr. W. Steven Pray is a Bernhardt Professor Emeritus at the College of Pharmacy, Southwestern Oklahoma State University. During his 42-year academic career, he specialized in self-care with nonprescription products. He wrote the monthly “Consult Your Pharmacist” column for U.S.Pharmacist for 25 years and is the author of over 400 papers in the pharmacy and medical literature. He authored four textbooks on Nonprescription Products. He has provided hundreds of hours of live continuing education across the country. He received teaching awards, as well as the national Lyman Award for excellence in research and the Henry Cade Award guarding the integrity of NABPLEX. He has consulted with legal firms and industry. Finally, he worked thousands of hours as a staff pharmacist in community pharmacies of all types, and he managed a free clinic pharmacy for 17 years.
ASSISTING PATIENTS WITH OPHTHALMIC AND OTIC CONDITIONS
ACPE # TBA
Objectives:
- Differentiate minor, self-treatable ophthalmic and otic conditions from those requiring medical intervention.
- Given a minor ophthalmic or otic condition, be able to recommend safe and effective nonprescription products.
- For safe and effective nonprescription ophthalmic and otic products, be able to communicate use instructions to patients.
- List and describe the constellation of symptoms that accompany facial paralysis.
- Justify immediate referral for the patient with facial paralysis.
- Recognize nonprescription products and devices that are helpful for the patient with facial paralysis.