Managing a Pharmacy Technician Labor Shortage

September 15, 2022

This activity will address the factors behind the technician labor shortages and provide tactics for creating a pipeline of technician talent. Way of leveraging unique partnerships will be discussed to help mitigate the shortage in the technician field and provide greater resources and job satisfaction.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. 

Learning Objectives

Pharmacists learning objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, pharmacists should be able to:

  • Identify factors that contributed to the current pharmacy technician labor shortage
  • Outline an approach for creating an internal pipeline of pharmacy technicians through an apprenticeship program
  • Describe tactics for leveraging partnerships in the community to mitigate a labor shortage

Pharmacy technician learning objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, pharmacy technicians should be able to:

  • Identify factors that contributed to the current pharmacy technician labor shortage
  • Outline an approach for creating an internal pipeline of pharmacy technicians through an apprenticeship program

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
Course opens: 
09/15/2022
Course expires: 
10/30/2022
Event starts: 
09/15/2022 - 1:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
09/15/2022 - 2:00pm CDT
Live activity
United States

Faculty
Randy Gerwitz, RPh
Senior Consulting Solutions Director, Pharmacy
Vizient, Inc.

Kavish Choudhary, PharmD, MS
Chief Pharmacy Officer
University of Utah Health

Allison, Riffle PharmD, MS
Associated Chief Pharmacy Officer
Cleveland Clinic

Planning committee
Jackie Stokes, BS
Manager, Pharmacy Program
Vizient, Inc.

Gretchen Brummel, PharmD, BCPS
Consulting Solutions Director
Vizient, Inc.

Disclosure of Financial Relationships:

Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships

Vizient, Inc., Jointly Accredited for Interprofessional Continuing Education, defines companies to be ineligible as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

An individual is considered to have a relevant financial relationship if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

No one in a position to control the content of this educational activity have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Statement of Content Validity

Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.

FDA off-label/unapproved usage

Faculty/Presenters are required to identify any new and evolving topics for which there is a lower/absence of evidence base. This is to ensure that our content does not advocate for, or promote, practices that are not, or not yet adequately based on current science, evidence, and clinical reasoning. Faculty/Presenters are required to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label/unapproved or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices and/or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.

Disclaimer: The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.

In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

PHARMACY

Vizient, Inc. designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 ACPE credit hours.

UAN JA0006103-0000-22-056-L04-P

UAN JA0006103-0000-22-056-L04-T

OTHER

Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation indicating the maximum credits available. Various state license boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
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