Description:

This grand rounds lecture, the final in a two-part series, will provide pharmacy staff with a comprehensive review of glycemic control principles and their application within the acute care setting. Evidence supports that standardized processes and protocols enhance patient safety by reducing variability, minimizing medication errors, and promoting adherence to evidence-based guidelines; however, a gap exists in that not all pharmacists currently possess sufficient knowledge to consistently apply Sutter Health Pharmacy's Glycemic Control protocol across acute care sites. Bridging this practice gap is essential to ensuring equitable, high-quality patient care and achieving uniform protocol implementation system-wide.

Target Audience: 

Pharmacists (PharmD)

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this activity, learners will be able to:

1. Apply the Sutter Health Glycemic Control protocol in hospitalized patients

2. Recognize pharmacist role in glycemic control in medically complex patients

3. Understand considerations for designing glycemic control care regimen in medically complex patients

Assembly Bills 1195 & 241- Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases:

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

Walker, R. J., Garacci, E., Palatnik, A., Ozieh, M. N., & Egede, L. E. (2020). The longitudinal influence of social determinants of health on glycemic control in elderly adults with diabetes. Diabetes Care, 43(4), 759-766. - LINK TO ARTICLE

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification:  Fozia Ferozalai, Ed.D.