Complementary Medicine in 2024 and Conversations About Vitamins With Patients
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 from 10:15 AM to 11:45 AM MST
Available for 1.50 hours of CPE credit
Activity Number: 0217-0000-24-101-L01-P
Activity Type: An Application-Based Activity
Accompanying greater access to information through the widely available internet comes increasing access to non-conventional medical recommendations and the unguided use of vitamins. Pharmacists, as the most accessible healthcare practitioners, must be adequately informed of the safety and efficacy of alternative treatment modalities and the evidence behind vitamins for therapeutic relief. This program aims to critically evaluate the evidence for the use of vitamins in clinical practice, differentiate between data and dogma, and discuss differences in regulations and concerns about toxicities. This session also aims to review Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and how to discuss alternative therapies with patients. Regulatory oversight of CAM and vitamins will be discussed.
Faculty
 | | Moderator: | Titilola M. Afolabi, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPPS | | Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center | | View Biography |
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Learning Objectives
1. Analyze the evidence behind the role of vitamins in disease state management.
2. Construct a clinical situation in which vitamins are ineffective or can cause harm.
3. Describe the evidence behind select complementary and alternative treatment modalities.
4. Design an evidence-based approach for applying CAM treatment modalities in various practice setting.
5. Summarize the regulatory oversight or lack thereof surrounding alternative therapies and vitamins.
6. Prepare scenarios discussing pertinent clinical information of vitamins and alternative treatment modalities with patients.
Vitamania: Is More Actually Better? Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Vitamins in Disease State Management10:15 AM to 10:45 AM |
To CAM and Beyond! Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Improving Medical Outcomes10:45 AM to 11:15 AM  | | Speaker: | Alexandre Chan, Pharm.D., MPH, FCCP, BCOP, BCPS | | View Biography |
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Regulatory Oversight and Gaps on Vitamins and CAM Treatment Modalities11:15 AM to 11:45 AM  | | Speaker: | Cathi Dennehy, Pharm.D. | | Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, California
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