In the past year, pharmacists and pharmacy staff as front-line health care professionals, have experienced burnout and exhaustion. The connection between stress and medication errors is well-documented. Take this course to explore practical strategies you and your team can implement to help reduce stress and increase focus in the pharmacy.

Upon successful completion of this knowledge-based CPE course, pharmacy technicians should be able to:
1. Outline the effects of stress on the body
2. Describe the incidence of medication errors attributed to multitasking, distraction, and interruptions
3. List error prevention strategies that help to mitigate the effects of distraction
4. Review the components of stress resilience
5. Apply simple mindfulness and meditation techniques to reduce stress and refocus

Lisa Hanlon Wilhelm, BSPharm, RPh
Certified Heart Rhythm Meditation Instructor
Medication Safety
Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center

Lisa Wilhelm does not report any actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this continuing pharmacy education course.

Course fee includes course, course materials, and CPE credit submission to CPE Monitor.
Course is non-refundable
Initial Release Date: June 1, 2021
Planned Expiration Date: June 1, 2024

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