Canadian Entry To Practice Medication Therapy Management Flashcards
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Under Canadian pharmacy legislation, which action is within the expanded scope of practice for pharmacists in most provinces?
Answer: Prescribing for minor ailments and adapting prescriptions
Most Canadian provinces now allow pharmacists to prescribe for minor ailments and adapt existing prescriptions within their legislated scope of practice.
What is a Drug Therapy Problem (DTP) in the context of pharmaceutical care?
Answer: Any undesirable event experienced by a patient that involves drug therapy and interferes with achieving treatment goals
A Drug Therapy Problem is any undesirable event involving drug therapy that prevents a patient from achieving their therapeutic goals and requires pharmacist intervention.
A patient with atrial fibrillation is prescribed apixaban. What laboratory test does NOT require routine monitoring with this direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC)?
Answer: INR (International Normalized Ratio)
Unlike warfarin, DOACs such as apixaban do not require routine INR monitoring because they have predictable pharmacokinetics and fixed dosing.
Which counseling strategy is most effective for improving patient adherence to long-term chronic disease medications?
Answer: Motivational interviewing combined with simplified dosing regimens
Motivational interviewing techniques combined with simplifying medication regimens (e.g., once-daily dosing) are evidence-based strategies that significantly improve long-term adherence.
When providing a Medication Action Plan (MAP) as part of MTM, what is the primary audience for this document?
Answer: The patient, outlining self-management steps for their medications
The Medication Action Plan is a patient-facing document that outlines specific self-management actions the patient should take regarding their medications.
A patient taking a statin reports new onset of muscle pain and weakness. What is the most important immediate pharmacist action?
Answer: Hold the statin and refer for CK (creatine kinase) measurement to assess for myopathy or rhabdomyolysis
New muscle pain or weakness in a patient on a statin warrants immediate CK measurement to rule out statin-induced myopathy or potentially fatal rhabdomyolysis.
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