APhA Quick Quiz: Resistant Hypertension

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Do you know the latest recommendations regarding effective management of resistant hypertension? Take this quiz to get your five quick takeaways from the recent resistant hypertension guideline.

Learning Objective

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Critically evaluate the recent AHA Scientific Statement and the clinical evidence regarding the management of resistant hypertension.
Recommend evidence-based treatment regimens for individual patients with resistant hypertension.

Accreditation Information

The American Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The ACPE Universal Activity Number for this activity is 0202-0000-19-118-H01-P.

To claim 0.5 contact hours of CPE credit (0.05 CEUs) for participating in this online learning activity, APhA Quick Quiz: Resistant Hypertension, participants will need to complete all 5 questions provided, answer the evaluation questions, then CLAIM credit. A valid pharmacist.com username and password is required to claim credit. After credit has been claimed, please visit CPE monitor for CPE transcript.

Initial release date: January 16, 2019

Expiration date: January 16, 2022 - NO CREDIT GRANTED AFTER THIS DATE

Activity Type: Knowledge-based

Target Audience: Pharmacists

Learning Level: 2

Development

APhA Quick Quiz: Resistant Hypertension is an online continuing education activity for pharmacists developed by the American Pharmacists Association.

Disclosures

Joseph Saseen, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, and APhA’s editorial staff declare no conflicts of interest or financial interests in any product or service mentioned in this activity, including grants, employment, gifts, stock holdings, and honoraria. For a complete list of APhA staff disclosures, please visit the APhA website at: www.pharmacist.com/apha-disclosures.

Conflicts of interest have been resolved through content review by Helen Sairany, BA, PharmD, MBA, BCACP, Director of Content Development & Partnership at the American Pharmacists Association.

System Requirements

Computer and internet access are required to complete this activity. Please visit our website to view the System Requirements in order to have a positive learning experience.

Instructor

Joseph J. Saseen, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP Instructor

Joseph Saseen received his BS and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University at Buffalo, and then completed a post-doc fellowship at CU. He is Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He is also a Professor of Family Medicine and a clinical pharmacist at the AF Williams Family Medicine clinic. He is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and an ambulatory care pharmacist, is a Clinical Lipid Specialist, and provides clinical care related to chronic disease state management, cardiovascular risk reduction and population health. Dr. Saseen teaches topics related to cardiovascular pharmacotherapy and is the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy residency program director. Dr. Saseen is a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American Heart Association, National Lipid Association, and American Pharmacists Association. He received the 2020 American Pharmacists Association Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award for distinguishing himself and the profession by outstanding performance. Dr. Saseen is currently President of the National Lipid Association. He was a member of the writing committee for the 2018 AHA/ACC/Multisociety cholesterol guideline and his scholarly work includes almost 200 peer-reviewed publications.
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