Update on COVID-19 - 2024
A review of the newest evidence for using COVID-19 therapeutics and a review of pipeline antivirals.
This project was funded in part through a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Sub-OTA No. 6922-03-COVID-S002 - Alabama Community Engagement Alliance against COVID-19 Disparities (Alabama CEAL) project, under subcontracts with Research Triangle Institute and Westat, Inc.
Target Audience
This knowledge-based course is intended for Pharmacists (ACPE), Pharmacy Technicians (ACPE), and Nurses (ABN).
Learning Objectives
Pharmacists:
1. Review available antiviral therapies for COVID-19
2. Evaluate evolving literature on antiviral therapy for new approaches to care and use in special patient populations.
3. Explain the impact of COVID-19 antiviral therapy in infection rebound
4. Describe the impact of COVID-19 therapy on post-COVID-19 conditions
5. Discuss pipeline antivirals for COVID-19
Pharmacy Technicians:
1. Review available antiviral therapies for COVID-19
2. Evaluate evolving literature on antiviral therapy for new approaches to care and use in special patient populations.
3. Explain the impact of COVID-19 antiviral therapy in infection rebound
4. Describe the impact of COVID-19 therapy on post-COVID-19 conditions
5. Discuss pipeline antivirals for COVID-19
Update on COVID-19 - PROGRAM PACKET.pdf
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Marilyn Novell Bulloch, Pharm.D., BCPS, FCCM, is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy. Dr. Bulloch holds an Adjunct Associate Professor appointment with the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine Department of Medicine and the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine.
Additionally, Dr. Bulloch serves as the Director of Strategic Operations under the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Strategic Initiatives at HSOP. As part of this position, she provides leadership, support, and direction in the areas of accreditation - including the ACPE self-study and site visit, strategic planning, and continuous quality improvement.
Dr. Bulloch grew up in Collinsville, Virginia, and received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, in 2007. She completed a post-graduate pharmacy practice residency at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital in 2008. In 2009, Dr. Bulloch completed a post-graduate specialty residency in critical care pharmacy at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Additionally, Dr. Bulloch completed a Faculty Scholars Program in Geriatrics through the University of Alabama-Birmingham Geriatric Education Center in 2011.
Dr. Bulloch began her role as faculty at Auburn in August 2009, and her current practice site is at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She participates in an interprofessional education inpatient rounding service that also includes academic physicians from the University of Alabama, medical residents and fellows, and third- and fourth-year medical students. Her practice includes adult critically ill and acute care patients, with a large contingent of geriatric patients. Dr. Bulloch provides comprehensive pharmacotherapy management for the patients in the inpatient service, with a specific focus on infectious disease and other acute and critical illness needs.
Dr. Bulloch has and continues to serve on multiple committees and in leadership positions for many local, state, and national pharmacy and interdisciplinary medical organizations. She was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine in 2017.
Her research interests include geriatric pharmacotherapy, interdisciplinary education, alternative professional education instructional methods, infectious disease, care transitions, and acute and critical care pharmacotherapy.
Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide. The Universal Activity Number for this knowledge-based program is 0001-9999-24-001-L01-P/T and is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
ABN - Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is a board-approved provider of continuing nursing education in Alabama by the Alabama Board of Nursing. Provider Number: ABNP1515.
Available Credit
- 1.20 ABNAuburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy is a board-approved provider of continuing nursing education in Alabama by the Alabama Board of Nursing. Provider Number: ABNP1515
- 1.00 ACPE PharmacyAuburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.
- 1.00 ACPE TechnicianAuburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.