Pharmacists Registration Fee Two Session Two Hours- $30

This Continuing Education opportunity will provide pharmacists with many of the tools necessary to successfully implement point-of-care testing (POCT) in an Arkansas pharmacy. The first hour of this CE is focused on general information for any point-of-care testing, including everything from how to obtain a CLIA Certificate of Waiver to actually testing a patient. You will also learn the limitations and opportunities of the Disease State Management Protocols in Arkansas, along with tips on how to approach physicians in your area about your POCT services. The second hour of this CE is focused specifically on COVID-19 point-of-care testing. Both hours of CE will include valuable resources and “best practices” based on real life experiences.

Dr. Allie Staton is a UAMS College of Pharmacy graduate, Class of 2018. After completing pharmacy school, she continued her education through a Community-Based Pharmacy Residency with UAMS and Bryant Family Pharmacy. During her residency year, she became very passionate about providing high-quality patient care in an independent pharmacy setting by implementing clinical services. She also became very passionate about teaching other pharmacists and pharmacy students, which led her to start her own company, EnhanceRx Pharmacy Consulting. Implementation of Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) was a large project of hers during her residency, so she continued teaching pharmacists about POCT through EnhanceRx Pharmacy Consulting. She is now the Clinical Pharmacy Services Specialist at West Side Pharmacy in Benton, Arkansas.  Since the beginning of June, Dr. Staton has been performing free (non-rapid) COVID testing at West Side Pharmacy through a partnership with HealthMart and the Department of Health and Human Services. However, after several months of attempting to obtain rapid COVID tests, West Side Pharmacy recently acquired COVID-19 Rapid Antigen tests and will officially begin the rapid testing on August 17^th.