Global Objectives:

• Describe the role of the pharmacist in administering LAIs to optimize the treatment of patients with behavioral health conditions and other comorbidities.
• Outline the common dosages, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, adverse events, drug interactions, and warnings/precautions and counseling recommendations for long acting injectables
• Identify the statutory and rule requirements for pharmacists to legally administer long acting injectables.
• Explain appropriate techniques associated with gluteal administration of long acting injectables.  
• Examine physical space requirements and other considerations for administering long acting injectables.  
• Recognize the impact psychosocial factors have on patients with mental health disorders.

Instructions:

To complete the training, begin by clicking on Optimizing the Role of the Pharmacist in LAI Administration-Part 1. View the recording in its entirety. This will unlock and allow advancement to the next recording. Each lesson requires completion of the lesson or assessment prior to advance. For supplementary information and resources make sure to check out our LAI Toolkit

Upon successful completion of this training student pharmacists will receive a certificate of completion in the inbox of their account's attached e-mail, this certificate can also be accessed from the "My Account" > "My Certificates" article.