1. A patient is asked if he has any allergies to medications. He replies “No.” He later has an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic and seeks care in the emergency department. Upon review of the chart, there was no evidence of any allergies previously noted. Is this considered a medication error?

2. For an MTM session, a patient has brought a number of oral medications that are expired and are no longer being used. You advise this patient:

3. MTM is an excellent way to identify and prevent medication errors because:

4. Following MTM sessions with two different patients, the pharmacy technician accidentally mixed up some of the medication history information in the MTM paperwork (Drugs for patient A were recorded in Patient B's paperwork). What course of action is most conducive to an atmosphere of error prevention?

Evaluation Questions

5. To what extent did the program meet objective #1?

6. To what extent did the program meet objective #2?

7. To what extent did the program meet objective #3?

8. Rate the effectiveness of how well the program related to your educational needs:

9. Rate how well the active learning strategies (questions, cases, discussions) were appropriate and effective learning tools:

10. Rate the quality of the faculty:

11. Rate the effectiveness and the overall usefulness of the material presented:

12. Rate the appropriateness of the examination for this activity:

13. Rate the effectiveness of how well the activity related to your practice needs:

14. Rate the effectiveness of how well the activity will help you improve patient care:

15. Will the information presented cause you to change your practice?

16. Are you committed to making these changes?

17. As a result of this activity, did you learn something new?

18. What is your practice setting or area of practice?

19. How many years have you been in practice?

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