Optimizing Vitamin D Use: Evidence-Informed Decisions Across the Care Team
Target Audience: Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Physicians, Physician Assistants
Course Overview
Vitamin D is best known for its role in musculoskeletal health, but its use to prevent other health issues and diseases remains an area of evolving evidence. This continuing educational activity examines contemporary research on vitamin D supplementation, screening practices, and population-specific outcomes related to chronic disease prevention, aging, and metabolic health. Through an interprofessional lens, participants will explore practical implications for laboratory testing, supplementation strategies, dosing frequency, and patient counseling, with the goal of optimizing benefit while minimizing unnecessary testing, overtreatment, and supplement-related harm.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Recall evidence on vitamin D supplementation and apply it to patient counseling and product selection
- Differentiate dosing approaches and formulations of vitamin D and assess their appropriateness based on patient characteristics, safety considerations, and adherence factors
- Counsel patients on appropriate indications for, administration of, and adverse effects related to Vitamin D supplementation
Faculty
I. Introduction
II. Overview of Vitamin D
III. Vitamin D Physiology
IV. Vitamin D Epidemiology
V. Vitamin D Guidelines: 2024 Updates
VI. Vitamin D and Health Effects
- Musculoskeletal Health
- Cardiovascular Health
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases
- Dementia
- Depression
- Obesity
- Pregnancy and Lactation
VII. Vitamin D Screening
VIII. Sources of Vitamin D
IX. Current Supplementation Recommendations
X. Applying Vitamin D Evidence in Clinical Practice: Roles of the Healthcare Team
XI. Common Clinical Pitfalls in Vitamin D Testing and Supplementation
XII. Reassessing and De-escalating Vitamin D Therapy
XIII. Counseling Patients and Managing Expectations
XIV. Patient Case
XV. Summary
Participants are required to:
- Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures
- Attend and participate in the live webinar
- Complete an evaluation
Note: RxCe.com uses GoToWebinar to present live webinars. You must attend the full presentation to receive credit. Telephone attendance is not available.
ACPE 60 Day Course Submission Deadline
ACPE requires that CPE credit must be reported within 60 days of being earned. Please check your NABP eProfile account to confirm that your completed CE was transferred successfully.
Faculty Planner Disclosure
The following individuals were involved in planning, developing, and/or authoring this activity: L. Austin Fredrickson, MD, FACP; Liz Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS; and Pamela Sardo, PharmD, BS. None of the individuals involved in developing this activity has a conflict of interest or financial relationships related to the subject matter. There are no financial relationships or commercial or financial support relevant to this activity to report or disclose by RxCe.com or any of the individuals involved in the development of this activity.
Unlabeled Use Disclosure
The information provided in this course is general in nature and it is solely designed to provide participants with continuing education credit(s). This course and materials are not meant to substitute for the independent, professional judgment of any participant regarding that participant’s professional practice, including but not limited to patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Medical and pharmacy practices, rules, and laws vary from state to state, and this course does not cover the laws of each state; therefore, participants must consult the laws of their state as they relate to their professional practice. Healthcare professionals, including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, must consult with their employer, healthcare facility, hospital, or other organization, for guidelines, protocols, and procedures they are to follow. The information provided in this course does not replace those guidelines, protocols, and procedures but is for academic purposes only, and this course’s limited purpose is for the completion of continuing education credits. Participants are advised and acknowledge that information related to medications, their administration, dosing, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, warnings, precautions, or accepted uses are constantly changing, and any person taking this course understands that such person must make an independent review of medication information prior to any patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Any discussion of off-label use of any medication, device, or procedure is informational only and such uses are not endorsed hereby. Nothing contained in this course represents the opinions, views, judgments, or conclusions of RxCe.com LLC. RxCe.com LLC is not liable or responsible to any person for any inaccuracy, error, or omission with respect to this course, or course material.
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Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, RxCE.com is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
PTCB Recognition
RxCe.com, LLC, offers pharmacy technician continuing education courses for PTCB recertification. Pharmacy technician courses are indicated both in the Target Audience description and the ACPE UAN which will end with a "T".