Exploring Medication Safety: New ISMP Best Practices for Community Pharmacy
Home Study Webinar
$20 Activity Fee
Topic Designator: 04 – Pharmacy Administration | Credit: 1 contact hour Available through June 1, 2026
During this webinar, participants will learn about ISMP’s new 2023-2024 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy and why they were selected for national action. The goal of these best practices is to inspire and mobilize board members, board staff, and practitioners from around the United States in the national adoption of specific consensus-based safe practices selected to prevent repetitive medication safety issues in community pharmacies that continue to cause harmful or fatal errors to patients.
This home study webinar is a recording of the live activity that was held on July 19, 2023.
Presenter
Michael J. Gaunt, PharmD
Senior Manager, Error Reporting Programs, Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Michael Gaunt is senior manager of error reporting programs at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), which he joined in 2004. In this role, Dr Gaunt oversees the operation of ISMP’s three reporting programs and works collaboratively with United States Food and Drug Administration to advocate for nomenclature, packaging, and labeling improvements. He participates in on-site risk assessments in community and specialty pharmacies to assess risks and identify opportunities to improve safety and reliability. Dr Gaunt also serves as the editor of the monthly ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care newsletter. He received a bachelor of arts degree in history from the University of Notre Dame and a doctor of pharmacy degree with a certificate in drug safety from Temple University School of Pharmacy.
