Tools Used in Development: Canva

Time in Development: 5 hours

Client: Pharmacy department in a local community hospital

Challenges: 40% of pharmacy residents were missing crucial diagnostic criteria and steps for diagnosing and implementing therapies for diabetic patients. On average, pharmacy residents needed more than 25 minutes to properly assess and treat patients, which slowed down the rate of patient's seen by providers.

Solutions: This infographic is a great tool to guide pharmacy residents to implement diabetes therapy.

Results: This infographic was helpful in providing a step by step guide for pharmacy residents to provide patient education, start metformin and assess for additional therapy. This infographic was placed in the clinician's triage room for residents which allowed for prompt diagnosis within 20 minutes. This resulted in 85% of residents properly treating patients with diabetes.

Tools Used in Development: Canva

Time in Development: 2.5 hours

Client: Pharmacy department in a local community hospital

Challenges: Pharmacy residents were able to initiate diabetes therapy but had difficulty with the process for providing maintenance therapy. The challenge for this exercise is educating learners on the steps for treating diabetic patients who have not met treatment goals after 3-6 months of therapy. On average, pharmacy residents needed more than 30 minutes to properly identify optimal pharmaceutical options for patients with ASVD, chronic kidney disease and heart failure.

Solutions: This infographic is a great tool to guide pharmacy residents to recommend add on therapy for patients based on co-morbidities.

Results: This infographic was helpful in guiding residents to assess patients for ASVD, CKD and HF and evaluate whether they qualify for additional therapy based on their co-morbidities. With the help of this infographic, residents promptly selected the needed additional therapies to help patients meet their diabetes goals. This resulted in 80% of residents properly treating patients with diabetes.