Anticoagulation – Warfarin: Initiation, Monitoring & Bridging DOACs: Balancing Bleeds & Weight Extremes

October 30, 2025

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

  1. Decide which patients require warfarin over direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOACs).
  2. Determine outpatient management of venous thromboembolism (initiation, follow up, duration).
  3. Describe appropriate transition to and from warfarin.
  4. Discuss low/high weight DOAC use.
  5. Discuss when/how long to hold anticoagulation prior to procedures.
  6. Discuss factors dictating the restart of anticoagulation after procedure and/or bleeding
  7. Describe the SPARCtool, MAQI2, MHSG AC Workflow, and RapidRecap tools.
  8. Explain the typical length of therapy based on diagnosis.
  9. Discuss follow up intervals for DOAC therapy.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 ACPE-Pharm

    UAN: JA4008136-0000-25-123-L01-P
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.50 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.

  • 1.50 ACPE-Tech

    UAN: JA4008136-0000-25-123-L01-T
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.50 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.

  • 1.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/20/2025
Course expires: 
11/13/2025
Event starts: 
10/30/2025 - 10:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/30/2025 - 11:30am EDT
Part of: 
2025 DHA Clinical Pharmacy Course
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This course will be delivered in Microsoft Teams.

The course POC will send invited learners the MS Teams link and the access code to register to obtain CE/CME credit.

Deborah Bair, Pharm.D. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Rebecca (Becky) Briar, PharmD. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, planners, authors, faculty, and content reviewers for this educational activity have no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 ACPE-Pharm

    UAN: JA4008136-0000-25-123-L01-P
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.50 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.

  • 1.50 ACPE-Tech

    UAN: JA4008136-0000-25-123-L01-T
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.50 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.

  • 1.50 Attendance
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Requirements: CE/CME certificates are awarded to participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest. The deadline to claim credit is Nov 13, 2025.

Access Code: Some activities require an access code to register or claim credit. Please contact the organization providing the activity for the access code. The Continuing Education Program Office (CEPO) does not provide access codes.

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