The COPD pharmacy toolkit has been developed to support you in efficient identification of at-risk patients and delivering motivational counselling to empower those who would benefit from COPD screening and treatment optimisation, including improved adherence. The goal is to increase the number of currently undiagnosed at-risk patients referred for COPD screening and ensure more patients are diagnosed, and therefore managed earlier, and also that people living with COPD have the best possible outcomes from their treatment to prevent exacerbations.
The COPD toolkit was designed to motivate and support community pharmacy teams to establish or enhance a community-based COPD assessment and management program.
The four core elements aim to upskill pharmacy teams in the value of a standardised approach to COPD and to integrate this program into the pharmacy workflow and collaborate with prescribers to improve care for their patients with COPD.
Toolkit elements
1. COPD Pharmacy Toolkit E-Learning Module:
A learning module that provides foundational knowledge about COPD using a case-based approach. The module draws on guideline directed medical therapy principle where appropriate. Click here to download.
2. COPD Pharmacy Toolkit Assessment Tool:
Conversation-based tool to be used by pharmacists and pharmacy team members (where appropriate) to support counselling patients on the risk of COPD, how to be screened, and/or how to manage the disease.
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3. COPD Pharmacy Toolkit Patient Information Leaflet:
A COPD Handout to be shared by a pharmacist or pharmacy team member with the patient that can be used to summarise the pharmacist-patient interaction and provide supplemental information.
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4. COPD Pharmacy Toolkit Primary Care Referral Letter:
Personalised letter to be sent by pharmacists or pharmacy team members (where appropriate) to the patient’s primary care physician that explains why the pharmacy is reaching out and how to partner to support the patient with COPD.
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COPD Infographic
The infographic is a one-page digital visual aid that serves as a quick reference guide on where, when and why to use the COPD Pharmacy Toolkit in pharmacy practice (with quick links to the toolkit’s practice resources).
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