Pill Swallowing: A Tool for Pharmaco-Equity in the Emergency Department - (2025)

This webinar presentation reviews a multidisciplinary QI project in an emergency department where child life specialists provided pill swallowing education to circumvent the high cost of liquid medication. Participants will learn principles of pharmaco-equity and apply them to child life interventions.

Suggested Domain: DEI

Credits: 1.0 PDU

Learning Objective(s):

1. Understand the concept of pharmaco-equity and be able to identify current statistical trends that impact families’ access to essential medication.

2. Describe and identify risk factors for cost-related non-adherence (CRNA) and apply this knowledge through pharmaco-equity assessments.

3. Examine how pill swallowing, and other child life interventions can work to influence equity on a small scale

4. Learn how to adapt pill-swallowing and other medication support interventions to meet fast-paced acute care environments

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