Womack Pharmacy: A Pharmacy Field Guide to Health Literacy: Improving Understanding, Safety, & Outcomes

June 17, 2026

This activity is a part of the Womack Army Medical Center Pharmacy Monthly Training Series. This iteration will outline the Pharmacy Field Guide to Health Literacy meant to improve understanding, safety, and patient outcomes.

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians across the Military Health System (MHS). A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

  1. Define personal and organizational health literacy.​
  2. Explain why health literacy matters in pharmacy practice.​
  3. Identify common barriers communication patients face with medication use.​
  4. Describe how limited health literacy can affect medication safety, adherence, and discharge outcomes in pharmacy practice.​
  5. Apply plain-language and teach-back strategies during medication education​.
  6. Identify how pharmacy technicians can recognize confusion and trigger pharmacist counseling within their scope.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE-Pharm

    UAN: JA4008136-0000-26-084-L05-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 1.00 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.

  • 1.00 ACPE-Tech

    UAN: JA4008136-0000-26-084-L05-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 1.00 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.

  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
06/03/2026
Course expires: 
07/01/2026
Event starts: 
06/17/2026 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
06/17/2026 - 1:00pm EDT
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Fayetteville, NC 28310
United States

Sherry Lamberth, PharmD, MSCR, MPH, BCPS. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or 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) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE-Pharm

    UAN: JA4008136-0000-26-084-L05-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 1.00 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.

  • 1.00 ACPE-Tech

    UAN: JA4008136-0000-26-084-L05-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 1.00 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.

  • 1.00 Attendance
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Requirements:  CE/CME certificates are awarded to MHS participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest with a minimum score of 80% unless noted otherwise. The deadline to claim credit is Jul 1, 2026.

Access Code/Accommodations: Some activities require an access code to register or claim CE/CME credit. For inquiries regarding the access code or accommodations, please email Kimberly Liang at [email protected]. 

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