2026 DHA CPC: Anticoagulation: Warfarin: Initiation, Monitoring, and Bridging DOACs – Balancing Bleeds and Weight Extremes

October 27, 2026

For more information about this activity, please contact Dawn Soulati at [email protected].

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. Explore heparin PowerPlan and standardization.
  2. Distinguish which patients require warfarin over direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOACs).
  3. Generate a treatment plan for outpatient management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) (initiation, follow up, duration).
  4. Describe appropriate transition to and from warfarin.
  5. Discuss low/high weight DOAC use.
  6. Discuss when/how long to hold anticoagulation prior to procedures.
  7. Discuss factors dictating the restart of anticoagulation after procedure and/or bleeding.
  8. Describe the SPARCtool, MAQI2, MHSG AC Workflow, and RapidRecap tools.
  9. Explain the typical length of therapy based on diagnosis.
  10. Discuss follow up intervals for DOAC therapy.
  11. Describe Heavy Menstrual Bleeding ACForum 2026 updates.

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 2.00 ACPE-Pharm

    UAN:
    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 2.00 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.

  • 2.00 ACPE-Tech

    UAN:
    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 2.00 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.

  • 2.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/19/2026
Course expires: 
11/12/2026
Event starts: 
10/27/2026 - 10:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/27/2026 - 12:00pm EDT
Part of: 
2026 DHA POD Clinical Pharmacy Course
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Deborah Bair, Pharm.D. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose.

Rebecca Briar, PharmD, BCACP, CACP, TTS. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose.

Disclosures: 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. No commercial support was provided for this activity.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 ACPE-Pharm

    UAN:
    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 2.00 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.

  • 2.00 ACPE-Tech

    UAN:
    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 2.00 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.

  • 2.00 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 Nov 12, 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 Soulati, Teresa D (Dawn) CIV DHA 88TH MDG (USA) at [email protected]. 

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There is no cost to participate in this activity.
 

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