Breaking Down the Break-Up: New guidance on the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia

Breaking Down the Break-Up: New guidance on the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia

Activity type: Knowledge-based

Format: Live via webinar

Date: March 31, 2026 12:00-1:00pm via webinar

CPE Credit: 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEU)

Target Audience: Pharmacists in any practice setting.

Why Attend: The 2025 American Thoracic Society (ATS) community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) guideline includes several clinically relevant changes that impact how CAP is diagnosed and managed. Updates include nuances in antibiotic prescribing, shorter antibiotic courses, and refined guidance for the prescribing of corticosteroids. 

Objectives: 

1. Review the differences in scope and utility between the 2025 ATS CAP guideline and the 2019 ATS/IDSA guideline.
2. Summarize guideline recommendations for empiric use of antibiotics in adult patients who test positive for a respiratory virus and suspected CAP.
3. Discuss appropriate duration of antibiotic therapy for adult patients with CAP.
4. Recognize when systemic corticosteroids are recommended or discouraged in the management of nonsevere and severe CAP according to the 2025 guideline.

Program Schedule: 

12:00-12:05 pm: Introduction

12:05-12:50 pm: Educational presentation

12:50-1:00 pm: Q&A and learning assessment

Requirements for Obtaining Continuing Education Credit:

Learners must be present for 70% or more of the webinar. Please ensure your screen name accurately identifies you. The activity evaluation, which includes learning assessment questions, is a requirement for CPE credit to be awarded. There is no minimum passing score required for the learning assessment questions. It is strongly encouraged that all learners participate in the active learning components of the program to gain the full benefit of the educational activity.

Disclosure Declaration:

ACPE is committed to ensuring that accredited continuing education (1) presents learners with only accurate, balanced, and scientifically justified recommendations, and (2) protects learners from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. The individuals involved with the planning and presentation of this activity have the following financial relationships to disclose:

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Financial Support: 

This program did not receive any external financial support.

Program Cost: 

Pharmacists and all other attendees: $25.00

Cancellation and Refund Policies:

Technical Requirements:

Please view CE21 technical requirements HERE

 

Accreditation Information: 

The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program has been accredited as a knowledge-based activity. Credit will be uploaded to the CPE Monitor to those who complete all components of the activity.  No partial credit will be awarded.  ACPE UAN 0044-0000-26-005-L01-P, 1.0 contact hour, 0.1 CEU

 

 

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