Office of Continuing Education
52nd Annual Heber W. Youngken Jr.
Pharmacy Clinic
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Radisson Airport Hotel, Post Road Warwick, RI 02081
Target Audience
Community, hospital, managed care and consultant pharmacists, and other interested health care professionals.
Continuing Education Credits
0060-0000-09-038-L04-P |
4.0 Contact Hours (0.40 CEUs) |
| 0060-0000-09-039-L03-P | 1.0 Contact Hour (0.1 CEU – Pharmacy Law) |
The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Attendance and completion of evaluation forms and self-assessment tools at the conclusion of each session are required for statement of credit which will be mailed 3-4 weeks after the program.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this knowledge-based program, participants will be able to:
- Identify the clinical based and information technologies impacting the overall practice of pharmacy;
- Compare and contrast the three key management principles relevant to pharmacy
- practice in all care settings;
- List the seven main differences between effectiveness and efficacy trials and explain their relevance to using effectiveness trials to answer clinical questions which relate to every day practice decisions;
- Identify when antipsychotic polypharmacy is appropriate;
- Identify areas for practitioners to increase use of evidence-based medicine in the management of cardiovascular disease;
- Cite changes in the Rhode Island pharmacy law and statutes enacted in the 2009 legislative session;
Program
| 7:30 am | Registration, Coffee & Pastries |
| 8:30 am | Greetings Michael L. Simeone, RPh, MBA, MA Ron Jordan, RPh |
| 8:45 am | Competency, Technology, and Pharmacists |
| 9:45 am | Break |
| 10:00 am | Issues in Effectiveness Trials: Weighing the Benefits of Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy |
| 11:00 am | When is Antipsychotic Polypharmacy Supported by Research Evidence? |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | Evidence-Based Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease |
| 2:00 pm | RI Pharmacy Law: What’s New in 2009 |
| 3:00 pm | Summary & Evaluations |
| 3:15 pm | Adjourn |
Facilities and Parking
The program will be held at the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 Post Road Warwick, RI. Telephone: (401) 739-3000 Fax: (401) 732-9309. Parking is available on site at no additional charge. Room rate is $99.00 plus 6% Occupancy Tax and 7% RI Sales Tax.
Call Cheryl LaBanca, Sales Manager, for room reservations at 401-598-2100 x6112.
Additional information at http://www.radisson.com/warwickri
Questions
Call the Office of Pharmacy Continuing Education at 401-874-5552 for additional information or possible weather emergency information. You may also email questions to pharmce@etal.uri.edu
Registration
Registration and Refund Policy
The registration fee includes all program materials, and lunch. Registration fee, subject to a $15 processing charge, will be refunded provided written notification is received seven days prior to the program.
$89 Registration
$99 (after 11/2/09) including on-site registration
Contact List
Michael L Simeone
Director of Continuing Education
(401) 874-2031
msimeone@uri.edu
Mary-Jane Kanaczet
Continuing Education Specialist
(401) 874-2615
mjkanaczet@mail.uri.edu
Brenda Nazareth
Snr. Word Processing Typist
(401) 874-5552
nazareth@etal.uri.edu
