50th Annual Heber
W. Youngken, Jr.
Pharmacy Clinic
Geriatric Psychiatry
- Dementia, Delirium, Depression, Alzheimer's, and Pharmacy Law
Thursday,
November 1, 2007
Registration 7:30am
Program starts at 8:30am and runs to 3:30pm
Sheraton Airport
Hotel
1850 Post Road
Warwick, RI
401-738-4000
Click here to Register
URI Pharmacy Preceptors please call 401-874-5552 to register
Program Objectives
Upon completion of this program,
participants will be able to:
Describe the assessment tools and
techniques to differentiate between delirium, depression, and
dementia
Differentiate between the diagnostic
criteria for delirium, depression, and dementia
Identify treatment goals for
patients with delirium, depression, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
Discuss pharmacologic and
non-pharmacologic treatment strategies for delirium, depression,
dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
Discuss the issues related to
guardianship of the elderly
Identify the steps in documenting
competency and incompetency
Describe the RI Pharmacy Statute and
Regulatory Revision of 2007
Target Audience
Community, hospital, managed care and
consultant pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners and other
interested healthcare professionals.
Continuing Education
Credits
Pharmacists This
program will provide the participant with 5.0 contact hours (0.50
CEUs) of continuing education credit (including *1 hour of law
credit). 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
the program are required for issuance of statement of credit.
Statements will be mailed within four to six weeks of program
completion.
UPN
060-000-07-024-L01-P UPN 060-000-07-025-L03-P
Nurses
Application has been submitted to the Rhode Island State Nurses
Association for five (5) nursing continuing education credits.
Program
7:30 am
Registration, Coffee &
Pastries
8:30 am
Greetings
Michael L.
Simeone, R.Ph., M.B.A., M.A. Director, Pharmacy Continuing Education
University of Rhode Island
College of Pharmacy
Ronald P. Jordan, RPh Interim Dean,
University of Rhode Island
College of Pharmacy
Dayle H. Joseph, EdD, RN Dean,
University of Rhode Island
College of Nursing
9:00 am
Advanced Geriatric Psychiatric Assessment
Sylvia Weber, RN, MS, PCNS Sylvia Weber
Associates
Cranston, RI
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Delirium in the Elderly Patient
Christina Sokoloff, MS, RN, PCNS Geriatric Clinical
Nurse Specialist
Department of Psychiatry
Miriam Hospital Providence, RI
11:15 am
Treatment Strategies for
Depression
Robert L. Dufresne, PhD, BCPS,
BCPP Professor of Pharmacy
University of Rhode Island
College of Pharmacy
12:15 pm
Luncheon & Awards
1:30 pm
Current Approaches in the
Management of Dementia
John Stoukides, RPh, MD Director of Geriatrics
Roger Williams Hospital
Providence, RI
2:30 pm
Breakout Sessions for Nurses &
Pharmacists
RI
Pharmacy Law: What’s New in 2007*
Cathy Cordy, R.Ph.
Chief,
RI Board of Pharmacy
Guardianship Laws and the Elderly
Laura C. Harrington, BSN,
Esq. Pond, Harrington &
Associates, PC
Middletown, RI
3:30
pm
Summary and Evaluations
3:45 pm
Adjourn
* Law credit
Parking
FREE parking is available
onsite.
Questions
Call the Office of Pharmacy Continuing
Education at 401-874-5552. In case of weather emergency, please call
to verify status of program.
Register
URI Pharmacy Preceptors please call 401-874-5552 to register
Registration
Fees
$89
Early Registration
$99 After 10/26 and on-site
Registration fee includes program
materials, break and luncheon.
Registration and Refund
Policy
Registration fees, subject to a $15
processing fee, will be refunded provided written notification is
received 7 days prior to the program.
For more
information, contact:
Office of Continuing Education
College of Pharmacy
Fogarty Hall, 41 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: 401-874-5552, Fax: 401-874-4424
E-mail:
pharmce@etal.uri.edu
The
University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
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This
program will provide the participant with 5.0 contact hours (0.50
CEUs) of continuing education credit (including *1 hour of law
credit). 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
the program are required for issuance of statement of credit.
Statements will be mailed within four to six weeks of program
completion.