Office of Continuing Education
24th Annual Seminar by the Sea
Northeast Regional Conference
Caring for the Patient:
Responding to New Challenges
Pre-Conference Workshops: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Thursday & Friday: March 19 & 20, 2009
Newport Hyatt Regency Hotel, Newport, RI
To arrange hotel accommodations, please contact the Hyatt at 401-851-1234 and refer to conference code URCF or reserve online at: HYATT REGENCY NEWPORT HOTEL
2-Day Program | Registration Form
Pre-Conference Workshops: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Target Audience
Community, hospital, managed care and consultant pharmacists, nurse practitioners, nurses and other interested health care professionals.
Continuing Education Credits
Participants will receive 0.30 CEUs (3.0 contact hours) for each workshop:Completing RI Regulations for Immunizers ACPE UPN: 060-000-09-001-L01-P
Impact of Herbs and Nutraceuticals ACPE UPN: 060-000-09-002-L04-P
Quality and Technology in Experiential Education ACPE UPN: 060-000-09-003-L04-P
Morning Workshop
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Completing RI Regulations for Immunizers
Celia P. MacDonnell, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Director of Student Affairs
University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
Kingston, RILearning Objectives
Upon completion of this knowledge-based workshop participants will be able to:
- Define the universal and standard precautions that must be taken in healthcare environments;
- Describe the various blood-borne pathogens and their modes of transmission;
- List the Hepatitis B vaccination requirements for healthcare workers;
- Identify new guidelines for adolescent and adult immunizations.
* This workshop meets the annual continuing education requirement for immunization- certified pharmacists.
Afternoon Workshop One
1:00 pm - 4:00pm
Impact of Herbs and Nutraceuticals on Human Health and Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities
Navindra P. Seeram, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy
Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
Kingston, RI
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this knowledge-based workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify sources of evidence-based information;
- Discuss herbs and nutraceuticals that are used for Women’s Health, CVD, respiratory diseases, diabetes, inflammation and other disorders;
- State the physiologic activity and dosage guidelines;
- Discuss therapeutic uses and safety considerations of these agents
Afternoon Workshop Two
1:00 pm - 4:00pm
Quality and Technology in Experiential Education
(Preceptor Development)
Greg Cianfarani, RPh
President and Chief Executive Officer
RxInsider, LTD
Warwick, RIBrett Feret, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor
Introductory Experiential Education Director
Department of Pharmacy Practice
University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
Kingston, RIAmy L. Mitchell, PharmD
Neonatal/Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Albany Medical College
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Albany College of Pharmacy
Albany, NYRuth Nemire, PharmD
Associate Dean for Professional Education and Community Engagement (PEACE)
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Touro College of Pharmacy
Harlem, NYAttendance is limited to 50 participants for the Preceptor Development workshop
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this knowledge-based workshop participants will be able to:
- Identify two ways to incorporate students to improve the quality of an experiential experience;
- List new tools and resources available on-line for preceptors;
- Explain how to use the Pharmacist’s Letter® suite of preceptor development tools;
- Develop new strategies and models of best practices for precepting introductory and advanced practice experience pharmacy students.
2-Day Program: March 19 & 20, 2009
Learning Objectives
Day 1
Upon completion of this knowledge-based program, participants will be able to:
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Identify the indications and routes of administration of the new therapeutic agents marketed in 2008;
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Identify information regarding the new drugs that should be communicated to the patient;
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To explain the pharmacologic basis for the treatment of early, early disseminated, and late/chronic Lyme Disease;
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Compare and contrast infectious diseases prevention strategies in mass casualty responses;
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List seven steps needed to develop a compliant pharmaceutical waste management system.
Day 2
Upon completion of this knowledge-based program, participants will be able to:
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Describe relevant portions of the most recent FDA guidances for drug interaction studies and implications for dosing and labeling;
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To describe the relationship between combination antiretroviral therapy and cardiovascular disease in HIV-infected patients;
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Using a case-based approach, develop pharmacotherapy plans for HIV-infected patients with cardiovascular disease;
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Describe the implementation of the electronic health record;
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Discuss patient centered medical home project;
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Describe how Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder (STSD) and the sequelae Compassion Fatigue is a risk to Health Care Professions (HCP);
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Identify recent changes in the pharmacy laws and regulations for the New England states.
Target Audience
Community, hospital, managed care and consultant pharmacists, nurse practitioners, nurses and other interested health care professionals.
Continuing Education Credits
Participants will receive 0.60 CEUs (6.0 contact hours) for each day of attendance up to a total of 1.2 CEUs (12 contact hours). *Two contact hours of law credit will be awarded to Friday attendees. The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council on 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 a statement of credit. Statements will be mailed within four to six weeks of program completion.
March 19, 2009 UPN: 060-000-09-004-L01-P
March 20, 2009 UPN: 060-000-09-005-L04-P UPN: 060-000-09-006-L03-P*
Nurses: Application has been submitted for nursing continuing education credits.
Program
Thursday, March 19, 2009
| 7:15 am | Registration, Breakfast Buffet & Exhibits |
| 8:15 am | Welcome, Awards and Overview |
| 8:30 am | Keynote Presentation: Living A Life of Healthy Uncertainty: Lessons Learned from Mountains, Glaciers, Rain Forests, Board Rooms and Life! |
| 9:30 am |
New Drugs of 2008 – Part 1 |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | New Drugs of 2008 – Part 2
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| 11:45 am | Luncheon & Exhibits |
| 1:15 pm | Issues in the Treatment of Lyme Disease |
| 2:15 pm | Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases in Disasters and Mass Casualty Events |
| 3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:30 pm | Implementing a Pharmaceutical Waste Management System Charlotte A. Smith, RPh, MS, HEM Founder & President PharmEcology Associates Brookfield, WI |
| 4:30 pm | Wrap Up/Evaluations |
| 4:45 pm | Networking Reception/Exhibits |
Friday, March 20, 2009
| 7:30 am | Registration, Breakfast Buffet & Exhibits |
| 8:`5 am | Welcome and Overview |
| 8:30 am | Update for 2009: FDA and Drug Metabolism, Interactions, Safety Testing and New Labeling. |
| 9:30 am | Cardiovascular Disease and HIV |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | Health Information Technology (HIT): A Clinician’s Perspective |
| 11:45 am | Luncheon & Exhibits |
| 1:15 pm | Compassion Fatigue: Healing the Heart, Renewing the Soul |
| 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:30 pm | Pharmacy Regulatory Update (Law CE) Susan M. DelMonico, RPh, JD Director of Regulatory Compliance CVS/Caremark Woonsocket, RI |
| 3:30 pm | Recent Federal Developments and E-Prescribing, HIT, and DEA Regulations (Law CE) |
| 4:30 pm | Wrap Up/Evaluations |
| Adjourn |
Parking
FREE daytime parking at the Hyatt Hotel & Conference Center. Parking fee applies for overnight guests. Should the Hyatt lot fill up, off-site parking is available in the Belle Mer parking lot on the South end of Goat Island and the Newport Visitors Center. The Hyatt shuttle will run to the visitors center.
Accommodation
The Tall Ships, the America’s Cup, the fabled playground of high society. A world of unique shops, splendid mansions, rocky shores and sheltered harbors. Newport is a wonderful place to explore, and the newly upgraded Hyatt Regency Newport puts you right in the center of things.
Reservations can be made online at:
http://newport.hyatt.com/groupbooking/rinewurcf2009
or by calling the Hyatt Regency directly at: (800) 233-1234 or 401-851-1234. Refer to the URI College of Pharmacy Conference/Seminar by the Sea, conference code URCF, to obtain our special conference room rate of $131 plus tax (single or double occupancy). Deadline for room reservations at this special rate is March 17, 2009 or until room block is full. Reservations received after the deadline will be based on availability at hotel’s prevailing rates.
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 Fees
| Early Registration (on or before March 11)
On site registration
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Registration and Refund Policy
The registration fee includes all program materials, luncheon Thursday and Friday, coffee breaks and a Thursday evening reception. Registration fee, subject to a $25 processing charge, will be refunded provided written notification is received ten days prior to the seminar.
Continue to the Registration Form
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
