Continuing Education: Monday, July 24

Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Thursday

 

CE #1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Asthma* (1.6 CEU)
Monday, July 24, 8:00am-Noon

CE #2 Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)* (1.6 CEU)
Monday, July 24, 1:00-5:00pm

These courses will provide pharmacies with necessary tools to provide pharmacist-delivered patient care. The tools include information needed to manage the therapy used by these patients and the skills needed to support the finances of the practice. The delivery process will include eight hours of home study focusing on treatment guidelines and evidence-based medicine followed by four hours of live training on-site in Las Vegas, which will consist of case-based discussions and hands-on training. The final component of these courses is a four-hour session that will share methods for implementation of MTM Services in order to qualify for reimbursement.

*MTM Implementation for CEs 1, 2 and 3
Wednesday, July 26, 12:30-4:30pm
The final component of CEs 1, 2 and 3 is a four-hour session that will share methods for implementation of MTM Services in order to qualify for reimbursement.

Pre-registration by June 16, 2006, is required for CE #1, #2 and #3.

CE #4 Wound Healing and Scarring (.1 CEU)
Monday, July 24, 8:00-9:00am
Sponsor: Red Rock Labs
This is a CE course for pharmacists aimed at explaining today’s approach to wounds and resultant scars. This course will cover topics such as anatomy and physiology of the skin, wounds classifications, first-aid product choice rationale, continued wound treatment product choice, antibiotic rationale in wounds, when to recommend that the customer see a physician for a prescription, considerations for wounds in people with underlying disease states (eg. diabetes), special case wounds (eg. animal, human and insect bites), scar types - classifications, theory of scarring and available scar products and how they work.

CE #5 How to Recognize and Deal with Employee Substance Abuse (.3 CEU)
Monday, July 24, 9:00am-Noon
An astounding one in six pharmacists suffers from the disease of chemical dependency and will have a problem sometime in his or her career. Yet, it is a condition rarely discussed in professional literature and almost never taught in colleges of pharmacy. This presentation will attempt to bring this critical subject into pharmacy consciousness and answer the following questions:

  • What is the neurochemical basis for addiction?
  • Why is chemical dependency a disease?
  • What factors put the pharmacist so much at risk for developing chemical dependency?
  • How can one tell when a pharmacist is chemically dependent?
  • What is the proper way to conduct an intervention?
  • What are the treatment options?
  • How does one handle the emotional state of the affected pharmacist?
  • Is there hope in recovery?
  • What does one look for when hiring a recovering pharmacist?

Please attend this profound CE program and hear the personal account of a recovering pharmacist. It could be a lifesaving experience.

CE #6 Third Party Accounts Receivable Management (.10 CEU)
Monday, July 24, 12:30-1:30pm
Sponsor: Prism
With over 85 percent of the average pharmacy’s revenue driven by third party prescriptions, effective management of this receivable is critical to the financial health of independent pharmacies. Medicare Part D only serves to make this function needed in your pharmacy more than ever before. This discussion will focus on the latest trends, tools and best practices in third party pharmacy accounts receivable management and will cover the areas of data processing, reconciliation, exception management and collections.

CE #7 Quality Assurance in a Compounding Pharmacy (.15 CEU)
Monday, July 24, 1:30-3:00pm
Sponsor: Spectrum Pharmacy Products
This course will provide on overview of quality assurance as it relates to compounded preparations. It will discuss procedures found in references such as the United States Pharmacopoeia/National Formulary, regulatory and legal implications, and instrumentation available for use in quality assurance programs. How the introduction of a quality assurance program impacts health care delivery will be discussed as well. Attendees will be encouraged to provide examples of the steps that have been taken to introduce or expand quality assurance within their own practice setting.

CE #8 Fundamentals of Creative Marketing for Retail Independent Pharmacy (.15 CEU)
Monday, July 24, 3:00-4:30pm
Participants in this 90-minute course will interact/network with other pharmacists/owners/pharmacy staff to learn about successful marketing ideas that have helped them promote their pharmacies and reach their business goals. This session will consist of a short lecture, small group case study, presentation of successful ideas and networking. Approximately five presenters will explain their ideas touching on the following: goal, target audience, implementation, and result. Pharmacists attending this session are encouraged to bring their personal success stories pertaining to marketing initiatives.