2010 Annual Meeting Program Descriptions
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
2-4 PM • Pre-Meeting Special Program
Boards of Pharmacy and ACPE – Mining the Standards
Speakers To Be Announced
Description: During this non-continuing pharmacy education (CPE) pre-meeting special program, an expert panel will examine ways to harmonize standards for students educated in international, non-accredited programs of pharmacy with existing Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education standards and boards of pharmacy requirements.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
8-11:30 AM • Joint CPE
Educational Poster Session – Innovative Public Protection Projects
ACPE #205-000-10-001-L04-P
(0.1 CEU – 1 contact hour)
Target Audience: Pharmacists
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
Presenters: To Be Announced
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe several public protection projects that boards of pharmacy and colleges of pharmacy have implemented.
- Explain how these public protection projects increase patient safety.
Description: Boards of pharmacy and schools and colleges of pharmacy representatives will present various innovative public protection projects via a poster session. CPE is earned through interactive participation with presenters for one hour during the three and one-half hour offering.
4 - 5 PM • Special Program
NABP Programs and Services Update
Speakers To Be Announced
Description: An NABP representative will provide participants with an update on some of the Association’s current and developing projects including the examination blueprint validation process, the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination® (MPJE®), and recent survey of the MPJE Competency Statements, during this non-CPE special program.
Monday, May 24, 2010
8:15 - 10:15 AM • Joint CPE
Protecting the Public Safety – Partnering CQI with Science
ACPE #205-000-10-002-L05-P
(0.2 CEUs – 2 contact hours)
Target Audience: Pharmacists
Activity Type: Application-based
Speakers: To Be Announced
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe how safety science minimizes the risk of errors and provides quality outcomes.
- Explain how a variety of approaches to regulating health care professionals can help improve the overall system and increase patient safety.
Description: Everyone knows how important continuous quality improvement is to increasing safety. An expert in systems engineering will instruct meeting participants on how they can bring together safety science with the health care industry to minimize the risk of errors and provide quality outcomes. Attendees will also learn how North Carolina has already initiated changes to its health care system and how nurses are disciplined.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
9-10:30 AM • Executive Officer and Board Member CPE
State and Federal Agencies Protecting the Public – The National Practitioner Data Bank
ACPE #205-000-10-003-L03-P
(0.15 CEUs – 1.5 contact hours)
Target Audience: Pharmacists
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
Speakers: To Be Announced
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Explain the new reporting requirements mandated by Section 1921 of the Social Security Act.
- Describe how a board of pharmacy’s reporting system to the National Practitioner Data Bank must operate.
Description: Attendees will learn about the new reporting requirements mandated by recently enacted
rulemaking provisions in Section 1921 of the Social Security Act that now require each state to adopt a system of reporting certain adverse licensure actions taken against health care practitioners, including pharmacists.
9 - 10:30 AM • Compliance Officer CPE
Protecting Against Cargo Theft – Agencies and Industries Partner Together
ACPE #205-000-10-004-L03-P
(0.15 CEUs – 1.5 contact hours)
Target Audience: Pharmacists
Activity Type: Application-based
Speakers: To Be Announced
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the frequency and demographics of medication cargo thefts.
- Explain the methods that can be utilized to decrease the incidence of cargo thefts.
Description: Much like the stage coaches heading off to the gold rush required protection against bandits, so does today’s cargo that transports much of our nation’s drugs, devices, and infant formula. Cargo thefts are on the rise and attendees will participate in a panel presentation to discuss how to curb this troubling trend.
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM • Joint CPE
The Controlled Substances Act – A New Frontier
ACPE #205-000-10-005-L03-P
(0.15 CEUs – 1.5 contact hours)
Target Audience: Pharmacists
Activity Type: Application-based
Speakers: To Be Announced
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the current status and possible changes to the federal Controlled Substances Act.
- Explain how changes to the federal Controlled Substances Act will benefit patients and affect the practices of health care practitioners.
Description: It is no secret that the Controlled Substances Act requires revising. A Drug Enforcement Administration representative and board of pharmacy representative will provide an overview including the current issues, areas of concern, and what changes would benefit health care practitioners and patients alike.
Note: 106th Annual Meeting CPE programming is subject to change
NABP and the NABP Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACPE Provider Number: 205. Participants may earn ACPE-approved continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit by completing a Statement of Continuing Pharmacy Education Participation and submitting it to NABP. Full attendance and completion of the program evaluation form for each session are required to receive CPE credit and a Statement of Continuing Pharmacy Education Credit.
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Policy: NABP staff will be available to assist attendees on an individual basis to apply for CLE credit for attending conference CPE sessions. To apply for CLE credit, attendees must initiate the program approval process in their own states by completing and submitting the appropriate application materials and forms. NABP will provide documentation as necessary.