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NABP's 98th Annual Meeting Educational Programs Offer a Variety of Options
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) will offer three tracks of continuing pharmaceutical education programming at its 98th Annual Meeting, May 18-22, 2002, at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix, Ariz. Attendees may choose from programming designed for executive officers and board members, compliance officers, or for those interested in practice-based education sessions.
Executive Officer and Board Member Programming
Among the scheduled educational programs for the Executive Officer and Board Member track is Emerging Technologies for Enhanced Patient Care, sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company. On Monday, May 20, George E. MacKinnon III, chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Midwestern University's College of Pharmacy in Glendale, Ariz, will discuss how personal digital assistants effectively help health care practitioners to capture patient data and medication data, document clinical interventions, facilitate electronic prescribing, and provide clinical information resources.
The second program slotted for this track, Compounding Regulation Update, will be held on Tuesday, May 21. Sponsored by Merck & Co, Inc, L. D. King of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP); William T. Winsley, executive director of the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy; and a representative from the US Food and Drug Administration will comment on the current status of the compounding regulations, recent state efforts to regulate compounding, and present guidelines and standards of the American Pharmaceutical Association, the IACP, and the US Pharmacopeia.
Compliance Officer Programming
The Compliance Officer track offers two courses that focus on the latest technology and how this technology has helped protect the public health. On Monday, May 20, Peter Modafferi of the New York district attorney's office and Bruce Townsend, special agent in charge for the US Secret Service (USSS), Financial Crime Division, will present the Best Practices for Seizing Electronic Evidence session, sponsored by Walgreen Company. Modafferi and Townsend will consider electronic information maintenance and storage techniques and equipment, as well as discuss the best practices for seizing evidence as recommended by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the USSS.
Howard C. Anderson, Jr, executive director of the North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy and a member of NABP's Executive Committee, Dr Charles "Curt" Barr, RP, a member of the Nebraska Board of Pharmacy and associate professor of pharmacy practice at Creighton University in Omaha; Alex Black of IsoRx; David E. Holmstrom, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy; and Larry Taylor, owner of Maddock Drug and Gift and a North Dakota pharmacist will discuss Advances in Telepharmacy during the track's second session on Tuesday, May 21. Sponsored by Hoffmann-La Roche Service Corporation, the speakers will be joined by participants who will discuss practice issues in pilot projects using long-distance communication technologies to dispense medications and provide pharmaceutical care.
Pharmacy Practice Programming
This two-part session, Diabetes Seminar Parts I and II, will discuss pharmacists' participation in the treatment and management of diabetes and its complications.
Sponsored by AstraZeneca LP and GlaxoSmithKline, respectively, the series will also address recent advances and future innovations in diabetes care, monitoring, and treatment. The first session with speaker Keith Campbell, associate dean and professor of pharmacotherapy at Washington State University-College of Pharmacy, will be held on Monday, May 20, and the concluding session featuring Dr John Holcombe, MD, of Eli Lilly and Company will be on Tuesday, May 21.
Joint CE Programming
Sponsored by Albertson's Inc, the Joint Continuing Education Programming on Tuesday, May 21, is HIPAA Update: The Status of State Health Privacy Law. Joy Pritts, senior counsel of the Health Privacy Project at the Institute for Health Care Research and Policy at Georgetown University, will discuss state health privacy law and the interplay between state law and the federal health information privacy regulations, which stemmed from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
Courtney Karzen
