Pre-Meeting Session on Ethics to Provide Entertaining Approach to CPE during NABP 105th Annual Meeting

March 16, 2009 12:00 am

Setting the stage for “NABP MIAMI: It’s Hot! Hot! Hot!,” the pre-meeting continuing pharmacy education (CPE) session “Maxims, Monarchy, and Sir Thomas More,” will offer attendees an entertaining and educational start to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy^® (NABP^®) 105th Annual Meeting. The session will take place Saturday, May 16, from 1:30 - 4:30 pm, at the Hyatt Regency Miami Hotel, in Miami, FL.

This year’s pre-meeting CPE session, sponsored by Pearson VUE, provides attendees with an intimate view of Sir Thomas More’s dilemmas. More authored the controversial book, Utopia, in 1516 and is known by some as the quintessential Renaissance man. Featuring a performance by Graham Thatcher of Periaktos Productions, LLC, the session takes a look at More’s last hours prior to his execution as he explores moral conflicts between private conscience and public loyalty – an issue board of pharmacy members often face as they pursue their goals of protecting the public.

Following the performance, Jay Campbell, RPh, JD, executive director, North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, and Michael A. Moné, BS, JD, FAPhA, vice president anti-diversion and senior regulatory counsel, Cardinal Health, will facilitate a panel discussion based on More’s ethical dilemmas.

For more information on the 105th Annual Meeting, which will be held May 16-19, 2009, please contact the NABP Meeting Services Department at 847/391-4406 or via e-mail at custserv@nabp.net. Full descriptions of all the CPE sessions offered as well as meeting registration forms may also be found in the Meetings section of the NABP Web site at www.nabp.net.

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 up to 9.75 contact hours (0.975 continuing education units) of ACPE-approved continuing pharmacy education credit from NABP. Participants in continuing pharmacy education programs will receive credit by completing a “Statement of Continuing Pharmacy Education Participation” and submitting it to the NABP office. A validated Statement of Credit will be sent as proof of participation within approximately six weeks. Full attendance and completion of a program evaluation form for each session are required to receive continuing pharmacy education credit and a Statement of 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 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.

Larissa Doucette