Location:
University of New Mexico North Campus (Health Sciences Center)
Domenici Auditorium, Domenici 1 Building
1101 Yale Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
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Schedule of Events:
7:00 AM
Registration
7:50 – 8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Kim Neff, PharmD, Ph.C., NMSHP President
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Have a Healthy Heart: New Guidelines from The American College of Cardiology & The American Heart Association
Activity UAN #: 0039-0000-14-002-L01-P
1.0 Credit Hours (0.1 CEUs)
Knowledge-based
This speaker has no financial conflicts of interest to disclose regarding this presentation.
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Explain the new ACC/AHA Guidelines
- Use the ACC/AHA Guidelines to: assess cardiovascular risk, counsel patients about lifestyle modifications to reduce cardiovascular risk, counsel patients about pharmacotherapy for cholesterol management
- Discuss the controversies regarding the ACC/AHA Guidelines
Linda Maureen Macdonald, M.D.
Health, Benefits, & Employee Services Physician
Sandia National Laboratories
9:05 – 10:05 AM
Controlled Substances Prescribing in Chronic Pain or “Opiaphobia” & Problems of Abuse, Addiction, Diversion & Safety
Program UAN#: 0039-0000-14-003-L05-P
1.0 Credit Hours (0.1 CEUs)
Application-based
This speaker has no financial conflicts of interest to disclose regarding this presentation.
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Apply the principles discussed today when prescribing, assessing, and monitoring opiate therapy in chronic non cancer pain (CNCP)
- Assess patients to identify presence of risk factors for possible aberrant behavior surrounding opiate use for CNCP
- Identify strategies to manage aberrant behavior & risks associated with opioid therapy, including New Mexico Board of Pharmacy Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (NMBOP PMP), urine drug screening (UDS), and treatment modification
Ernest J Dole, PharmD, PhC, FASHP, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist
UNMH Pain Consultation and Treatment Center & Clinical Associate Professor; UNMHSC College of Pharmacy
10:05 – 10:25 AM
Snack Break
10:25 – 11:25 AM
An Update in Tuberculosis Disease
Program UAN#: 0039-0000-14-004-L01-P
1.0 Credit Hours (0.1 CEUs)
Knowledge-based
This speaker has no financial conflicts of interest to disclose regarding this presentation.
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the global and local epidemiology of TB
- Describe the treatment of tuberculosis
- Describe common side effects associated to TB drugs
- Learn the new treatment of latent tuberculosis infection
Marcos Burgos, M.D.
Medical Director and Tuberculosis Controller
New Mexico Department of Health Tuberculosis Control Program
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Contemporary Safety Practices and Cultural Change
Program UAN#: 0039-0000-14-005-L05-P
1.0 Credit Hours (0.1 CEUs)
Application-based
This speaker has no financial conflicts of interest to disclose regarding this presentation.
At the completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the medical and transportation sectors with regards to fatal error rates and success of error accountability and prevention strategies.
- Develop a philosophy of thinking about healthcare accidents as systems problems
- Articulate ineffective approaches to conducting an analysis post-accident
- Explain how hindsight bias can misinform an analysis post-accident
- Summarize systems problems that will increase vulnerability to healthcare accidents
- Discuss pre-emptive approaches that could be employed to decrease the risk of major healthcare accidents
- Articulate common questions to assess safety planning within any healthcare system
- Explain how cultural change is a centerpiece in creating a safer healthcare system
- List the key components essential to effective cultural change within healthcare
- Describe the important factors that define highly reliable organizations
- Contrast the attributes of pathologic, bureaucratic and generative cultures
- Discuss the major barriers to development of an effective safety culture
- Identify key components that would be necessary to transform the current healthcare system into one which is focused upon safety
- Describe major factors regarding cultural alignment that could lead to safety improvements in healthcare.
- Describe the qualities of new leaders that would lead to safety improvements in healthcare
- Discuss how scientific evidence may not be necessary to begin employing certain types of safety practices
Mark Thomas Holdsworth, Pharm.D.
Chair, Pharmacy Practice & Associate Professor
Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy
CPE Credit
The University of New Mexico Continuing Education Program is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. UAN 0039-0000-14-002-L01-P and 0039-0000-14-004-L01 has been assigned to this Knowledge based program for Pharmacists. UAN 0039-0000-14-002-L05-P and 0039-0000-14-005-L05-P has been assigned to this Application based program for Pharmacists. This program provides a total of 1.0 contact hours (.1 CEUs) of continuing education credit per session for a total of 4.0 contact hours (.4 CEUs). You must attend entire session, sign-in and complete evaluation and request for credit.
