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Contemporary Pharmacy Issues Program

Contemporary Pharmacy Issues

Saturday, May 4, 2024
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Zoom from Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus
3200 South University Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328

 


About the Program

What:     2024 NSU Contemporary Pharmacy Issues Conference    
Where:   Live Zoom anywhere in the U.S. or World
When:    Saturday/Sunday May 4-5, 2024; 8am-5pm & 8am-4pm (EST)

The 35th Annual Contemporary Pharmacy Issues Conference was designed with a common theme, a theme that would challenge the speakers to bring pertinent or significant value in their presentations to both pharmacists and technicians that would engage them in their homes on their computers, phones, and I-pads for two days. The challenge is on and here’s a peek at what to expect.

Target Audience

The 2024 Contemporary Pharmacy Issues Conference was created for pharmacists and technicians to have a chance to advance their unique professional knowledge and working skills. It was designed for pharmacists and technicians to achieve continuing professional education credits to renew both state and national licenses.

Registration and Refund Information

Program Fees:

$210.00 -  Pharmacists
$115.00 -  Technicians
$120.00 -  One Day Pharmacists
$65.00   -  One Day Technicians


Refund Policy: A refund can be requested in an email format (to carsten@nova.edu) prior to Saturday, May 4, 2024. Your registration fee less $15.00 will be credited to the same card.

35th Annual Contemporary Pharmacy Issues Proposed Schedule

Saturday, May 4, 2024

7:50 a.m.   Connect Live to NSU (ZOOM link will be provided)

Course Introduction & Program Overview
Carsten Evans, Ph.D., C.Ph.


8:00 a.m.

Aligning Traditional Medicine with Non-traditional
Mitch Ghen, D.O.,Ph.D.

Break 9:30 a.m.

11:10 a.m.

Pharmacology & Chronic Disease with Comorbidities Related to Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Balance.
Tina Benny, Pharm.D., BCACP

12:10 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Drug Mugging
Suzy Cohen, Pharm.D. -  ”America’s Most Trusted Pharmacist.”

2:00 p.m.

2024 Update of Newly Approved and Current Psychotropic Medications
Jose A. Rey, M.S., Pharm.D., BCPP

Break 3:00 p.m.

5:10 p.m. Course Adjournment Day One

Sunday, May 5, 2024

8:00 a.m.

Connect Live to NSU

Welcome Back, Program Overview Day Two
Carsten Evans, Ph.D., C.Ph.

8:00 a.m.

The Pharmacists’ Comprehensive Role in Ending the HIV Epidemic
Elizabeth Sherman, Pharm.D.

9:00 a.m.

The Histamine Intolerance Patient
Staci Shacter, M.S.

Break at 10:00 a.m.

10:10 a.m.

Science of Weight Loss
Staci Shacter, M.S.

12:10 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 p.m.

Updates on Treating Common Cardiovascular Diseases: CAD, CHF, and Atrial Fibrillation
Genevieve Hale, Pharm.D.

5:10 p.m.

Course Adjournment

Proposed Faculty

  • Tina Benny, Pharm.D., BCACP, Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice, NSU Ft. Lauderdale, FL

  • Michelle Clark, Ph.D., Dean, NSU'S College of Pharmacy, Fort Lauderdale, FL

  • Suzy Cohen, BS Pharm., Writer, Entrepreneur, “America’s Most Trusted Pharmacist

  • Carsten Evans, Ph.D., NSU Health Professions Division, Fort Lauderdale, FL

  • Mitch Ghen, D.O., Ph.D.,Integrative Medicine Physician, Author, Radio Host for “Doctor Mitch”, Boca Raton, FL

  • Genevieve Hale, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCP, C.Ph., Associate Professor, Vice Chair, NSU College of Pharmacy, Palm Beach Campus

  • Jose A. Rey, M.S., Pharm.D., BCPP, Professor & Chair, Pharmacy Practice, NSU College of Pharmacy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

  • Staci Shacter, M.S., R.D., LDN, Health is Wealth, Private Nutrition Consulting, South Florida

  • Elizabeth M. Sherman, Pharm.D., AAHIVP, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Silverman College of Pharmacy, HIV/AIDS Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, FL

Accreditation & Policy of Non-Discrimination

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NSU's Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of Continuing Pharmacy Education. This program is approved for 15.0 contract hours (1.5 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credits. UANs 0092-0000-024-004-012) -L04-P. This is a Knowledge Based activity. For pharmacists to obtain course credit they must register for the course, provide an e-mail identity at the beginning of both Saturday and Sunday meetings when coming into the classroom on Zoom, take the pre and post-tests, answer the evaluation requests and fill out the Certificate of Participation that acknowledges the credits being requested. Correct ePID# and Birth Month and Birth Day must be provided. The provider (NSU's College of Pharmacy) will post all successful credits by May 13, 2024. Participants are responsible to assure that their credits are posted. NABP allows sixty days to post all credits, therefore credits must be verified by the participant no later than July 4, 2024.

For the State of Florida this program has been approved for both General Pharmacist and Consultant Re-Certification credits. Pharmacists can achieve up to 15 hours of general credits and up to 14 recertification hours. NSU's Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, will report all earned continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credits for this program to CE Broker for those pharmacists who attend the live presentation hours for which they have requested credit, be actively engaged via chat, e-mail, or live interaction, participant in the pre and post-assessments, complete and submit the course evaluations for Saturday and Sunday as well as submitting their Certificate of Participation (the document that you request your hours of attendance and your signature of attestation. Pharmacist must also provide their correct license numbers. The provider (NSU's College of Pharmacy) will post all successful credits by May 10, 2024. Participants are responsible to assure that their credits are posted. The Florida Board of Pharmacy allows sixty days to post all credits. Pharmacists should verify (in their CE Broker profiles) their credits no later than July 4, 2024.

Policy of Non-Discrimination

Nova Southeastern University admits students of any race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying disability, religion, or creed, or national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school and does not discriminate in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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