Description of Course

The Clinical Update Workshop is designed to update you on practice changes that have occurred in geriatric pharmacotherapy over the past five years. Using the detailed content outline of the Certified Geriatric Pharmacist examination published by the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy, ASCP has developed this program as part of the Professional Development Program for CGP recertification.

The course is divided into two segments—a home study segment and a live interactive case study workshop. In order to receive the full 10 contact hours of continuing education, participants must complete at least one practice examination and turn the completed test in at registration for the live course.

The live portion of the workshop is in a case-based roundtable format. Participants will be divided into six groups and rotate through different breakout sessions hourly. Using case-based problems which incorporate various disease states, faculty will facilitate discussion to highlight points from the CCGP Certification Examination in Geriatric Pharmacy Detailed Content Outline.


Dates

• May 13, 2008, Las Vegas, NV held in conjunction with Geriatrics '08
  
• July 25, 2008, Oakbrook, IL (A minimum of 40 participants are required to conduct this program) Click here to register
  
• November 18, 2008, New Orleans, LA held in conjunction with Senior Care Pharmacy '08
  

Course Fee

• Member: $275.00
• Non-Member: $475.00
  

Course Information

• Agenda

Learning Objectives

• Identify opportunities to improve cardiovascular pharmacotherapy in the geriatric patients with cardiovascular diseases and other comorbidities in a clinically-based, patient case scenario
  
  
• Identify symptoms associated with early dementia and/or alzheimer’s disease
  
  
• Interpret laboratory tests including: Gram stain, culture result, sensitivity panels
  
  
• Distinguish between diagnostic markers for COPD versus asthma
  
  
• Demonstrate knowledge of the risk:benefit of medications used to treat Parkinson’s disease
  
  
• Analyze and discuss diabetes management topics in the elderly, in a case study format
  
  
• Analyze and discuss pain management topics in the elderly, in a case study format
  
  
• Differentiate the various types of urinary incontinence common in Nursing Facilities residents

Faculty

Sandra Brownstein, PharmD, FASCP, CGP
President
SeniorCare Strategies

Randy Delker, PharmD, CGP, FASCP
Director of Clinical Services
HMIS-An Omnicare Company

Samuel Gurevitz, PharmD, CGP
Consultant Pharmacist
Care Pharmaceutical Services

Stephen Law, RPh, PharmD, CGP
Clinical Services Manager for Indiana
PRN Pharmaceutical Services, L.P. - An Omnicare Company

Dana Saffel, PharmD, DPh, FASCP, CGP
President
PharmaCare Strategies, Inc.

Thomas Snader, PharmD, FASCP, CGP
President
TCS Pharmacy Consultants


To ensure a valuable experience for all participants, attendance is limited to 60.


This workshop is approved for the Professional Development Program for CGP Recertification. For more information call the ASCP Education Department at                     800-355-2727, ext 130.


The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.