2009 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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Pharmacy Idol: Winning Methods for Solving Therapeutic Dilemmas
Track:
Great eXpectations for New Practitioners (CE)
Program Code: 322-L01
Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009
Time: 2:40 PM to 3:40 PM EST
Location:
Venetian D, Level 2
MEETING PLANNING ASSOCIATE:
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Mary Hess,
PharmD, Associate Dean,
Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Hess is Associate Dean & Associate Professor at the Jefferson School of Pharmacy. Dr Hess has been active in the profession as a clinician, researcher, and educator with a focus on integrating pharmacy services and advancing the pharmacists role in the practice model. In addition, Dr Hess has been a program director for both postgraduate year one and PgY2 critical care pharmacy programs. She served for many years on the Commission on Credentialing including a term as Chair. Dr Hess was also part of the development team for the ASHP Foundation Critical Care Traineeship program and has served as a preceptor for that program. She has received a national Best Practice award for developing clinical pharmacy services, been recognized with the designation of Fellow of the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy and Fellow of Critical Care Medicine.
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PRESENTER(S):
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Mary Hess,
PharmD, Associate Dean,
Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Hess is Associate Dean & Associate Professor at the Jefferson School of Pharmacy. Dr Hess has been active in the profession as a clinician, researcher, and educator with a focus on integrating pharmacy services and advancing the pharmacists role in the practice model. In addition, Dr Hess has been a program director for both postgraduate year one and PgY2 critical care pharmacy programs. She served for many years on the Commission on Credentialing including a term as Chair. Dr Hess was also part of the development team for the ASHP Foundation Critical Care Traineeship program and has served as a preceptor for that program. She has received a national Best Practice award for developing clinical pharmacy services, been recognized with the designation of Fellow of the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy and Fellow of Critical Care Medicine.
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Ishaq Lat,
PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Coordinator - Critical Care,
University of Chicago Medical Center
Ishaq Lat graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2002. He subsequently completed a PGY-1 residency at Emory Hospitals and a PGY-2 in Critical Care at Clarian Health Partners/Methodist Hospital. Prior to his current position, he worked as the Surgical/Trauma ICU clinical specialist at Boston Medical Center from 2004-2006. He has been in practice at the University of Chicago Medical Center since 2006 and is currently the Clinical Coordinator for Critical Care Pharmacy Services. His research interests include sedation/analgesia, delirium, antimicrobial epidemiology, and resource utilization.
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Nicholas Norgard,
PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Assistant Professor,
University at Buffalo, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Nicholas Norgard, Pharm.D., BCPS received his Pharm.D. from the University of Nebraska in 2004. He completed a pharmacy practice residency at Iowa Methodist Medical Center then went on to complete a cardiology specialty residency and research fellowship at the University of Oklahoma. He joined the University at Buffalo faculty in 2008. He currently coordinates cardiovascular education at the UB College of Pharmacy, provides clinical service in the Coronary Care Unit at Buffalo General Hospital, and has research focused on platelet function monitoring.
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Jason Schafer,
PharmD, Assistant Professor,
Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Thomas Jefferson University
Jason Schafer is currently employed as an assistant professor of pharmacy practice in the Jefferson School of Pharmacy and a clinical research pharmacist with the Jefferson Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit. He received his doctor of pharmacy degree from Duquesne University in 2004 and completed two years of post-graduate residency training. The first year was a pharmacy practice residency at the Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh and the second was focused in infectious diseases at The Ohio State University Medical Center. Following this training, Jason was employed as an infectious diseases clinical pharmacist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, St. Margaret Hospital and subsequently enrolled in the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently continuing his education in public health at the Jefferson College of Graduate Studies.
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Description
Planned in cooperation with the ASHP New Practitioners Forum
ACPE Activity #204-000-09-322-L01P
1.0 Contact Hours / Knowledge-based
Educational Content: Level 2
Moderator: Mary Hess, PharmD, FASHP, Associate Dean, Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
2:40 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Announcements
2:45 p.m. – 2:59 p.m.
Turn It On and Let It Run
Jason J. Schafer, PharmD, Assistant Professor, Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; and Clinical Research Pharmacist, Jefferson Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit, Philadelphia, PA
2:59 p.m. – 3:13 p.m.
Delirium Management for the Hospital Pharmacist – If Only I Had a Brain
Ishaq Lat, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Coordinator, Critical Care, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
3:13 p.m. – 3:27 p.m.
The Liver Enzymes Strike Again . . . Or Do They?
Nicholas B. Norgard, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Buffalo, NY
3:27 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
Questions, Answers, and Discussion
3:35 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Voting: Who is the Pharmacy Idol?
Learning Objectives:
- Identify applications of best practices for solving patient specific therapeutic dilemmas.
- Identify strategies when managing a therapeutic dilemma in the setting of active patient care.
- Outline specific primary literature to support recommendations for therapeutic dilemmas.