Myth Busters: Setting the Record Straight with Propoxyphene/Acetaminophen, GI Cocktails, and Metformin
Track:
New Practitioners Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 310-L01
Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010
Time: 1:50 PM to 2:50 PM EST
Location:
Platinum Ballroom 5, Anaheim Marriott
PRESENTER(S):
Nicole Bohm
Ericka Breden
Nicole Harger
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, BCPS, Professor and Vice Chair, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Mary Lynn McPherson, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore. She serves as a consultant pharmacist for both local and national hospice and palliative care programs, and has designed a critical thinking process for appropriate drug use in end of life patients. She serves on the Boards of the Hospice Network of Maryland and the Maryland Pain Initiative. McPherson is also the Chairman of the Board of the American Society of Pain Educators. Dr. McPherson teaches extensively in the Pharm.D. curriculum on pain management and end of life care, including didactic and experiential content. McPherson also serves as a primary care pharmacist and Director of Pharmacotherapy Services at UniversityCare Waxter in Baltimore. She also developed one of the first and few palliative care pharmacy residencies in the U.S. McPherson is a Fellow in the American Pharmacists Association, American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists and American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. She has received many honors for her work, including the American Pharmacists Association Distinguished Achievement Award in Specialized Practice, the Maryland Pharmacists Association Innovative Practice Award, and the Maryland Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists W. Purdum Lifetime Achievement Award. She has written three books, and many chapters and peer-reviewed articles on pain management, palliative care, and other topics.
PROGRAM CHAIR:
Ericka Breden
Describe previous standards of practice in the use of: propoxyphene / acetaminophen, GI cocktails, and metformin.
Evaluate the evidence supporting changes in previously accepted style of practice.
Given a case scenario, use evidence-based medicine to support an argument to ensure the safest patient care.