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First-Time Offering; Initial Release Date Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Deadline for pre-registration is May 7, 2025.
On-site registration will be available for an additional $10. On-site registration for residents and students will be available for $25.
We encourage early registration to ensure sufficient seating and materials. Only requests for cancellation received prior to May 7, 2025 will be refunded.
Tentative Topics:
7:15 – 8:15 | Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibits
8:15 – 8:30 | Welcome and Announcements
8:30 – 9:30 | Law
Deeb D. Eid, PharmD
Senior Advisor, Regulatory Affairs in Pharmacy
CVS Health
Objectives:
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Compare the concepts and published literature of Standard of Care to Bright Line Rules
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Identify state changes to laws and rules within pharmacy on Standard of Care
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Recognize steps of advocacy that could be taken towards Standard of Care
9:30 – 10:30 | Finding Pearls in Kidney (Transplants)
Paige Watkins, PharmD, BCPPS
Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacist
Corewell Health Helen Devos Children’s Hospital
Objectives:
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Discuss the medication management of a kidney transplant patient at each phase in care
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Describe common infectious complications seen in kidney transplant recipients along with their corresponding prophylaxis and treatment
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Review important considerations for pharmacists not specialized in transplant care who will be managing transplanted patients
10:30 – 11:00 | Break and Exhibits
11:00 – 12:00 | Pain
Haylee Batten, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner in Pain Management
Battle Creek VA Medical Center
Objectives:
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Summarize the CDC's Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain (2022)
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Apply appropriate risk mitigation strategies to patients prescribed opioid therapy
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Differentiate buprenorphine's unique characteristics from other opioids
12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch and Exhibits
1:00 – 2:00 | SGOULT-2
Tracey Mersfelder, PharmD, BCPS
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Ferris State University College of Pharmacy/Borgess Medical Center Department of Pharmacy
Adjust Clinical Professor
Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Objectives:
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Review the 2020 gout guidelines
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Summarize studies evaluating the SGLT-2 inhibitors for gout
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Determine if SGLT-2 inhibitors should be prioritized in patients with gout and diabetes
2:00 – 2:30 | Break and Exhibits
2:30 – 3:30 | Implicit Bias: Weight Bias
Katie Axford, PharmD, MPH, BCPS
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Ferris State University College of Pharmacy
Objectives:
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Explain how an individual healthcare provider’s implicit biases could affect the quality of patient care provided and subsequent patient health outcomes.
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Examine how implicit biases can lead to discrimination and health inequities among different patient populations.
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Discuss strategies to identify, reflect on, and minimize implicit bias.
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Requirements for successful completion of credit: Attendees will need to submit a provided CE Activity Code code within 12 hours of the activity in order to check-in for the activity. They will then have 30 days to log-in to their WMed Profile to complete the evaluation form and receive credit.
We recommend that you create a WMed account before attending one of our meetings. Please see our Help Page for detailed instructions on creating a WMed account and claiming your CE credits.
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In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine and Western Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit amount subject to change.
Other Learner Attendance (5.00 hours), General Attendance (5.00 hours), Continuing Pharmacy Education ACPE (5.00 hours)
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