College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Office Continuing Pharmacy Education
Live CE Program Announcement
Friday, September 15, 2017
Hilton Tampa Downtown
211 N. Tampa Street
Tampa, Florida
Please visit http://www.cvent.com/d/85q3ry for detailed information.
Hotel Information: A limited number of sleeping rooms have been reserved at the Hilton Tampa Downtown at a rate of $139 per night. Register online at https://tinyurl.com/FAMU-TAMPA-CE or by phone at 1-800-774-1500. Ask for the FAMU ALUMNI rate.
Registration Desk Opens – 5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Validation of Prescriptions for Controlled Substances (2 CEUs)
Target Audience: Pharmacists
Registration Fee:
Before August 15, 2017: $60.00
After August 15, 2017: $75.00
Overview: This 2 hour program complies with the mandatory continuing education requirements of Florida Board of Pharmacy’s Administrative Rule 64B16-27.
Upon completion of this CE activity, the pharmacist should be able to: Discuss importance equitable access to controlled substance for all patients with a valid prescription review essential steps in the proper assessment of prescriptions for therapeutic value; and review the use of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program’s Database.
Registration Desk Opens – 7:30 p.m.
8:10 p.m. – 10: 10 p.m. Reducing Medication Errors (2 CEUs)
Target Audience: Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
Before August 15, 2017: $60.00
After August 15, 2017: $75.00
Upon completion of this CE activity, the pharmacist should be able to: Describe ways to reduce environmental factors that cause medical errors; discuss root cause analysis and its role in medication error reduction; discuss the process of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA); discuss methods to appropriately use computer alerts to reduce medication errors; discuss the effect of electronic prescribing on medication errors; discuss the importance of medication reconciliation as a medication error reduction technique; and discuss other medication errors reduction strategies for pharmacists and nurses.
Upon completion of this CE activity, the technician should be able to: Describe ways to reduce environmental factors that cause medical errors; discuss root cause analysis and its role in medication error reduction.