EDUCATION PARTNERS
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Legal
Issues in Pharmacy Practice
and Medication Errors Updates:
A Six Hour Program
Presented by the Institute for Continuing Education
of the 1199SEIU League Training and Upgrading Fund
Saturday, March 31, 2007
7:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST
1199SEIU MLK Jr. Auditorium, 310 West 43rd Street, NYC
(Between 8th and 9th Avenues)
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Program and Learning Objectives
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Legal Issues in Pharmacy Practice
Presented by: Lawrence H. Mokhiber, BS, MS, RPh
Board of Pharmacy and Office of the Professions current initiative regarding our public protection mandate. Present legislative proposals pending before the New York State Legislature. Current professional discipline process; emphasis on due process rights of a professional. Case studies presented. Role and responsibility of supervising pharmacists. Role of pharmacy technicians.
Medication
Errors Update: Institutional and Retail
Presented by: Anthony J. Cutie, RPh,
PhD
Influence of health literacy on medication
errors; its consequences; recommendations
to lessen impact. Potential errors due to
sound-alike names or look-alike labeling,
misinterpretation of orders, and other factors;
recommendations to lessen impact. Causes
of medication errors and adverse events;
recommendations to avoid those causes. Federal
regulations and guidances; how to best report
medication errors to lessen reoccurrence
and impact.
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Presenters
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Lawrence H. Mokhiber, BS, MS, RPh
President, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Executive Secretary, New York State Board of Pharmacy. Executive Secretary, New York State Board of Midwifery. Commissioned Officer, US Department of Health and Human Services, Food & Drug Administration.
Anthony J. Cutie, RPh, PhD
Professor of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Sciences, Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University. Coordinator, New York State Board of Pharmacy Licensing Examination, Part III, State Education Department. Course Director, Pharmacy Board Review. AMS-AAUP Chapter President, Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. Course Director, "Pharmaceutical Aerosol Technology", Center for Professional Advancement. Practicing Registered Pharmacist, State of New York.
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Accreditation for Pharmacy and Pharmacy Technicians
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JPC Foundation is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program is approved for 6 hours of continuing education credit (0.6 CEUs).
To register for this program, please fill out the
registration form by clicking here.
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