EVENTS & NEWS

Upcoming FL-ASCP Meetings:

2010

June 4-5, 2010
The Renaissance Hotel, International Plaza, Tampa, FL
Registration Is NOW OPEN!!!
Early-Bird Hotel Room Rate of $149 if booked by March 31st! Use link below:

Meeting Schedule:

Friday, June 4:
  9:00 AM to 11:00 PM            Medication Errors
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM            Friday morning session
12:30 PM to   1:15PM             Lunch & Exhibits
  1:15 PM to   5:15 PM            Friday afternoon session
  5:15 PM to   6:00 PM            Exhibits & Reception
  6:00 PM to   8:00 PM            Friday Dinner program**

Saturday, June 5:

  8:00 AM to   9:30 AM           Saturday morning session
  9:30 AM to 10:15 AM           Breakfast  & Exhibits
10:15 AM to 12:15 PM           Saturday morning session
12:15 PM to 12:45 PM           Lunch
12:45 PM to   4:15 PM           Saturday afternoon sessions

**Friday dinner includes the second portion of a 3-hour block of CE. To obtain credit for this block, participants must attend both portions.

Best Care Practices in the Geriatric Continuum 2010 October 29-31, Orlando, FL

RECENT MEETINGS

"Best Care Practices In the Geriatrics Continuum"- October 29-November 1, 2009 at Buena Vista Palace Hotel in Orlando; Held jointly with the Florida Medical Directors Association

Click here for a look at:
CE Instruction Sheet

Speaker Presentations:

Brad Kile-National Health Reform

Essentials in Preventing & Managing Venous Thromboembolism & COPD:
Jim Cooper, PharmD-presentation
Inhalation devices handout
Falls handout

Sharon Clackum, PharmD-presentation

Essential Management of the Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease:
Diane Crutchfield, PharmD-presentation

Reinaldo Rosario, MD-presentation

2009

Senior Care 2009 Speaker Slide Presentations:

Session 1 - Medication Errors, Venessa Price, PharmD

Session 2
>Part A - Naushira Pandya, MD
>Part B - David Joffe, BSPharm

Session 3
>Part A - Michael Cox, MD
>Part B - Claudia Schlosberg, JD

Session 4
>Part A - Richard Powers, MD
>Part B - David Kazarian, RPh

Session 5
>Part A - Marc Agronin, MD
>Part B - Tomas Villanueva, MD

FL-ASCP thanks Cubist Pharmaceuticals for their support of a dinner series, “Improving the Management of Healthcare-Associated and Community-Acquired MRSA Infections.” Speaker, John Toney, MD, held in Tampa, Winter Park & Jacksonville in January. CE Instruction Sheet

FL-ASCP thanks Abbott Laboratories for their support of the FL Chapter dinner during the ASCP Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Nov. 20, 2008.

FL-ASCP thanks Novo Nordisk for their support of a dinner series, "Integrating Quality Measures in Type 2 Diabetes Management Opportunities to Improve Macrovascular Outcomes” held in Tampa in December. Speaker, David Joffe, PharmD. CE Instruction Sheet

"Best Care Practices In the Geriatrics Continuum"- October 23-26, 2008 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando; Held jointly with the Florida Medical Directors Association CE Instruction Sheet

FL-ASCP thanks Proctor & Gamble for their support of a dinner series, “Osteoporosis: A Significant Health Risk for the Elderly Population” held in Tampa & Coral Gables in October/November. Speaker, Seena Haines, PharmD CE Instruction Sheet

FL-ASCP thanks TAP Pharmaceuticals for their support of a dinner series, “Optimizing Outcomes in Elderly Patients: A Guide for the Pharmacologic Management of GERD” held in Tampa, Orlando & Ft. Lauderdale in September. Speaker, Patrick Brady, MD. CE Instruction Sheet

FL-ASCP thanks Pfizer for their support of a dinner series, "Recognition and Management of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in the Skilled Nursing Facility”  held in West Palm Beach and Tampa August, 2008. Speaker, Dana Saffel, PharmD CE Instruction Sheet

FL-ASCP thanks TEVA Neuroscience for their support of a dinner series, "Optimizing Pharmacotherapeutic Benefits in Parkinson’s Disease: Keys for Effective Disease Management” held in Tampa, Sarasota and Ft. Lauderdale in June & July, 2008. Speaker, Hubert Fernandez, MD. CE Instruction Sheet

Thanks for making FL-ASCP's Senior Care 2008 a success!

Topics: Diabetes, Insulin, Anemia & Chronic Kidney Disease
Session 1A/Session 1B
Topics: Depression, Anxiety & Bipolar
Session 2A/Session 2B
Topics: Alzheimer's Disease, COPD, & Acute Coronary Syndrome
Session 3A/Session 3B
Topics: Policy Updates: Urinary Incontinence, State Survey Guidelines, Medicare Part D & Pharmaceutical Pricing
Session 4A/Session 4B
Topic: Medication Errors
Session 5

CE Instruction Sheet

FL-ASCP thanks Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Systems for their support of a dinner series, "Optimizing Pharmacotherapeutic Benefits in Alzheimer’s Disease: Keys for Effective Disease Management” held in Tampa, Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale in January, 2008. Speaker, Amanda Smith, MD. Click here for CE Instruction Sheet

"Best Care Practices In the Geriatrics Continuum"- October 25-28, 2007 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando; Held jointly with the Florida Medical Directors Association

FL-ASCP thanks Pfizer and Sanofi Aventis for their support of two September 2007 dinner series in Tampa, Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale, and Orlando. "Urinary Incontinence in Long-Term Care" Speaker, Richard Marasco, and "Why, When, and How to Initiate Insulin Therapy in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes" Speaker, David Joffe.   

Senior Care 2007 - April 20-21, 2007 at Renaissance Tampa Hotel International Plaza, Tampa, FL

Senior Care 2007 Slide presentations:
Dementia  - Session 1
SOM Changes - Session 2a/Session 2b
Psychotropic Meds  Session 3
OAB/MRSA  - Session 4a/Session 4b
COPD/Stroke, Thromboembolism, Diabetes - Session 5a/Session 5b
Anemia - Session 6

FL-ASCP thanks Abbott Laboratories for their support of a March 2007 dinner series program held in Sarasota, Tampa and Orlando. "Clinical Utility of Extended-Release Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) in Psychiatry and Neurology" Speaker: Ronald Charles Reed, Pharm.D.