2020 Midwest Pharmacy Expo

Firsts , Seconds , & Favorites at the 2020 Mid west Phar macy Expo

Expo Recap

On February 7-9, 2020, nearly 300 pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student pharmacists from 17 states met at the Hilton Des Moines Downtown for the 2020 Midwest Pharmacy Expo.

For the third year in a row, Expo Friday featured Clinically Intensive Workshops. These popular sessions feature high-level, clinically focused programming with topics this year covering chronic care management of diabetes and anticoagulation and medication misconceptions.

Saturday took off with two Industry Symposium Breakfasts, followed by a keynote address on leading and working with a multigenerational team. The themes of the five breakout session tracks included innovative practice, challenging cases, nutrition/wellness, and professional roles and skills.

Expo wrapped up on Sunday with long-time favorites including New Drug Update, and Gamechangers in Pharmacy. In between those two sessions was a very informative session on navigating the challenge of drug shortages.

This year, not only were several Saturday sessions recorded, but all of Sunday’s sessions were included in IPA’s Expo On Demand package. Recordings of those sessions are available through CEImpact. Details on accessing the recorded sessions are available at www.iarx.org/ midwestpharmacyexpo.

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February 5-7, 2021

Expo

Food

Drive

The Midwest Pharmacy Expo partnered with Pharm-to-Tables to hold a food drive during the event. With raffle gifts on the line, attendees generously donated 259 pounds of food and $260 to the Food Bank of Iowa.

During the week leading up to Expo, both Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy competed in a friendly “Pharmacy Phood Phight.” With statewide bragging rights at stake, the colleges competed against each other by earning one point for each pound of food or dollar donated.

The combined totals from the Phood Phight were 248.5 pounds of nonperishable food donations plus $912. Drake University delivered their donations to the Food Bank of Iowa, and the University of Iowa delivered theirs to the Food Pantry at Iowa. Ultimately, the winner of 2020 Phood Phight bragging rights is the University of Iowa.