NCAP News

NCAP Continues Recruitment Efforts for Pharmacies Interested in Partnering With Local Syringe Service Agencies in Delivering Harm Reduction Services

Participating Pharmacies will collaborate with partnering Syringe Service Programs (SSP) to act as an extension of the SSP in providing Harm Reduction Services to patients in need. Services rendered by the pharmacy will be based on an agreement between both the pharmacy and the partnering SSP. Pharmacies can earn up to $1500 for their participation. Contact cheryl@ncpharmacists.org for details on how you can get started today.

Application Open for the NCAP Fellow Practitioner Recognition Program

Have you been a member of NCAP for >5 years? Do you feel that you have made significant contributions to the Association and to the profession or know someone that has? If so, we invite you to learn more about the NCAP Fellow Practitioner Recognition Program. We encourage you to recommend a colleague or self nominate and apply for fellow status of NCAP (FNCAP)! Newly accepted fellows are recognized at our annual convention. The deadline to apply for 2023 recognition is March 31, 2023.

NCAP’s Hormonal Contraceptive Training: “Don’t Leave This Opportunity on the Table”! If You’ve Completed NCAP’s Hormonal Contraceptive Training Make Sure You Inform the NCBOP!

If you haven’t completed NCAP’s hormonal contraceptive training, we encourage you to finish and claim your certificate as soon as possible. We are fortunate to have the support of the NCBOP in bringing you this program free of charge, but time is running out on this amazing offer. NCAP designed this activity with the busy pharmacist in mind creating learning modules that you can do in 30 minutes or less. If you haven’t registered, we hope you will take the time to sign up today. Remember, NCAP’s training is the ONLY training approved by the NCBOP. Even if providing hormonal contraceptives is not in your immediate future, make sure you’re ready when the time comes. Click here to register and mark this off your to-do list. Become a NC hormonal contraceptive pharmacist today!

NCAP Accepting Applications for Executive Fellowship

The North Carolina Association of Pharmacists is now accepting applications for our Executive Fellowship in Association Management & Leadership. Click here for more information about the Fellowship and application materials. The application deadline is February 1, 2023. Report your completion to the Board by logging on to your profile at the Board’s Licensure Gateway, selecting the “Pharmacist’s” tile under “Licenses & Registrations,” and clicking on the “Contraceptive Trained” option. For details and navigation screenshots, refer to the Board of Pharmacy Rule found here or return to the Hormonal Contraceptive Training Toolkit:”Law Section” > NCBOP Guidance.

Don’t Forget About NCAP’s Pharmacists’ Training for Long-Acting Injectables!

Pharmacists administration of long-acting injectables provides a huge opportunity to showcase the profession’s value in meeting an unmet public health need. As a service provision, pharmacists can also seek reimbursement for administering LAI’s at a cost of $17.36 for NC Medicaid Direct and Medicaid Managed Care plan members. How to adjudicate claims to acquire reimbursement is information you’ll find easily in our LAI toolkit. If you haven’t had a chance to take this training, click here to register and learn more about making this service a viable form of revenue for your practice.

The NCAP 2023 Annual Convention will be June 4th - 6th at the Beaufort Hotel in Beaufort, NC. We will host our 8th Annual Poster Session during the convention. Presenting a poster at this NCAP event is an excellent opportunity to share your research with pharmacy practitioners all around the state! Selected abstracts will be published in the North Carolina Pharmacist: The Official Journal of the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. Submissions by practitioners, students, and residents are welcome!

Details of when and how the poster session will be presented will be advised to all authors of the posters chosen for presentation when they are notified their work has been selected.

Categories:

Original Research: Clinical or educational research appealing to an audience of pharmacy professionals in North Carolina. May include health services, pharmacotherapy, medication safety, or patient outcomes. Abstract Headings: Objective, methods, results, conclusions

Quality Improvement Evaluations: Assessments of quality improvement measures such as medication use evaluations or process improvements. May include ideas and practices new to system, or practice setting. Abstract Headings: Objective, methods, results, conclusions

Case Report or Series: Description of a unique patient case or series. May include novel indication, dose or administration of a medication. Abstract Headings: Introduction, case(s), discussion

NOTE: Poster presenters MUST register for the Convention for the day of presentations. There will be no discounted registration, honorarium or speaker fee.

2023 Awards: Time to Nominate!

It’s that time again. Time to nominate someone you know for one of the many awesome awards we present during our annual convention. Each and every one of you knows someone who has been knocking it out of the park. When it comes to doing their job, no one does it better. They inspire, encourage and go above and beyond expectations. This year our award recipients will be recognized during the NCAP 2023 Convention, June 4th thru 6th in Beaufort, NC. Click here to find the perfect award to nominate that pharmacy hero you have in mind. Submit your nominations by April 3, 2023. Any questions? Contact Angie at angie@ncpharmacists.org.

Word Count: 300 words (excluding author names and title)

Abstracts describing ongoing research will be considered with partially completed data. Descriptions of planned research without any data will not be accepted. Abstracts will be evaluated based on readability and organization, relevance, and potential impact to pharmacy practice. Click here for the example of a structured abstract.

Please submit your name, your credentials, and your abstract as a Word document to Angie Broughton angie@ ncpharmacists.org. Deadline: April 3, 2023. Status of submissions will be communicated to authors by April 24, 2023. lina Pharmacist: The Official Journal of the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. Edits to abstracts cannot be made after submission.

We are excited to partner with The South Carolina Pharmacy Association as they host their 20th Annual SE Women of Pharmacy Leadership Conference! Because of this partnership, members of NCAP are invited to register for this event at the member rate when registering as a full registrant. Go to ncpharmacists.org to learn more and check your NCAP emails for the discount code.