North Carolina Association of Pharmacists 2021, Issue 5 of 12 ncpharmacists.org
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General News We hope you will join us for the 2021 NCAP Annual Convention, June 6-9. Contracting and planning for our Convention takes many months, and we were not sure when COVID restrictions, for large gatherings, would be lifted, so this year’s event will be virtual, once again. New this year, the Convention Planning Committee has created learning tracks for each of our four practice academies. However, as a convention registrant, you can attend any session you want throughout the four-day event. Plus, your registration will give you on-demand access to view sessions you missed until August 1. This convention’s live-stream programming has a total of 39.5 ACPE-accredited contact (or live) continuing education hours. Our ACPE accrediting partner is UNC Continuing Education Office. NCAP will be recording the vast majority of these sessions to repackage and reaccredit for on-demand (non-live) viewing. The on-demand version will be accredited, by NCAP, using NC-CE. On the morning of Monday, June 7, we will have a general session, provided by the NCAP President and Executive Director, designed to provide members and others with an update on our Association, including the status on our five bills in the NC General Assembly. Returning this year will
be two evenings of scientific posters, presented as mini-platform presentations, both of which are accredited for continuing education. We also have a total of four workshops for your professional development. The NCAP Staff extends ‘super kudos’ to this year’s Convention Planning Committee, and specifically, we thank the co-chairs, Dustin Wilson and Jacky Olin. Also, this year the practice academy chairs were instrumental in helping with the planning for academy-specific tracks. It takes a village, and our Convention is able to deliver high quality programming, every year, because of our volunteers’ expertise and hours of service. Please share this newsletter with your colleagues. The cost to attend Convention is extremely reasonable, particularly given the quality and diversity of topics, as well as the ease and flexibility in attending. Click here to Register.
Practice Development News The entire convention program is full of sessions designed to help you with practice enhancement, improved patient care, and your professional development. However, we specifically want to call attention to the four workshops that will be offered during the event. On Sunday, June 6, there will be two
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workshops that are timely because of some of our legislative work. First there is a workshop on long-acting injectables for behavioral health. Why is this workshop important? A new law will go into effect October 1 giving authority to pharmacists to administer long-acting injectable drugs. This workshop will review the pharmacology, safety parameters, injection technique and other important information that will be needed for those long-acting drugs that are used for behavioral health diagnoses. This workshop is a great way to begin preparing yourself for this new authority. Second, on this same day, we will have a workshop on hormonal contraception. Why is this important? We have a public health bill that is gaining traction, and it has a provision that would allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptives. Our hormonal contraceptive workshop will provide an excellent pharmacotherapeutic review. On Wednesday, June 9, we have two more workshops. One is on the fundamentals of collaborative practice, obtaining your clinical pharmacist practitioner credential and developing a collaborative practice agreement. This workshop is NOT for individuals who are already CPPs and are looking to up their game. The target audiences will be individuals who have thought about becoming a CPP, and who may need some help getting started; and this workshop is for community pharmacists. Very few CPPs in our state work in community pharmacies. The workshop plans to highlight a number
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