Monday, April 14, 2014

Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy is hosting Major CE aimed at improving patient safety

OSBP-ISMP Pharmacy Practice Safety Conference.  The Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy is hosting a major continuing education program in Oklahoma City aimed at improving patient safety for pharmacists.  The program, including lunch and ACPE-accredited continuing education, is being provided without charge to pharmacists to further the Board’s mission of protecting the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Oklahoma.
Educational staff from the Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) will present four (4) hours of ACPE accredited continuing education on the topics of 1) Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices 2) Human Factors Involved in Medication Safety and 3) Improving Medication Safety with High Alert Drugs.  The ISMP staff making the presentations will be Dr. Donna Horn, R.Ph., D.Ph., the Director of Patient Safety - Community Pharmacy and Matthew P. Fricker, Jr., M.S., R.Ph., FASHP, ISMP Program Director.  Information presented will apply to both community retail pharmacy and hospital pharmacy practices.  
The conference will be held on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the Jim Thorpe Museum & Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, 2nd Floor Events Center, 4040 N Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City.  Sign-In begins at 11:45.  Lunch will be served at 12:00 p.m. and the continuing education program will start immediately after at 12:45 p.m.  
The Board has planned for 200 participants for the program, and is accepting reservations on a first-come basis.  Pharmacist may email sdozal@pharmacy.ok.gov with the following information to reserve a spot:
  • Full Name
  • OK Pharmacy Board License #
  • Daytime Phone
  • Birth Month
  • Birth Day
  • NABP e-Profile ID #

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