College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists

Educational Goals and Learning Objectives

1. Describe current pharmacological approaches for the management of diabetes in a patient with a psychiatric diagnosis.
2. Formulate a comprehensive treatment plan for a patient with autism disorder, including both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments.
3. Explain steps and considerations in the decision making process when approving a medication onto a formulary where the medication is a specific isomer of or has a different delivery mechanism from an existing product.
4. Discuss “contracting for safety” and strategies to facilitate disclosure of suicidal ideation.
5. Evaluate the STAR*D trials and the limitations of applying the findings to clinical practice.
6. Compare the pharmacologic agents that have been shown to be efficacious in treatment-resistant depression.
7. Recognize the biochemical mechanisms of folate deficiency that can lead to depression and dementia.
8. Identify pharmacotherapeutic options for treatment of patients with traumatic brain injury.
9. Identify the pharmacist’s role in patient education regarding risk versus benefit of psychotropic drugs during pregnancy.
10. Compare and contrast the risk-benefit ratio of typical and atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia.
11. Identify the most common drug-drug interactions (DDIs) with antiretrovirals and psychotropics.
12. Discuss implications for treatment of alcohol use disorders in adolescents.
13. Examine the impact of atypical antipsychotics on cognitive impairment.
14. Describe leading biosurrogate markers in the area of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Target Audience

If you are a pharmacist, physician, educator, scientist, administrator, student, resident, fellow, nurse practitioner or other healthcare professional involved in the medication therapy management of psychiatric and/or neurological patients, we invite you to attend the CPNP Annual Meeting. Through this meeting, practitioners at all levels in the areas of neurology and psychiatry can grow and improve in their specialty areas. The Annual Meeting also benefits those pharmacists who play an ever-increasing role in assuring appropriate drug use, providing overall pharmacotherapy management and enhancing positive outcomes. More importantly, the Annual Meeting provides an opportunity for all attendees to interact and share experiences regarding areas of common interest.

Continuing Education Credit

The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The 2010 Annual Meeting will provide up to 13.5 contact hours (1.35 CEUs) of knowledge-based continuing education credit from CPNP approved programming. The pre-meeting workshop is provided for an additional 3 application-based contact hours (.03 CEUs). Additional ACPE contact hours will be available through up to five industry-supported satellite symposia. Five contact hours (.05 CEUs) of Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP) recertification programming is also available at the CPNP Annual Meeting.

This activity has also been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (CME Credit) through the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio.

ACPE approved contact hours are accepted for ANCC Certification Renewal (as quoted on the ANCC website):  “Other health disciplines' continuing education hours may be used if the content is applicable to your area of certification (e.g., CME credits, social work, counselors, physical therapists). Continuing educations hours approved by any of these organizations will meet the ANCC-accredited CNE criteria (list not comprehensive): Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)”

Regardless of the type of credit the attendee is requesting, participants must verify their attendance at the programming and complete evaluations and self-assessment questions in order to request ACPE and CME credit. ACPE statements of credit will be retrieved by participants online on the CPNP website within one month following the event. CME statements will be mailed.

Attire

Business casual attire is recommended throughout the Annual Meeting.