Education

Seizing the MTM Opportunity:
What Psychiatric Pharmacists Need to Know

This presentation will focus on how the health care system is changing and how psychiatric pharmacists need to adapt to these changes to be successful.  The objectives for the presentation will be to; a) understand the changing environment, b) adopt terminology that has currency in the new system, c) understand the new rules and regulations, d) be able to recognize success under the new rules, and e) decide which direction for the future is best.  The specific changes that impact psychiatric pharmacists will be presented and the consequences of these changes discussed. Read more about this session.

2010-2011 Psychiatric Pharmacy Review Course - ACPE Credit Only

The Psychiatric Pharmacy Review Course (Review Course) is an excellent course of study and resource for those seeking a review of psychopharmacology and current standards of care. Read more about this session.

Metabolic syndrome monitoring -baseline

Wondering how others that are monitoring metabolic syndrome define "baseline" for patients admitted to your facility already on a SGA. Do you r etrospectively try to find the weight prior to starting the medication or do you just ...

Introduction: Patient Education as Treatment Foundation

With appropriate educational strategies, psychiatrists can address and match diverse goals, competencies, preferences, and practical means of access.

Applied Monitoring for Tardive Dyskinesia and Other Extrapyramidal Side Effects

John E. Kalachnik, M.Ed.
Woodward Resource Center
Iowa Department of Human Services
Woodward, IA 

Note: The author does not represent the State of Iowa nor its policies, procedures, or positions.

The 2012 Annual Meeting will feature John Kalachnik, M.Ed., providing a 1-hour overview of drug-induced movement disorders, rating scales and applied monitoring. This will be followed by a 1 hour learning lab session allowing for hands-on experience in utilizing common rating scales used to assess movement disorders. Kalachnik is the Director of Integrated Services for the Woodward Resource Center and is one of the original authors of the Dyskinesia Identification System-Condensed User Scale (DISCUS). Register for the 2012 Annual Meeting now and plan to attend this excellent programming.

Plantar Fasciitis

This issue provides a clinical overview of plantar fasciitis focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, practice improvement, and patient information. Readers can complete the accompanying CME quiz for 1.5 credits.

Only ACP members and individual subscribers can access the electronic features of In the Clinic. Non-subscribers who wish to access this issue of In the Clinic can elect "Pay for View."

Subscribers can receive 1.5 category 1 CME credits by completing the CME quiz that accompanies this issue of In the Clinic.

2012-2013 APNA Endorsed CPNP Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review Course

In cooperation with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) is pleased to offer the APNA endorsed CPNP Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review Course at CPNP member rates. This course is structured to provide knowledge- based education as defined in Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) guidelines. The course examinations must be submitted by December 31, 2013.

APNA members can access this Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) approved distance education course at CPNP member prices. Both a for-credit and no-credit (resource only) purchase option is being provided at a cost of $320 and $150 respectively. Non members of APNA can purchase the product for $480 (for-credit) and $150 (no-credit). The 20.0 contact hours of ACPE credit are accepted for American Nurses Credentialing Center Certification Renewal. You can preview a segment of a curriculum module and speaker presentation. Read on to learn more about this great APNA offer and register now.

Registration

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2012-2013 APNA Endorsed CPNP Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review CourseMembersNon-members
Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review Course - For Credit$320$480
Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review Course - No Credit$150$150

Download the printable registration form to register via mail or fax.

Accreditation (for-credit version only)

The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The 2012-2013 APNA Endorsed Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review Course is a knowledge-based course and will provide up to 20 contact hours (2.0 CEUs) of continuing education credit.

Statements of Credit (for-credit version only)

Registrants can obtain up to 20.0 contact hours of ACPE credit by successfully completing the CPNP Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Review Course online examinations for each of the 14 topic areas included in the course. The course expires December 31, 2013.

ACPE Statements of Credit will be available online at cpnp.org upon successful completion of each examination for the 14 topic areas contained in the course. Successful completion is defined as achieving a score of 60% or higher on each examination. Notification of statement availability will be provided upon successful completion of the examination.

Lab for Reduced Haloperidol?

Our TX DSHS regional lab has informed us that, "no lab in the US can do reduced haloperidol concentrations anymore." Does anyone know of a lab that we can send our samples to? Stephen R. Saklad, Pharm.D., BCPP Clinical ...

Effect of public deliberation on attitudes toward surrogate consent for dementia research

Objective:

To assess the informed, deliberative views of the older general public toward a policy of allowing surrogate consent for Alzheimer disease (AD) research.

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