MSHP 2016 Pharmacy Technician Conference

Friday, October 7, 2016

Earle Brown Heritage Center – Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

“Impossible – I’m Possible”

Technician Roles Expanding With Education

Program Learning Objectives:

1.  Educate pharmacy technicians on best practices in pharmacy.

2.  Update pharmacy technicians on current Minnesota Board of Pharmacy and National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board changes.

3.  Discuss necessity of standardizing education and training to advance Pharmacy Technician Roles.

7:15 am / Registration Opens
Industry Displays & Continental Breakfast
(Harvest Pre-function Area)
7:45 am / “Welcome and Opening Remarks”
Tamara Bezdicek, PharmD, BCPS
MSHP President
(Garden City Ballroom)
8:00 am / Keynote Speaker -
“ASHP Update: Current Issues Affecting Pharmacy Technicians”
Lisa Gersema, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, FASHP
(Garden City Ballroom)
1.0 CE Hour
9.00 am / “Emerging Technologies in Pharmacy Operations Automation”
Dennison Lim, PharmD
(Garden City Ballroom)
1.0 CE Hour / “Empowering Pharmacy Technicians: Beyond the Job”
Zachary Green, CPhT
(Harvest Room)
1.0  CE Hour
10:00 am / Break and Industry Displays – Vendors hand out tickets for drawings or game??
(Harvest Pre-function Area)
10:30 am / Update from Minnesota Board of Pharmacy
Cody Wiberg, PharmD, MS, RPh
(Garden City Ballroom)
1.0 CE Hour
** CE courses meet PTCB CE requirements for recertification for Pharmacy Law and Regulations
11:30 am / Lunch and Industry Displays - Vendors hand out tickets for drawings or game??
(Harvest Pre-function Area)
12:45 pm / Announcements/Prize Drawings
Tamara Bezdicek, PharmD, BCPS
MSHP President
(Garden City Ballroom)
1:00 pm / “Updates in Sterile Compounding Practices”
Rachel Root, PharmD, MS, BCPS
(Garden City Ballroom)
1.0  CE Hour
** CE courses meet PTCB CE requirements for recertification for Medication Safety
2:00 pm / “Adding Value by Asking for Ideas: Using a Frontline Management System to Drive Improvement”
Jared Anderson, PharmD, MS
(Garden City Ballroom)
1.0  CE Hour / The Myriad Uses of Ketamine in Prehospital, Emergency, and Critical Care Medicine
Michael Perlmutter, BA
(Harvest Room)
1.0  CE Hour
3:00 pm / Break and Industry Displays
3:15 pm / “Catching a Buzz: When Prescriptions Turn Into Addictions”
Zachary Stoecker, PharmD, BCCCP
(Garden City Ballroom)
1.0 CE Hour
4:15 pm / Note: Please drop off the Statement of Participation at the Registration Desk.
The CE Certificates will be mailed out following the conference.

** CE courses meet PTCB CE requirements for recertification for Pharmacy Law and Regulations and Medication Safety

Thank you for attending MSHP’s 2016 Pharmacy Technician Conference!