2024 Annual Convention & Exposition

UPhA Annual 2024 captures the best of your profession in just a few days.

May 2-4, 2024

Dixie Convention Center, St. George, UT

Attend this year and receive 11.5 hours of CE live and critical credits through captivating sessions that will bring you up to speed on the topics affecting your work.

All that take advantage of this event will help propel their career forward, improve patient care, and realize true fulfillment in pharmacy - not to mention the fun networking, golfing and sun.

EVENT AGENDA & SCHEDULE

THURSDAY MAY 2, 2024

12:00PM-4:00PM - Pre-conference pac fund golf outing

Come out and join us at Sunbrook Golf Course for an afternoon of golf, sun and fun. Enjoy 18 holes of Championship Golf including cart, lunch and some fun prizes at one of St.George's premiere golf courses. Particiapaiton fees go toward the UPhA PAC Fund.

FRIDAY MAY 3, 2024

7:30AM-6:00PM REGISTRATION DESK OPEN

7:15AM-8:00AM - BREAKFAST

MONTANA FAMILY PHARMACY

8:00AM-9:00AM - GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION 1.0 CEU P/T HANDOUT

Speaker: Brett Glasheen, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist, University of Utah Health

Title: The Role of Specialty Medications in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatric Arthritis, and Ankylosing Spondylitis

UAN: 0107-9999-24-146-L01-P

UAN: 0107-9999-24-146-L01-T

Objectives:

1. Identify key considerations for specialty medication use.

2. Recognize common rheumatologic diseases.

3. Explain the role of specialty medications in managing rheumatologic diseases.

4. Design a monitoring plan for a patient treated with a specialty medication.

9:00AM-10:00AM - GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION 1.0 CEU P/T HANDOUT

Speaker: Michael Wright, RPh, Pharmacist, Utah Pharmacy Association

Title: 2023 ADA Treatment Recommendations on Diabetes

UAN: 0107-9999-24-147-L01-P

UAN: 0107-9999-24-147-L01-T

Objectives:

1. Apply current diagnostic criteria for diabetes diagnosis.

2. Explain major drug classes for diabetes, including mechanisms and side effects.

3. Recognize how ASCVD affects treatment selection.

4. Recognize how heart failure's impact on treatment choice.

5. Assess CKD's imapct on treatment choice.

10:00AM-11:00AM - DEDICATED EXHIBIT HALL TIME

11:00AM-12:00PM - GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION - 1.0 CEU P/T HANDOUT

Speaker: Dean Healy, RN, BS, FNE, EMT-P, Senior Investigator, State of Utah, Division of Professional Licensing
Speaker: Ann Lapolla, BS, BSN, JD, DNP, MPH ACNP-BC Attorney at Law, Provider, Attorney, Cottonwood Medical Clinic, Inc.

Title: DOPL: Roles & Strategies

UAN: 0107-9999-24-148-L03-P

UAN: 0107-9999-24-148-L03-T

Objectives:

1. Define DOPL's role in Pharmacy Practice.

2. List common DOPL complaints in Pharmacy.

3. Identify high-risk areas in Pharmacy Practice.

4. Outline steps to take if subject to a DOPL complaint.

5. Differentiate administrative law from Civil and Criminal Law.

6. Assess challenges with aggressive health care providers and patients

12:00PM-1:30PM - AWARDS LUNCHEON
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1:30PM-2:30PM - GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION - 1.0 CEU P/T HANDOUT

Speaker: Ann Lapolla, BS, BSN, JD, DNP, MPH ACNP-BC Attorney at Law, Provider, Attorney, Cottonwood Medical Clinic, Inc.

Title: Pain Management for Pharmacy Practice

UAN: 0107-9999-24-149-L08-P

UAN: 0107-9999-24-149-L08-T

Objectives:

1. Discuss the history of Pain Management in Pharmacy.

2. Explain the significance of triage in Pain Management, covering Acute, Chronic, Palliative, and Hospice pain.

3. Recognize peri-operative and post-operative pain management options.

4. Outline strategies and guidelines for opioid tapering and chronic pain.

5. Analyze pain management case studies, including chronic pain tapering and post operative pain after complex spinal fusion surgeries.

2:30PM-3:15PM - EXHIBIT HALL & NETWORKING

3:15PM-4:15PM - GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION - 1.0 CEU P/T HANDOUT

Speaker: Michael Polen, B.S. in Business Administration, Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, Accredited Adviser in Insurance - Management, Certified Insurance Counselor, Associate in Commercial Underwrititng, Management Sales Team Leader, Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company

Title: Pharmacists’ Legal Duty & Risk Management

UAN: 0107-9999-24-150-L04-P

UAN: 0107-9999-24-150-L04-T

Objectives:
1.  Assess high-risk factors in claims against pharmacists.
2.  Evaluate medications commonly implicated in pharmacist claims and their associated challenges.
3.  Apply risk management strategies to reduce identified exposures.
4.  Explain the importance of professional liability insurance for pharmacists.

4:15PM-5:15PM – GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION 1.0 CEU P/T HANDOUT

Speaker: Emma Murter, PharmD, MPH, Clinical Pharmacist, Intermountain Health
Title: Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain Management
UAN: 0107-9999-24-154-L01-P
UAN: 0107-9999-24-154-L01-T
Objectives
Pharmacist Learning Objectives
1. List commonly dispensed buprenorphine products.
2. Review buprenorphine products primarily used for analgesia and opioid use disorder.
3. Describe buprenorphine opioid conversion ranges.
Technician Learning Objectives
1. Describe the mechanism of buprenorphine in chronic pain management.
2. Identify differences in dosing of buprenorphine for analgesia and opioid use disorder.
3. Review the challenges of integrating buprenorphine into opioid conversion calculators.

5:15PM-6:15PM - GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION - NO CE

Speaker: Dave Davis

Title: PBM Audits - What are My Rights?

***LIVE VIRTUAL EDUCATION AVAILABLE FOR FRIDAY ONLY***

SATURDAY MAY 4, 2024

8:00AM-9:30AM - GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION - 1.5 CEU P/T HANDOUT

Speaker: Christine Gundersen, PharmD, Pharmacist, Smith's Pharmacy

Title: Adherence and Motivational Interviewing

UAN: 0107-9999-24-151-L04-P

UAN: 0107-9999-24-151-L04-T

Objectives:

1. Recognize the impact of poor medication management.

2. List 4 barriers to proper medication management.

3. Define Motivational Interviewing.

4. Describe how Motivational Interviewing aids in meeting medication needs for diabetes management.

5. Identify community resources for medication management.

9:30AM-9:45AM - MORNING CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST BREAK
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9:45AM-10:45AM - GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION - 1.0 CEU P/T HANDOUT

Speaker: Brandon Strickhouser-Monzon PharmD, PGY-1 Resident Pharmacist, Smith's Pharmacy

Title: 2024 Update to the ACIP Recommended Vaccinations for Adults and US Immigrants.

UAN: 0107-9999-24-152-L06-P

UAN: 0107-9999-24-152-L06-T

Objectives:
1.     Recall 2024 vaccine recommendations inpatient consultations for implementation.
2.     Create vaccination schedules based on ACIP guidelines.
3.     Review required vaccines for US immigration based on patient date.
4. Identify resources for managing varying vaccination histories.
5.     Discuss how to communicate effectively with patients in their preferred language.
6.     List optimal vaccines considering patient factors.
7.     Review use of Utah immunization registry for vaccine recommendations.

10:45AM-11:45PM - GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION - 1.0 CEU P/T HANDOUT

Speaker: Grace LaFleur, PharmD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University fo Utah College of Pharmacy

Title: Medication Assisted Triumph: Navigating Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Community Pharmacies

UAN: 0107-9999-24-153-L01-P

UAN: 0107-9999-24-153-L01-T

Objectives:
1.     Describe the prevalence of access to medication assisted treatment in Utah.
2.     Review the current guidelines for safe and effective medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.
3.     Discuss the role of the community pharmacy in fostering access to appropriate medication assisted treatment.

11:45am-1:45pm GENERAL EDUCATION SESSION – 2.0 CEU P/T HANDOUT

Speaker: Adam Jones

Title: How the Sausage is Made … Legislative Update 2024

UAN: 0107-9999-24-155-L03-P

UAN: 0107-9999-24-155-L03-T

Objectives
1.     Summarize the 2024 Utah Legislative session outcomes.
2.     Recognize pharmacy areas affected by Utah law changes
3.     Restate grassroots legislative opportunities between for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.
4.     Identify potential pharmacy updates for the 2025 legislative session.
5.     Outline the process of how a proposal within a profession or industry transforms into legislation in Utah.
6.     List the tools on the Utah Legislative website for tracking and monitoring legislation.
7.     Explain the process of identifying and contacting a legislator based on home or work location
8.     Discuss how Pharmacy Day on Capitol Hill enhances community pharmacy.

BRING A FRIEND FORM

INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION FORM

EXHIBITOR AND SPONSOR INFO and FLOOR LAYOUT

GROUP REGISTRATION DISCOUNT FORM

THURSDAY GOLF REGISTRATION

HOTEL RATES (below) - Book early our group rate will run out fast

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Fairfield Inn

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11.5 Hours of Education Credit Available.

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CLAIMING YOUR CE CREDIT:

In order to obtain your CE credit(s), you must first complete the course evaluations and assessments.

Visit the CEI Learning Manangement System Website.
You will need to create a login (if you created a login from a previous Convention, this would already be in place).
YOU DO NOT NEED TO PAY ANYTHING JUST PROCEED WITH THE INSTRUCTION BELOW.
Once you have logged in, enter your CLASS TRACKING CODE in the box at the bottom of the black section on the left side of the screen - it will load and say "code was submitted successfully" - then click on "My Courses" in black section, and you will be taken to all of the assessments for all classes.
Please take the time to take the course evaluations at the earliest possible opportunity. ALL CREDIT MUST BE CLAIMED BY 06/04/24

Questions? Call:

Shannon Glaittli
UPhA - 801.438.2524

CEI Impact
team@ceimpact.com

Refund Policy: No refunds will be provided following the event. If there are circumstances preventing you or your organization from participating please contact us 7 days in advance of the event for a full refund. Partial refunds may be provided up to the day of the event on a case by case situation.

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