Continuing Education Handouts PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to be more environmentally friendly, the Pharmacist Society of Orange County will no longer be printing handouts. Speaker handout files will be made available to registered participants prior to the programs. Please provide your correct email address on the registration form. Thank you for your support of this initiative. As an alternative to printing them out, please feel free to bring them loaded on your iPad, laptop or similiar device.
Pharmacists Society of Orange County
Annual Spring CE Day – 6 hours live CE
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Hudson Valley Hotel & Conference Center
90 Rt 17K, Newburgh, NY
7:20 Registration Desk Open
7:30 to 8:00 Breakfast is served
Morning Program
"Understanding Asthma in the Pediatric Population"
"Childhood Allergic Rhinitis"
Dominick Berlingieri, MD - 8:15am to 10:15am
"Medicating Man's Best Friend"
Cheryl Zebrowski, DVM - 10:15am to 12:15pm
Lunch is served - 12:15pm to 1:00pm
Afternoon Program
"Poison Safety for Families, Pets & Pharmacists: Is There an App for That?"
Jonathan Weinstein, MD - 1:00pm-3:00pm
PSSNY Member Fees
$75 Morning, $105 All-Day
Non-PSSNY Member Fees
$115 Morning, $145 All-Day
New York CE Required Courses
Medication Error
Education Law requires that registered pharmacists complete continuing education. A minimum of 45 contact hours (at least 23 live) is required in each three-year registration period. As of September 1, 2003, the 45 hours required must include at least 3 credits (home study or live) of formal continuing education on strategies and techniques to reduce medication and prescription errors.
Medicare Part D Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA)
All pharmacies will need to document that pharmacists and pharmacy staff members have gone through annual fraud, waste, and abuse training beginning in 2009.
OSHA Blood Borne Pathogens Standard 1910.1030
Blood Borne Pathogen Training must be completed annually for all Immunizer Pharmacists.