7516 - Pharmacology Update 2020 - Part I

Course Description

As we are unable to safely hold a face to face conference at this time, we are splitting our one-day event into two half days of a live, virtual conference via Zoom Webinar. View the other event.

Join us today to update your pharmacological knowledge with opioid and alcohol disorders; de-prescribing opioids; new migraine medications and prescribing anxiety and depression medications.  Learn best practices and have your questions answered while earning 4.25 ANCC CNE (4.0 pharmacotherapeutic hours).

We hope you can join us!

Interested in our pharmacology conferences but can't make them this year?  Mark your calendar for the mornings of December 3 and 10, 2021!

Course Outline

7:00-7:55 a.m.: Log in/address technical issues
7:55-8:00 a.m.: Welcome and Announcements
8:00-9:00 a.m.: Principles and Problems of De-prescribing Opioids (1.0 CNE)
               Timothy Ives, Pharm D., MPH, CPP
               Professor of Pharmacy
               Adjunct Professor of Medicine
               University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
               Chapel Hill, NC 27599
               includes 10 minutes Q&A

                           
9:00-10:00 a.m.: Pharmacotherapy for Substance Use Disorders (1.0 CNE)
                 Michael Baca-Atlas, MD, FASAM
                 Clinical Assistant Professor
                 UNC School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
                 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
                 includes 10 minutes Q&A
  
10:00-10:15 a.m.: Break

10:15-11:15 a.m.: Updates with Migraine Medications (1.0 CNE)
                 Meredith Maguire, MPAS, PA-C
                 UNC Hospitals Neurology Clinic
                 UNC Health Care
                 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
                 includes 10 minutes Q&A

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Medication Options for Treatment of Anxiety and Depression: Back to Basics (1.0 CNE)
                  Leslie Sharpe, DNP, FNP-BC
                  Assistant Professor
                  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
                  School of Nursing
                  Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460  
                  includes 10 minutes Q&A

12:15-12:30 p.m.: Wrap-up and Evaluations (0.25 CNE)

Total minutes = 255/ CNE=4.25
4.0 Pharmacotherapeutic hours

*This agenda is subject to change

Learner Outcomes

• discuss appropriate medications for treatment of opioid and alcohol disorders;
• explain the process of de-prescribing opioids;
• discuss the benefits of the new medications for migraine; and
• describe best practices with anxiety and depression medications. 

Notes

Target Audience: Primary care NPs, APRNs, RNs and those interested in pharmacology. 

Speakers

Michael Baca-Atlas, MD
Timothy Ives, Pharm D., MPH, CPP
Michelle Maguire, MPAS, PA-C
Leslie Sharpe, DNP, FNP-BC

Planning Committee

Carrie Palmer, DNP, ANP-BC, CDE
Schquthia Peacock, MSN, FNP
Leslie Sharpe, DNP, FNP-BC
Barbara Walsh, DNP, MPH, MSN, RN

Accreditation

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.