CE Presentation: “Updates in Pain Management : What You Need to know ” by Ebtesam Ahmed, Pharm.D.
HB Burger
127 W. 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012
5:30 PM Registration and Industry Exhibits
6:30 PM NYCSHP Announcements and Student Clinical Pearl
7 PM Non – CE Presentation: “Healthcare Reform” by Dawn Blank, RPh.
7:30 PM CE – Presentation: “Updates in Pain Management: What you need to know” Ebtesam Ahmed, Pharm.D. (Assistant Clinical Professor, St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions; Clinical Pharmacist, Beth Israel Medical Center, Department of Pain Medicine & Palliative Care)
8:30 PM Program Ends
CE Presentation Objectives:
- Describe the unmet needs in chronic pain management in the US
- Examine challenges confronted by patients and practitioners when managing patients with chronic pain
- Identify strategies to prevent misuse and abuse of opioids, while still providing effective pain relief
Continuing Education Accredited By: New York State Council of Health-system Pharmacists
Intended audience: Pharmacists
The NYS Council of Health-system Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. This program 0134-9999-12-034-L01-P will be accredited for 0.1 CEU’s (1 contact hour). Statements of Continuing Pharmaceutical Education Credit can be obtained online at www.healthsystemce.org using a CE code that will be provided at the meeting. All attendees have 60 days to process their CE credits.
This is a knowledge based program.
There is grant support for this program from Lilly and Daiichi-Sankyo
This program is free to all members of the New York City Society of Health-system Pharmacists that RSVP. A $65.00 non-refundable fee for non-members is payable at the time of admission of you RSVP. Non-members that do not RSVP will be charged $65.00.
Please note that seating may be limited due to space constraints. Please RSVP early.
