Target audience: Baystate Health pharmacists

For questions or more information about the program, please contact Frank Szczerba via email at Frank.Szczerba@baystatehealth.org

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

Kidney Transplants and Valganciclovir​: A Match Made in Medicine!​
1| Discuss the significance of prophylaxis in certain opportunistic infections in kidney transplant recipients​
2| Evaluate current literature of the efficacy and safety of Valganciclovir prophylaxis ​
3| Apply recent literature to clinical practice as appropriate​​
 
Stick It or Lick It? The Buprenorphine Battle
1| Discuss the impact of Fentanyl in opioid use disorder (OUD) and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) therapies
2| Evaluate current stance of buprenorphine efficacy and safety in treating OUD
3| Apply literature to clinical practice as appropriate.
Faculty
Kathryn Higgins, PharmD
PGY1 Community Based Pharmacy Resident
Pharmacist
Baystate Medical Center 
 
Damaris Fuentes, PharmD
PGY1 Community Based Pharmacy Resident
Pharmacist
Baystate Medical Center 
Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

                                                                             

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Pharmacists
Baystate Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hours (s) for pharmacists. Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Session date: 
10/28/2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EDT
Location: 
MA
United States
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  • 1.00 ACPE Contact Hours
  • 1.00 BCIPE Instructional Hours

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