Health-Systems Academy
2015 Spring Seminar
April 24 & 25
St. Vincent Healthcare
Mansfield Health Education Center
Approved Agenda for Billings HSA Seminar
The University of Montana Skaggs School Of Pharmacy is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing
pharmacy education. This agenda has been approved for 9.0 contact hours for
pharmacists and 7.5 contact hours for pharmacy technicians.
Friday, April 24, 2 015
5:00pm
Registration
5:30pm
Nurse, Provider, and Administrator Perceptions, Attitudes, and Knowledge
of the Pharmacist’s Role: a Cross-Sectional Survey of Critical Access
Hospitals in Montana
Kristen Russell, PharmD – PGY1 Pharmacy Resident, Billings Clinic, Billings
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Describe 3 models through which pharmacy services are currently
provided at Montana critical access hospitals.
2. Summarize available research regarding the perception of pharmacists in
Montana critical access hospitals.
6:00pm
Implementation of an Electronic Tool and Script for Nurse-Provided
Medication Education to Hospitalized Medical Patients: A Survey of Nurse
Satisfaction with Workflow
Megan Saunders, PharmD – PGY1 Pharmacy Resident, Billings Clinic, Billings
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Describe evidence supporting the use of an electronic tool and specific
wording to educate patients on new medications.
2. Discuss potential barriers for implementation of a new medication
information tool into medication administration workflow.
6:30pm
Intravenous vs. Oral Acetaminophen in the Management of Postoperative
Pain Following Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty: a Randomized Double-Blind
Trial
Christopher Gilstrap, PharmD – PGY1 Pharmacy Resident, St. Vincent
Healthcare, Billings
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the proposed advantages of intravenous acetaminophen.
2. Identify the need for a trial comparing oral and intravenous acetaminophen
in the orthopedic population.
3. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the current trial design.
7:00pm
Networking Reception at The Rex, 2401 Montana Avenue, Billings
Saturday, April 25, 2015
8:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15am
Pre Test Questions
8:30am
State and Federal Legislative Update 2015
Tony King, PharmD – Chair, MPA and Manager, Walgreens, Missoula
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Identify how the outcome of the physician dispensing bill may affect the
pharmacy profession.
2. Describe how the outcome of the federal pharmacy provider bills may
affect the pharmacy profession.
9:30am
Teaching the Teacher: Practical Tips to Improve Your Precepting Skills
JoEllen Maurer, BS Pharm, MHA, BCPS – Pharmacy Clinical Manager, St.
Vincent Healthcare; Billings, MT
Melanie Townsend, PharmD, BCPS – Pharmacy Residency & Experiential
Program Coordinator, Billings Clinic, Billings, MT
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Differentiate between the four preceptor roles and when to use each one.
2. Distinguish between effective and ineffective types of feedback and
evaluation.
3. Identify the pros and cons of creating a layered learning practice model.
11:00am
Break
11:15am
Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse: Current Issues affecting Montana
Tony King, PharmD – Chair, MPA and Manager, Walgreens, Missoula
Daniel Dunlap, Special Agent – Drug Enforcement Agency, Billings
At completion of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify current issues affecting teenagers in Montana.
2. Discuss three unique ways prescription drugs are being abused in local
communities.
12:15pm
Break
12:30pm
Medication Safety Best Practices Discussion
Lonnye Finneman, PharmD, CSSB – Director of Pharmacy, St. Vincent
Healthcare, Billings
Amanda Patel, PharmD – Medication Safety Coordinator, Providence St. Patrick
Hospital, Missoula
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Describe two targeted Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) best
practices and recommend specific changes for your organization.
2. Compare the different medication safety reporting and organizational
structures across the state and formulate improvement opportunities for
your own site.
1:30pm
Formalization of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Small
Community Hospital
Alexa Lockwood, PharmD – PGY1 Pharmacy Resident, Bozeman Deaconess
Health Services, Bozeman
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Identify important elements of formalized antimicrobial stewardship
programs.
2. Recognize antimicrobial therapy interventions that pharmacists can make
as part of an interdisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship service.
2:00pm
Development of Pharmacist Medication Reconciliation and Education
Services at Hospital Discharge
Christopher Sperry, PharmD – PGY1 Pharmacy Resident, Bozeman Deaconess
Health Services, Bozeman
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the benefits of pharmacist-provided discharge medication
reconciliation and education.
2. Discuss the challenges of pharmacist-provided discharge medication
reconciliation and education.
2:30pm
Growth Rate in the Premature Infant: the Association between the
Macronutrient Content Supplied in Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the
Corresponding Effects on Neonatal Growth
Jacob Holland, PharmD – PGY1 Pharmacy Resident, Billings Clinic, Billings
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Discuss the importance for linear growth in premature neonates and the
long-term risks associated with inappropriate growth.
2. Describe the 3 macronutrients that are essential to providing optimal
growth in the low birth weight infant population.
3:00pm
Break – For those who plan to view the 3:15 Missoula teleconference resident
presentations
3:00pm
Post Test Questions and Evaluations – For those who do not plan to view the
3:15 – 4:15 teleconference presentations from Missoula.
3:15pm
Quality Improvement Initiative and Safety of Insulin Pen Usage in the
Hospital (by teleconference from Missoula)
Mikayla Klug, PharmD – PGY1 Pharmacy Resident, Community Medical Center,
Missoula
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Apply the history of insulin pen devices to current practices in the hospital
setting
2. Describe insulin pen administration and proper storage education to
nurses within the inpatient hospital.
3. Identify methods of improving insulin pen safety in the hospital.
3:45pm
Implementation of Quality Improvement Initiatives to Reduce Medication
Errors related to Handling of Chemotherapy-Related Orders in the Inpatient
Setting (by teleconference from Missoula)
Jayme Hartzell, PharmD, MS – PGY1 Pharmacy Resident, Providence St.
Patrick Hospital, Missoula
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the incidence of chemotherapy-related medications errors, what
stage within the medication-use process most errors occur, and the
severity category of the errors.
2. Explain various quality improvement initiatives that can be used to help
decrease chemotherapy-related medication errors within the pharmacy
and throughout the hospital.
4:15pm
Post Test Questions and Evaluations
4:30pm
Adjourn