ACPE Activity #204-000-09-224-L04T
3.0 Contact Hours / Knowledge-based
Educational Content: General Interest
Moderator: Winona T. Thomas, CPhT, Coordinator, Pharmacy Technician Program, Ayers Career College; and Pharmacy Technician, Schumpert Medical Center, Shreveport, LA

8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.
Announcements

8:05 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
Take the Challenge—Make it Count
Edna Bowser, CPhT, Pharmacy Technician, Butler Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Butler, PA

8:20 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.
Can't Get No Satisfaction
Cindy K. Jeter, CPhT, CPP, Supply Chain Management Consultant, McKesson Health Systems, Carrollton, TX

8:35 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Questions, Answers, and Discussion

8:40 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Objectives for Methods for Bridging Cultures in Healthcare
Jeannie Pappas, CPhT, Pharmacy Technician Instructor, Pinellas County Schools, Pinellas Technical Education Center, St. Petersburg, FL

8:55 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
USP <797> — A Recipe for Good Compounding
Tina A. Oden, CPhT, Pharmacy Technician, Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center; and President, Alabama Association of Pharmacy Technicians, Tuscaloosa, AL

9:10 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Questions, Answers, and Discussion

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Formal Training Programs vs. Informal Training
Winona T. Thomas

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
A Pharmacy Technician Externship Program
Lezlie A. Cohn-Oswald, CPhT, Clinical Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Technician Externship Associate Program Director, Salt Lake City VA Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT

9:45 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Questions, Answers, and Discussion

9:50 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Roundtables: Don't Take a Gamble with Your Career
Winona T. Thomas

9:55 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Break

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Roundtable Sessions

• Table 1: Bridging Cultures in Healthcare
  Jeannie Pappas


• Table 2: The Role of the Technician Supervisor
  Tina A. Oden


• Table 3: Assembly Line Worker or Plant Manager: Supply Chain Management
  Cindy K. Jeter


• Table 4: Clinical Pharmacy Technicians-A Career Step
  Lezlie A. Cohn-Oswald


• Table 5: Anti-Coagulation Technician: Expanding Our Professional Horizon
  Linda Davidson, CPHT, Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, Tucson


• Table 6: Checks and Balances in the Preparation of Chemotherapy
  Marsha Buckley, CPhT, VA Medical Center, Iron Mountain, MI


• Table 7: Barcodes-Scanning the Future
  Edna Bowser


• Table 8: Training Programs and Education for Pharmacy Technicians
  Winona T. Thomas


• Table 9: Understanding the New USP <797> Changes
  Kathy Cascadden, BASc, Pharmacy Technical Supervisor, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison


• Table 10: Safety and Preventing Medication Errors
  Louise Paddy, CPhT, Lifecare Hospitals, Bossier City, LA

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