Educational Objectives
The 2010 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting educational programs are developed to maintain and enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of pharmacists and associated personnel in healthcare systems through skill building and active participation in sessions on important issues relevant to contemporary practice. The educational goal of this meeting is to provide information and instruction on a variety of topics to enable pharmacy practitioners to provide quality patient care.
Target Audience
Activities are planned and structured to meet either the knowledge- or application-based educational needs of pharmacists and/or pharmacy technicians in a variety of healthcare systems. This includes those practicing in large and small hospitals, managed care facilities, inpatient facilities, outpatient clinics, and homecare settings, as well as in academia and the pharmaceutical industry. Knowledge-based sessions are designed primarily for acquiring factual knowledge; application-based sessions, primarily to apply the information learned in the time allotted.
Levels of Content
To help you plan your time at the meeting, educational session content has been categorized into the following levels:
- General Interest: Level designation not applicable to this session.
- Basic: No prior knowledge of the specific content is required.
- Intermediate: Basic knowledge of the specific content area is suggested, but extensive experience is not necessary.
- Advanced: General working knowledge of the specific content area is suggested; information will be provided to expand current expertise.
Continuing Education Credit
Registrants may earn up to 37 contact hours (3.7 CEUs) at the 45th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition. Go to the Meeting Program/Planner for a complete schedule including learning objectives and presenter information.
All attendees must record their CE online at http://ce.ashp.org or obtain a paper CE Form from ASHP Meeting Info onsite. Registrants recording their CE online will be able to print out their CE statement immediately. If you use the paper form, your CE statement will be emailed to you after the meeting.
Midyear Clinical Meeting education sessions are a Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)-accepted method for certified pharmacy technicians to obtain CE credit. Those programs appropriate for technicians are designated with a "T" following the ACPE number. Contact PTCB at 202-429-7576 for further information.
Some states have special requirements for program content to meet their requirements for continuing education. Please check with your state to determine if such requirements exist and to determine if these programs meet those requirements.
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
An approach to lifelong learning, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a process of active participation in learning activities geared to helping individuals develop and maintain continuing competence, enhance their professional practice, and support achievement of their career goals. CPD emphasizes self-appraisal and educational plan development, implementation, documentation, and evaluation. CE sessions or other activities you participate in at the Meeting may form part of your own CPD self-appraisal or plan.
Audio-Synched Presentations
With so many education sessions to choose from, it's impossible to catch them all…or can you? The full meeting registration fee includes access to all available audio-synched educational session presentations. Download the sessions you've missed from the ASHP Learning Center and "attend" at your leisure.
Note: CE is not available with downloads.
Educational Session Handouts
Handouts for educational sessions will be available online two weeks prior to the meeting. Go to the ASHP Learning Center at http://ce.ashp.org and click on "Meetings".