AAPT in Denver, Colorado Re: Conventions, 8/4/11 to 8/6/11

[Guest guest]

Dear Ann and All,

The agenda can be found in the files section of this site.

I will attempt to place and copy it here:

Program Outline and Convention Schedule

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

8:00am-12:00pm AAPT Executive Board meeting—Officers

Wind River- 1st floor

12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch break

1:00 – 3:00pm AAPT House of Representatives Meeting:

Wind River –1st floor

Executive Board and Chapter officers/representatives

4:00 - 5:00pm Tour---Baxa Star Center and Training facility Meet-Lobby @3:45pm

6:00 - 8:00pm Welcome Reception and Registration Atrium- 2nd floor

Thursday, August 4, 2011— Mesa Verde Room- 1st floor

7:30am-4:00pm-------Registration open

8:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks- Ann Oberg, AAPT President

8:30am Taking Practice to the Next Level: ASHP/ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Practice

Model Initiative, Dr. , MBA, FASHP, ASHP Board of Directors,

Director of Pharmacy, Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center,

Sioux Falls, SD

9:30am Morning Break

10:00am Beyond the Classroom: Career Tips for Technicians, Judy Neville, BA,

CPhT, Pharmacy Technician Program Coordinator, Vatterott College, Omaha, NE

11:15-12:45 Lunch--- On Your Own

1:00pm Pharmacy Technician Competencies, Anita Benavidez, BS. CPhT, Chair- ICPT

Certification Governing Committee for ExCPT exam, Phoenix, AZ

2:00pm USP <797> Compounding Practices, Jansen, RPh, MSHA, Baxa

Corporation, Englewood, CO

3:15pm Mid- afternoon break

3:30pm Mail-order Pharmacy and the Technician's Role, Bultena, BS, CPhT,

National American University-Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD

4:30pm Day End Remarks

Evening: Plan your own adventure! Take the train downtown or shuttle to the

mall.

Friday, August 5, 2011—Mesa Verde Room- 1st Floor

7:30am-4:00pm---------Registration open

8:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks-Marci Knorr

8:15am 340B - 101, Shaw, BS, CPhT, 340B Coordinator and Informatics

Specialist, Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO

9:15am Morning Break

9:30am Is Hypertension a " Neglected " Disease?, Dr. ph Saseen, FCCP, BCPS,

FASHP, Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, School of

Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Aurora, CO

10:30am Managed Care, Medicare, Medicaid, and Medication Therapy Management

(MTM), , RPh, LCSW, RxMentor Pharmacist, Humana, Denver, CO

11:30-1:30 Vendor/Exhibitor Luncheon—Exhibit Hall Open------Centennial -12th

Floor

1:30pm Professionalism and the Pharmacy Technician, Edna Bowser, CPhT,

VAMC, , PA

2:30pm Immunizations in Community Pharmacy, Dr. Rich Srnka, Pharmacy Manager,

Walgreens, Colorado Springs, CO

3:30pm Mid-afternoon break

3:45pm Oncology: Specialty Roles for a Pharmacy Technician, Uyen Thorstensen,

CPhT, BS, BA, Pharmacy Tech Program Director, North Seattle Community College,

Seattle, WA

4:45pm Day End Remarks

Friday Night ACTIVITY: See a Rockies game!! BUY tickets at registration table!

Saturday—August 6, 2011- Mesa Verde Room—1st Floor

8:00am Welcome and Opening Remarks-Fred

8:15am New Diabetes Medication Approvals and Blood Glucose Monitoring, Dr.

Nosker, Walgreens, Colorado Springs, CO

9:15am Maintaining the Momentum; PTCB 2011 C.R.E.S.T. Summit and Beyond, Dr.

Sheahan, Director-Professional Affairs, PTCB, Washington, DC

10:15am Morning Break

10:30am Specialty Roles of the Pharmacy Technician: Transplant, Uyen

Thorstensen, CPhT, BS, BA, Pharmacy Tech Program Director, North Seattle

Community College, Seattle, WA

11:30am Association Involvement and Career Satisfaction, Andrade, BS,

CPhT, VAMC Cheyenne, WY

12:30pm Closing Remarks---Last call for Auction items

1:30 – 4:00pm----AAPT Annual Awards Banquet and Luncheon: Chasm Creek-– 2nd

Floor

Join us for Wonderful food, Installation of Officers, and our famous Auction!

NOTE: If you want to donate something to the auction, please talk to us at

registration!

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Founder/Owner

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> Hi Jeanetta,

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> American Association of Pharmacy Technicians (AAPT) 2011 annual

> convention starts in Denver, Colorado next week on August 4th. We are

> still taking registrations, so please let everone know. I will email

> you the agenda to post for everyone.

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> Thank you,

> Ann Oberg, President

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