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RISHP Post-EXPO CE Event
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
Grand Ballroom @ the Crowne Plaza, Warwick, RI
Knowledge Based CE for Pharmacists
2 CE Credits for Registered Pharmacists
Registration begins at 5:15 pm
Program begins at 6pm
Hour One: Antimicrobial Stewardship in RI - We’ve Come a Long Way
Hour Two: Fighting “Superbugs”: A focus on the treatment of ESBL’s and CREs
Moderator: Kerry L. LaPlante, Pharm.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacy,University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI
Director of the Infectious Diseases Research Program and Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Specialist, The Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Hour One: Antimicrobial Stewardship in RI - We’ve Come a Long Way
Monica Dorobisz, PharmD
Infectious Diseases Pharmacist
Co-Chair, Kent Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Kent Hospital
Learning Objectives Pharmacists :
1. Identify goals for a state or regional antimicrobial stewardship coalition or group.
2. Describe at least 2 initiatives that members of a regional antimicrobial stewardship effort in RI have benefited from.
3. Discuss how a regional antimicrobial stewardship effort could measure progress.
Hour Two: Fighting “Superbugs”:
A focus on the treatment of ESBL’s and CREs
Haley Morrill, PharmD
Diane Gomes, PharmD
Antimicrobial Stewardship Fellows
Providence VAMC, University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
Learning Objectives Pharmacists :
1.. Identify the spectrum of resistance of ESBL- and CREs- producing organisms.
2. Restate treatment options for ESBLs and CREs infections.
3. Describe the differences between polymyxin B, polymyxin E (colistin), and CMS.
Though all are invited to attend, only Pharmacist CE
credit will be available for this topic.
UAN# 0132-0000-14-002-L04-P
Continuing education credits will be awarded through CPE monitor within 6 weeks of successful completion of the evaluation form.
Participants must provide their NABP ID number and Date of Birth (MM/DD) to receive credit.
Credits can be reviewed at http://www.nabp.net/programs/cpe-monitor/cpe-monitor-service
