Pharmacology CME Orlando: Join Us in 2025
Hyatt Regency Orlando
February 18-20, 2025
Located minutes from major theme parks like Universal Orlando®, Walt Disney World® and SeaWorld Orlando®, our family-friendly Orlando resort has it all. Reserve a private cabana and relax poolside while the kids enjoy a swimming grotto with waterfalls, zero-entry pool and a waterslide. Grab a bite at one of five on-site restaurants or the 24-hour grab-and-go market, work out in a state-of-the-art fitness center or pamper yourself at the full-service hotel spa. Our International Drive location near Universal Studios makes it easy to enjoy it all – with shopping, dining and more than 100 entertainment options, all within a two-mile radius of the hotel
Revised Dates: February 18-20 2025
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Revised Dates: February 18-20 2025 〰️
Enhance Your Skills at Pharmacology CME Orlando
Topics: Optimizing Drug Therapy and Avoiding Drug Injury in Older Adults, Best Practices in Prescribing Opioids, Osteoporosis and Chronic Kidney Disease, Aging Gracefully
Our Live Pharmacology CME is perfect for medical professionals seeking to learn the latest in drug therapy. Join nurse practitioners, family physicians, physician assistants and pharmacists who have been benefiting from our exceptional pharmacology CME for over 30 years. You will enjoy our small class sizes which encourage back and forth discussion with clinical faculty from medical & pharmacy schools who see patients daily.
This conference provides 15 contact hours of pharmacy CE and (1.5 CEU) of live AAFP/ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, ACPE and pharmacology CE/ CME credit over three days.
Prefer not to travel or sit in the meeting space? Join us via live stream webcast & earn live CE/CME!
Miss the meeting? You can usually watch online cme courses that were recorded at the live event.
Speakers
Dr. Reamer Bushardt | Pharm.D., PA-C, DFAAPA
Dr. Reamer Bushardt | Pharm.D., PA-C, DFAAPA Professor, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professions, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA. PA in Primary Care. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Journal of the American Academy of PAs. Principal Investigator Expansion of Practitioner Education in Substance Use Disorders Program, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Learn More goes here
Dr. Eugene Orientale, M.D.
Dr. Orientale graduated from Brown University in 1983 and earned his M.D. degree from Cornell University Medical College in 1987. He completed Family Medicine residency training at UCLA in 1990 and then began work at the University of Tennessee in Memphis. There he served as a Predoctoral Director, Family Medicine Clerkship Director and in the advisory role of medical students as an Assistant Dean in the Office of Student Affairs. He received five prestigious teaching awards in seven years and became the youngest tenured faculty member in Family Medicine. In 1994, he obtained a Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatrics. He has a special interest and expertise in procedures in family Medicine.
Educational Sessions
Tuesday, February 18, 2025: 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast, 8:00 AM - 1:30PM Educational Program
Session 1A: -Dr. Bushardt
Optimizing Drug Therapy and Avoiding Drug Injury in Older Adults
1. Discuss key physiologic and common pathophysiologic changes of aging that impact drug therapy.
2. Apply age-sensitive principles for medication dosing and management to patient scenarios.
3. List nine key questions useful for identifying and managing inappropriate polypharmacy (i.e. unnecessary medication use) in older adults.
4. Apply practical tools to screen and appropriately manage complex drug regimens among older adults with or at-risk for drug injury.
5. Discuss high risk drug-drug and drug-dietary supplement interactions commonly encountered in primary care, including best practices in identifying and managing related toxicities.
Best Practices in Prescribing Opioids: A Regulatory Perspective
1. Describe evolving opioid prescribing and regulatory practices in the United States.
2. Discuss recently released opioid prescribing guidelines, highlighting the relevance to outpatient treatment of pain.
3. Describe best practices and patient care resources for managing patients with nonmalignant pain, highlighting guidance from a regulatory perspective.
4. Reflect on challenges in prescribing opioids and other controlled substances with real-world practice examples.
Session 1B: Dr. Orientale
Preventive Care: Aging Gracefully
Nearly everyone wants to age gracefully. Yet, few master the concept of aging and embrace the inevitable. The Blue Zones have much to teach us about longevity and quality of life. In this seminar, we will explore some of the current thinking around ‘healthy’ aging. The speaker will share his 3+ decades of caring for elders, and what insights he has gained from his patients.
1. Describe the aging process and its effect on various organ systems.
2. Understand the common characteristics of the Blue Zones- areas of the world where centenarians are commonplace- and draw inferences about how these common attributes may affect longevity.
3. Become familiar with clinical anecdotes of successful aging, from the medical practice of a Family Physician/Geriatrician.
Cognitive Medical Errors
“Quality, value, and safety” has become the new mantra of health care delivery. But medical errors can and do occur with regularity in caring for patients. What about the errors that we commit in our thinking- even before we fully examine our patients? This talk will explore the area of metacognition, also known as “how we think.” Participants will learn about important cognitive biases that affect how we think, and how these can affect the care we provide for patients. “Cognitive pills” to address common physician biases will be discussed in this audience participation style presentation.
1. Describe some reasons for common medical errors in patients.
2. Explain the meaning of metacognition.
3. Identify some common cognitive biases in primary care medicine.
4. Explain several ‘remedies’ for cognitive biases in the care of patients.
Wednesday, February 18, 2025: 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast, 8:00 AM - 1:30PM Educational Program
Session 2A Dr. Orientale
Meditation
Meditation is the cornerstone of Buddhism, and making a great comeback as a lost art that is now ‘newly’ discovered in its value and impact on self care. For health care providers, who focus on care of others, the concept of self-care is often placed on a backburner. Meditation offers health care providers an opportunity for self-reflection, to discover inner wisdom, and to ultimately provide a greater sense of peace in an otherwise chaotic outer world.
1. Define meditation as a concept, and as a ‘practice’
2. Describe value of meditation on perceived well being
3. Demonstrate, thru guided meditation, the self-efficacy of 5 and 10 minute meditation exercises
Mindfulness
The word ‘mindfulness’ is an ambiguous abstraction for many, as it is difficult to precisely define and understand. This session will endeavor to take a deep dive into its meaning- and ultimately its value, as an important tool in the toolbox of health care providers. As part of the ‘quadruple aim’ of health care- value, quality, safety, and provider well being- mindfulness provides one important means of achieving all these aims.
1. Define mindfulness as a concept and practice
2. Describe the value of mindfulness practice on provider well being
3. Provide opportunities, through clinical vignettes, for learning about how provider mindfulness may affect and positively alter patient care outcomes
Movement
There is an old axiom of aging that you “either use it or lose it.” There is no better illustration of this fact than with musculoskeletal function of the human body. Movement practice, also known as ‘stretching’ in all its manifestations, is a self-efficacious practice of systematically stretching all parts of the body. The speaker will share his personal experience from injury to better overall health through the use of movement exercises.
1. Define movement and ‘stretching’ as a form of exercise.
2. Describe and demonstrate proper stretching, with employment of the ‘stretch reflex’
3. Demonstrate a comprehensive stretching program for participants.
Session 2B Dr. Bushardt
Prevention and Management of Osteoporosis: An Evidence-Based Approach:
1. Define treatment goals for patients with or at-risk for osteoporosis.
2. Relate treatment strategies to empiric evidence regarding fracture prevention and treatment.
3. Develop a prevention and monitoring plan for patients at-risk for osteoporosis.
4. Describe pertinent pharmacologic parameters related to pharmaceuticals used in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
Best Practices in Chronic Kidney Disease: Highlights from Latest Guidelines
1. Describe latest evidence and expert consensus guidance for the evaluation and risk assessment of individuals with CKD.
2. Discuss medications used to delay CKD progression and manage its complications, including mechanism, safety, tolerability, efficacy, price, and simplicity of use.
3. Review strategies to identify and manage cardiovascular risk in individuals with CKD.
4. Summarize key recommendations for primary care in the evaluation, prevention, and management of CKD.
Thursday, February 19, 2025: 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast, 8:00 AM - 1:30PM Educational Program
Session 3A Dr. Bushardt
Pharmacotherapy for Major Depression: A Case-Based Approach:
1. Discuss pharmacologic management options within clinical cases of patients with depression.
2. Relate physiologic and pathophysiologic alternations of brain neurochemistry to symptoms of depression, including the genetic link and molecular basis of injury.
3. Apply clinical practice guidelines and expert recommendations for antidepressant therapies.
4. Describe key parameters for medications used to treat depression, including mechanism, safety, tolerability, efficacy, price, and simplicity of use.
Managing Anxiety and Sleep Disorders: Drug and N on-Pharmacologic Considerations
1. Describe signs and symptoms of common sleep disorders and anxiety disorders with a focus on older adults.
2. Discuss common anxiety disorders, including the neurobiological basis of disease, clinical presentation, assessment, and approach to treatment.
3. Recognize evidence-based treatments for insomnia and common anxiety disorders, including lifestyle, behavioral, and pharmacologic interventions.
4. Identify key parameters that warrant referral to specialty care for individuals with insomnia and/or anxiety disorders.
Mood Stabilizers in Primary Care: Off Label Prescribing
1. Discuss “off-label” use of mood stabilizers and psychotropic agents for agitation, restlessness, insomnia, and other behavioral symptoms.
2. Differentiate commonly prescribed agents by pharmacologic class, mechanism of action, pharmacokinetic factors, indications/uses, as well as tolerability, and efficacy.
3. Apply best practices in prescribing and shared decision making when considering “off label” use of drugs in a case scenario involving dementia and brain injury.
4. Consider steps to optimize benefits and reduce risks to patients, while prescribing with liability authority.
Session 3 B Dr. Orientale
Retirement
Retirement, like death and taxes, is inevitable. Planning for retirement is imperative as part of a long term strategy for career and life success. Retiring “to” something, as opposed to retiring “from” something is conceptually the best way to achieve a successful retirement. A strategy for thinking about retirement will be presented- that encompasses a life plan to transition from vocational to avocational living, with a host of permutations- to achieve a successful and fulfilling life transition.
1. Define retirement, and its various permutations.
2. Provide a framework for financial goals to achieve prior to retirement
3. Provide resources to assist others in retirement planning.
Organization
To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. - Marie Kondo
Organization is a highly desired skill that eludes many due busy work schedules. Cluttering of both home and work environs contributes to provider stress, and loss of control. Simple organizational methods, facilitated by enhanced use of computing software, can make dramatic improvements in a very short order. The value of information storage in google ‘cloud’ software, as well as optimal use of google widgets such as “Google Keep” will be demonstrated.
1. Provide rationale for “organizational skill” as both a desirable (and attainable) trait for healthcare providers.
2. Provide concrete example of organizational problem vs. solution approach to key personal documents, work materials, and photographs.
3. Demonstrate the value of Google “Keep” as a useful tool for goal-oriented tasks and note keeping.
Conference Credit
PHARMACISTS :University Learning Systems is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. These programs are accredited for pharmacists.
| Session |
Contact Hours |
ACPE UAN |
Activity |
| Session 1 A | 3 | 0741-0000-25-004-L08-P | APPLICATION |
| Session 1 B | 2 | 0741-0000-25-005-L01-P | APPLICATION |
| Session 2 A&B | 5 | 0741-0000-25-006-L01-P | APPLICATION |
| Session 3 A&B | 5 | 0741-0000-25-007-L01-P | APPLICATION |
NURSE PRACTITIONERS/ NURSES: This course provides 15 contact hours (1.5 CEU) over three days, 5 hours per day, to fulfill the pharmacotherapeutics/ pharmacology requirements for American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Category 1 Continuing Education Hours for certification renewal. The same hours submitted to renew certification may be submitted to a State Board of Nursing for re-licensure. American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts formally approved continuing education sponsored by organizations accredited or approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
PHYSICIANS: Application for CME credit will the American Academy of Family Physicians has been made. Determination of credit is pending. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1. CME programs approved by the AAFP are eligible for Category 2 credit (or Category 1-A under special circumstances) through the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS: American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for Prescribed credit from AAFP. Physician assistants may report the number of hours stated above of Category I credit for completing this program.
CONSULTANT PHARMACISTS: Some consultant pharmacist boards accept University Learning Systems courses for recertification either as is or with board approval. Please contact your board regarding course approval and ULS with any questions.
CANADIAN PHARMACISTS: Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy (CCCEP) accepts courses accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). This credit is applicable to health professionals who may require pharmacology credit.
CANADIAN PHYSICIANS: Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada are eligible to receive up to 15 MAINPRO-M1 credits for participation in this activity due to reciprocal agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians.
OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Contact your respective board regarding approva
Conference Registration Fees
| Option |
3 Day Fee |
2 Day Fee |
1 Day Fee |
|
Discounted Advanced Registration |
$725 | n/a | n/a |
| Regular Registration | $775 | n/a | n/a |
| Live Stream | $550 | $398 | $199 |
Conference Policies - Please review before registering.
In Person Conference Registration: Conference registration includes workshop attendance, handouts, breakfast or refreshments during the meetings and documentation of continuing education credit. Spouses, family and friends are welcome and do not need to register unless they attend the educational sessions. Special seminar fees are available for non-professional accompanying persons who wish to attend one or more session (no special receipt, certification or credit issued).
Live Stream Webcast Registration: Includes live conference streaming, access to online course materials and documentation of continuing education credit.
Zoom Requires: An internet connection – broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE) For More info: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/ articles/201362023-Zoom-system-requirements-Windows-macOS-Linux
Requirements For Credit: Credit is dependent on verification of conference attendance by on-time check-in at each session and ULS receipt of completed evaluations. Credit is determined based on actual attendance on a per session basis, no partial credit is awarded.
Pharmacists: Please ensure that we have your NABP# and date of birth on file. ACPE does not allow us to provide you with paper statements of credit.
Statements of Credit: Should you need a paper statement of credit, you can access that information via CPE Monitor. All other professionals: An applicable paper Statement of Credit will be issued upon receipt of your post-conference paperwork.
Requirements For Credit: Credit is dependent on verification of conference attendance by on-time check-in at each session and ULS receipt of completed evaluations. Credit is determined based on actual attendance on a per session basis, no partial credit is awarded.
Note: Approximately one 15 minute break per 2.5 hours. Credited hours do not include breaks.
Hotel Information
| Venue | Hyatt Regency Orlando; 9801 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819 |
| Website | https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/florida/hyatt-regency-coconut-point-resort-and-spa/naprn |
| Phone Reservations | 1-402-593-5048 |
| ULS Group Code G-ULSM | https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/MCORO/G-ULSM |
| ULS Group Expiration Date | January 27, 2025 |
| Hotel Taxes | 13.625% |
| Resort Fee | 43.00/night |
| Parking Fee | Self $TBD for ULS Group |
| ULS Group Rates Run of House $329 | Hotel Rooms and Rates based on Availability and double occupancy. |
Attrition Surcharge
If you don't make reservations and stay at the hotel where University Learning Systems has reserved a block of rooms, you must add the attrition surcharge to the conference fee. Staying at hotel with an offer other than the ULS Group Code such as through a third party booking, still requires payment of the Attrition Surcharge.
2023/2024 Hotel Attrition Surcharge: $200
ULS will verify all rooming/cabin information with the hotel /travel agent and the hotel /travel agent has the right to release pertinent information to ULS for all attendees. No credit will be reported until the Attrition Surcharge is satisfied.
We apologize for any inconvenience. Unfortunately we have recently experienced a rash of attendees not utilizing the ULS designated hotel or travel agent causing ULS to incur significant penalties.