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Unfortunately summer break is nearly over. Hopefully everyone has had time to enjoy the great weather that we have had over the past months. Our WMSHP meetings began their summer vacation back in May following the very successful 41st Annual WMSHP Spring Seminar. Cherie Woodhams put a lot of effort into the planning and coordination of this meeting, and deserves recognition for all her hard work. This year has been unique as far as the role of WMSHP president goes. Cherie had agreed to stay on as president for an additional 6 months, and, beginning with this newsletter, I am assuming those duties for the remainder of the year. On behalf of the WMSHP members, I would like to thank Cherie for everything she has done during her tenure as president. As summer comes to a close, we are resuming our monthly meetings beginning with the meeting on September 9th at St. Mary’s Hospital on the topic of “Radiation Countermeasures, What’s the Buzz” presented by Greg Pratt. Nominations for board positions are open for any interested members. Contact a current board member via email or at the next meeting if you are interested in being nominated for a position. Also be sure to check out www.wmshp.net and see how you can find WMSHP on Twitter and Facebook.
On Facebook, search for "Western Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists". Or, just click the Facebook logo at the top of the page on wmshp.net. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/WMSHP, or click the Twitter logo on our website.
Faculty for both sessions are experienced HIV specialists. Continuing education credits will be available for pharmacists, and there is no registration fee for either program. If you or a colleague are interested in attending the HIV Clinical Course for Pharmacists, please register as soon as you are able, as space is limited at both sites. For more information, Contact Mary Rose Forsyth, MSN, WHNP, at (313) 962-2000. Click here to download to program brochure.
All hockey tickets will be distributed prior to the presentation. Any tickets not claimed by the completion of the presentation at 6:30 PM will be placed for pick-up at the box office will-call. Also, mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 18th, 2010. This is the date of our Annual Spring Seminar. Topics to be discussed include a Legislative Review, Cultural Competency in our AM session, Preceptor Development, Pharmaceutical Waste, and a 2009 H1N1 review will be discussed in our afternoon Administrative section. In the PM clinical section, Antiplatelet medications, Pain management, and Emergency Room pearls will be reviewed. Happy Spring!
Please join us on March 11th in Grand Rapids at the St. Mary’s Lacks Conference Center when we discuss "Current Treatment Options for Gout.” Tracy Mersfelder, PharmD, will be our speaker for the evening. Due to the PhRMA Standards that are now in place, it has become more challenging to obtain funding for our monthly meetings. This is why you may have seen an increase in the amount of times we have had our meetings on hospital premises in their conference rooms. When you see this venue, it most likely means that support was not received for the event and WMSHP is paying for the event from their general fund. Also, if the event is being held at a restaurant, we have a budget based on grant funding that we must adhere to. In light of this information, the WMSHP Board is respectfully asking that if you RSVP and then find out you are unable to attend, please contact us by the Monday preceding the meeting to let us know so that we can minimize waste. Mark your calendar for Friday, April 9th! We will be hosting our meeting on this day in conjunction with a Grand Rapids Griffin’s Hockey game as they play the Lake Erie Monster’s. Because of this alternative venue, our CE presentation will begin at 5:30PM so that we will be ready for game time of 7:00PM. Friends and family will have the opportunity to join you for the game as well. More details to follow! For technical questions, contact webmaster@wmshp.net. Click here to view our Privacy Policy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Please note that the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) will be holding two separate sessions of the HIV Clinical Course for Pharmacists on consecutive Fridays in June. The first will be held in Detroit on June 11, 2010, at the Metropolitan Center for High Technologies, located near the Masonic Temple and Cass Tech High School. The second session will occur at the Radisson Hotel in Lansing on June 18, 2010.
Welcome to Spring! We are excited about a new venue this year for our Great Lakes Residency Presentations! We will be meeting just before a Grand Rapids Griffins Game at a different time - from 5:30-6:30PM for our CE presentation. After that, we'll all enjoy the final game of the season together! Please join us!