2019 Conference Agenda

Please Note: schedule is subject to change

Friday, September 27, 2019

Registration desk opens at 12 noon

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Prevention in Pharmacy Practice: The Role of Pharmacists in Harm Reduction

Speaker: Ryan Sommers, MD, Medical Officer of Health (Northern Nova Scotia)

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2:00pm - 3:15pm

Part A: Transgender Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Patient Perspective

Speaker: Chris Cochrane

Part B: Transgender Healtlhcare: What Pharmacists Need to Know

Speaker: Shirl Gee, MD (Endocrinologist)

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3:30pm - 4:45pm

Cannabis: The Role of the Pharmacist in Making Clinical Interventions and Managing Drug Interactions

Speaker: Shelita Dattani, Phc

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5:00pm

Valley Wine Tour and Dinner

 

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Registration desk opens at 7:00am

7:15am

Breakfast

7:50am - 9:00am

Platinum Symposium: Optimizing Diabetes Pharmacy Consultations in the Digital Age

Speaker: Michelle Stewart, PhC

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9:00am - 10:00am

Pharmacists at the Frontline of the Digital Health Revolution

Speaker: Patti Ryan

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Principles for Witnessing Methadone & Buprenorphine Dosing/Naloxone Kit Delivery Standards

Speaker: Sarah Boutilier, PhC

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10:15am - 11:30am

Infectious Disease Update: Lyme Disease, Herpes Zoster, UTI

Speaker: Stephen Smith

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The Standards and Beyond: The Role of the Pharmacy Technician in Providing Patient Care

Speaker : Glenn Rodrigues, PhC

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11:30am - 1:00pm

PANS Annual General Meeting Luncheon

1:00pm - 2:00pm

The Future of Pharmacy: How to Disrupt Ourselves

Speaker: Christy Cheung, PhC and Futurist

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2:15pm - 3:15pm

Academic Detailing: Antibiotics Why and Why Not?

Speaker: Jennifer Fleming, PhC

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Diabetes Devices:  An Update (Glucometers and Insulin Pen Devices)

Speaker: Stacy Smith, PhC

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3:15pm- 4:30pm

Overview of Malaria Chemoprophylaxis

Speaker: Anne McCarthy, MD

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Gulp Don't Gargle: A Review of Technical Snares in Dispensing Medication and the Methods to Overcome Them

Speaker: Michelle Stewart, PhC

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4:30pm-6:15pm

Valley Spirits Tasting and Trivia

7:00pm - Midnight

PANS 40th Anniversary Awards Gala

 

Sunday, September 29, 2019

Registration desk opens at 7:00am

7:15am

Breakfast

8:00am - 9:15am

Platinum Symposium: CPAMS - A Nova Scotia Pharmacy Success Story

Speakers: Terry Higgins, Tanya Howley and more

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9:15am - 10:15am

NSCP Open Mic

Speaker: Beverly Zwicker, PhC

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10:30am - 11:30am

Applications for Probiotics

Speaker: Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic, PhC

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11:30am - 12:30pm

Menopausal Hormone Therapy and the Pharmacist's Responsibilities in Supporting Women's Health

Speaker: Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic, PhC

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12:30pm

Closing Remarks and Presentation of Savenger Hunt Prize