Total Parenteral Nutrition Support Workshop and Certificate Program

Description:
WORKSHOP: Attend the live 2-day Workshop to be held August 14-15, 2008 and receive 15 hours of ACPE-approved continuing education.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM:
(Prerequisite WORKSHOP plus online portion)

For further individualized instruction in managing complex nutritional cases enroll in the Certificate Program to receive an additional 15 hours of ACPE approved continuing education. The Certificate Program is comprised of the live 2-day workshop together with web-based discussions, assignments with faculty and guided patient management strategies. The entire certificate program takes approximately 3 months to complete and provides 30 hours of continuing education (workshop + certificate program) plus a certificate from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy stating your completion of the ACPE-approved program.

NOTE: Workshop and Certificate programs are priced separately.
To complete all requirements for the TPN Certificate, you must complete BOTH programs.
**The workshop portion MUST be taken BEFORE the certificate portion.**

PRICE INCLUDES: Instructional Materials,Continental breakfast and lunch both days and processing fee for CE certificate.

LIMIT OF 30 PARTICIPANTS - REGISTRATION WILL BE CLOSED WHEN THIS NUMBER IS REACHED

PLEASE NOTE: No refunds for cancellations will be issued after Monday, August 11, 2008 at 5pm.


WORKSHOP AGENDA

Thursday, August 14, 2008
8:00-8:30 am Registration in Lobby of College of Pharmacy

8:30-10:00 am Metabolism Review and Types of Malnutrition

10:00-12:00 Factors to Consider When Designing a TPN
Regimen

12:00-1:00 pm Lunch

1:00-5:00 pm Calculating Nutritional Components of the TPN
Regimen
-Harris-Benedict BEE Equation
-UUN Method
-Indirect Calorimetry
-"Standard Table" Method

Friday, August 15, 2008

8:00-11:30 am Electrolytes, Trace Elements and Other Additives

11:30-12:00 pm Complications of TPN

12:00-1:00 pm Lunch

1:00-5:00 pm TPN Considerations in Selected Disease States
and Case Study Discussions
-COPD
-Liver Disease
-Renal Disease
-Diabetes

5:00 pm Evaluation and Adjourn

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

-Faculty-guided cases and advanced on-line instruction
-Web-based discussion with fellow participants and faculty
-Strategies for identifying patients to manage in your own practice
-Input from faculty and fellow participants on cases from your own practice site
-Development/Modification of a TPN protocol for your institution


PROGRAM FACULTY

William J. Spruill, Pharm.D., Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

William E. Wade, Pharm.D., Professor, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

Trina von Waldner, Pharm. D., Director of Postgraduate Continuing Education, Division of Outreach and Nontraditional Education, College of Pharmacy, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Sis Budd, Program Coordinator II, Division of Outreach and Nontraditional Education, College of Pharmacy, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Jennifer Green, Program Specialist II, Division of Outreach and Nontraditional Education, College of Pharmacy, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Courses Offered