Annual Howard C. Ansel Symposium - Anticoagulation Management

Description:
The focus of the 2008 Howard C. Ansel Symposium is Anticoagulation Management.

It is estimated that over 1 million patients with atrial fibrillation receive chronic anticoagulation therapy with warfarin. Over the next ten to twenty years, this number is expected to more than double. In addition, anticoagulation management is one of The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals for 2008. Are you and your institutions ready for this demand in managing patients on anticoagulation therapy? This year the topic for the Ansel Symposium is Anticoagulation Management. Presentations will include a discussion of the anticoagulation-related National Patient Safety Goals, practical aspects of anticoagulation management, establishing and maintaining an anticoagulation service and the future of anticoagulation. The symposium will provide timely information on optimizing care for patients receiving anticoagulation therapy.



The morning session will be free with your pre-registration by Septmeber 15th. After that date, the cost for the morning session will be $50.00.
The afternoon session will be $59.00 with pre-registration by September 15th. After that date, the cost will be $70.00.

Registration fees include instructional materials, continential breakfast, lunch (for morning sessions) and processing fee for CE certificates.

Parking is available at the South Campus Parking Deck located next to the GA Center on Lumpkin Street.

All sessions will be held in the UGA College of Pharmacy Building in Room 120

AGENDA

MORNING SESSION The Future of Anticoagulation Management

8:30-9:00am Registration/Continential Breakfast

9:00-10:30 Keynote Address: Henry Bussey, Pharm.D., FCCP, FAHA

10:30-10:45 BREAK

10:45-12:00 National Patient Safety Goals

12:00-1:00 LUNCH

AFTERNOON SESSION Moderator: Beth Phillips, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS

1:00-2:00 In-Patient Anticoagulation Management

2:00-2:15 BREAK

2:15-3:30 Out-Patient Anticoagulation Management

3:30-4:00 Panel Discussion

4:00 Adjourn


NOTE: Any refund requests must be received by September 15th at 5:00pm.

FACULTY

Henry I. Bussey, Pharm.D., FCCP, FAHA, Professor, Div. Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy,The University of Texas at Austin and
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Beth Phillips, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Courses Offered