ATTENDEE KWIK GUIDE GENERAL INFORMATION Welcome to the 2016 Georgia Pharmacy Convention! First things first: The convention website has everything you need to know about what s happening (it s even mobile-friendly!): GPhAconvention.com. Even better, download the convention app, which also lets you connect with other attendees, share photos and comments, and get the latest updates. Links to Andriod and iphone versions are at GPhAconvention.com/app. If you have questions, concerns, confusion, or need any kind of assistance, we ll do our best to help you (within reason). Start at the GPhA registration desk and ask a staff member. If the Expo Hall is open, you can also visit the GPhA booth. Here are the basics you need to know about the 2016 Georgia Pharmacy Convention. Have fun! NAME BADGES You must wear your name badge for admittance to any session, event, or function, including the Expo Hall. No exceptions. Children. Children are not permitted in any meeting or education session, including the general sessions. Under close parental supervision, guests under 18 are permitted in the Expo Hall provided they have a child-attendee badge. You can pick up a child s badge at the registration desk before 2:00 p.m. on Thursday or Friday. (You ll need to sign a waiver.) TICKETS Several events, such as the President s Bash, require a ticket. You ll find them tucked in behind your name badge. Drink tickets. Every guest receives two drink tickets for each event where drinks are served: The Expo Hall receptions on Thursday and Friday, and the President s Beach Bash on Saturday. You can use them for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and you can purchase drinks as well. PharmPAC reception. Only attendees who have invested at least $250 in PharmPAC in calendar year 2016 will receive tickets for the PharmPAC reception on Friday. Those tickets will also be tucked behind your name badge. We re happy to provide a +1 ticket for non-pharmacist spouses of Diamond, Gold, Platinum, and Titanium investors. Simply request one at the registration desk. And you can make your PharmaPAC investment right there at the registration desk or GPhA expo booth! OTHER POLICIES TO BE AWARE OF Photos and video, ours. Let s skip the legalese: While attending any convention event and potentially walking around the grounds of the resort we may take your photograph (or even shoot video of you) and use it in future GPhA marketing materials. You will not be compensated for this, and by attending the Georgia Pharmacy Convention you give us the rights to use your image for that or similar purposes. Photos and video, yours. Feel free to take lots of pictures and shoot video around the resort. The only exceptions: Video and audio recordings of any continuing education session (including the general sessions), are prohibited. Photos are cool, but please make sure your flash or light is off. That s just annoying. (If you happen to shoot any great pictures, GPhA staff would love to have them. We can t pay you, but we can credit you. Send them to akantor@gpha.org.) Mobile phones. Silence your phones and other devices during every session or event. Don t talk on them, either. No one will mind if you quietly excuse yourself. During the general sessions, please turn your phones and gadgets off. That means no texting, e-mail, or what have you the glow of your device will disturb others. Full rooms. Due to fire codes we cannot add seats to rooms. If a room is full, choose a different session. Weapons. Aside from sworn law enforcement, firearms and other weapons are not permitted at any function, event, class, or course. No, we re not talking about your Swiss Army Knife. You know what we mean.
CONTINUING PHARMACY EDUCATION All CPE credits for the 2016 Georgia Pharmacy Convention are ACPE approved. CPE Materials. All CPE materials are posted at GPhAconvention.com and will remain there after convention. Feel free to download and print any materials ahead of time; the resort business office has printers available for a fee as well. CPE 2-Step Verification Procedure. Step 1: Sign the attendance sheet in each session you attend, and provide your name, e-mail address, NABP epid, and birthdate. Step 1a: Keep a record of which CPE sessions you attend! You ll need to know them to complete the online evaluation later. Step 2: In case we didn t get your info, you will receive an e-mail with links to the online evaluation forms for every CPE course offered that day. You will need to complete the surveys only for the programs you attended. Evaluations will be available through Friday, June 24. You will only receive CPE credit if you sign the attendance sheets and complete the evaluations. Credits will be uploaded to the CPE Monitor by Friday, August 12. IMPORTANT NOTES After August 12, you can log into MYCPEmonitor.net to review the credits you received from the convention. GPhA can only adjust credits within 60 days of the course, so if there is a discrepancy please notify us as soon as possible so that we may investigate. We do not e-mail statements of credit. All credit for ACPE-accredited programs are uploaded to CPE Monitor. In order for us to do that (and for you to get credit) we must have your NABP epid and birthdate on file. There is a place for this information on the attendance sheet for each session. If you do not have an NABP epid, please visit MYCPEmonitor.net to create an account. THE GPhA MEMBERSHIP REWARDS GAME You re an engaged member now prove it with the GPhA Membership Rewards game! The idea is simple: Whenever you attend a general session, CPE program, the Expo Hall, an academy luncheon, or any other convention event, you earn points... collect enough and you ll earn the title of Engaged Member. At the Saturday evening President s Beach Bash (aka, the Lance Dance ), we ll reward each engaged member with an exclusive gift. So how do you collect points? Simple just use the Georgia Pharmacy Convention 2016 app (GPhAconvention. com/app). Every time you attend an event, use the app s Calendar of Events to rate and review it. For each event you attend and review you earn a point. If you earn enough points, congrats you re an engaged member! To find out more, contact Joshua Kinsey at kinsey_jd@mercer.edu or (706) 878-0571. for the Georgia Pharmacy Foundation It s like The Hunger Games meets The Price is Right, but without A) death or B) Bob Barker. It s a fun and exciting game played in the Expo Hall that will have you cheering and maybe even winning the big pot. There are two Draw Downs: one on Thursday ($50 tickets) and one on Friday ($100 tickets). Here s how it works: Buy your tickets lots of tickets. Get your numbers, and if your number is called, it s out like a reverse lottery. If you survive, your chance of winning grows... and so does the excitement. Eventually the survivors dwindle and the question remains: Do they quit and split the pot? Or do they take a chance and hope for the big score? All proceeds from Draw Down! go to the Georgia Pharmacy Foundation, to advance its educational mission. You must be present to win!
THE INAUGURAL AEP CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT Test your skill! Have a blast! Hang with friends! Win prizes! FRIDAY, JUNE 17 6:30 8:30 PM BEACHSIDE The first-ever AEP Cornhole Tournament is open to everyone. Join us on the beach for some bean-bag fun, with cool prizes (awesome Yeti Rambler coffee mugs!) and a great time for everyone. Sign up at the AEP booth: $15/person or $30/ team (bring your own board and save five bucks). Want to know more? Get the details there, too or at GPhAconvention.com/everything/cornhole. And don t forget to buy raffle tickets to maybe win a custom GPhA cornhole set tix are $10 each or three for $20! THE CONVENTION APP It s more than just your best guide to the 2016 Georgia Pharmacy Convention. It s where you connect with everyone else!? Check the schedule? Post your photos? See the exhibitors? Scope out the speakers? Share your comments? Connect with friends (and make new ones)? Get updates and info Of course it s free! Click the icons to grab the Android or iphone version at GPhAconvention.com/app. Sign up, sign in, and start connecting and if you post your pictures through the app, we might feature them in the daily slide show! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS PLATINUM APCI Compliant Pharmacy Alliance McKesson Smith Drug Company GOLD Fred s Pharmacy Rite Aid Pharmacy TEVA Walgreens SILVER Cardinal Health Live Oak Bank Morris Dickson Company Pace Alliance Thrifty White Pharmacy SPECIAL AND EVENTS AmerisourceBergen APCI CVS Health Fred s Pharmacy Georgia Pharmacy Foundation Liberty Software NovoNordisk Pruitt Health Rx Ownership Wellcare
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE THURSDAY Registration desk open 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, including exhibitor and alumni dinner registrations. 7:00 9:00 AM Foyer Diabetes Self-Management Education Briefing 7:10 7:50 AM Ballroom A Critical Conversations: Coaching Patients to Adherence 8:00 10:00 AM 2 hours CPE Ballroom A 2016: New Laws Update 8:00 10:00 AM 2 hours CPE Ballroom B HIV/AIDS in Special Populations: Management and Treatment Updates for Pharmacists 8:00 10:00 AM 2 hours CPE Ballroom C 10:00 10:15 AM Foyer THURSDAY GENERAL SESSION: Pharmacy in the Age of Uber with Allison Linney 10:15 AM Noon 1 hour(s) CPE Sabal Palm LUNCH BREAK Noon 1:00 PM On your own PharmPAC Board Meeting (working lunch) 12:15 1:15 PM Captain Jack Stoney Managing in Every Direction 1:30 3:00 PM 1.5 hours CPE Ballroom A Biosimilars: What We Can Expect 1:30 3:00 PM 1.5 hours CPE Ballroom B MTM User Group: Best Practices and Other Stuff That Works 1:30 3:00 PM 1.5 hours CPE Ballroom C Expo Grand Opening with Reception 3:00 6:00 PM The Georgia Pharmacy Foundation Draw Down! 5:00 5:30 PM Expo Hall Student & Student Sponsor Reception 6:00 6:30 PM Café Mercer University College of Pharmacy: Alumni & Friends Dinner 7:30 10:30 PM Port Royal Plantation Beach House University of Georgia College of Pharmacy: Alumni & Friends Dinner 7:00 10:00 PM Sea Grass Grille FRIDAY Registration desk open 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM 7:00 9:00 AM Foyer Breakfast With Your Pharmacist Legislators 7:10 7:50 AM Ballroom A Antimicrobial Stewardship: Beyond the Hospital Setting 8:00 9:00 AM 1 hour CPE Ballroom A New & Improved: Georgia s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program 8:00 9:00 AM 1 hour CPE Ballroom B Preventing Hospital Readmissions: Pharmacists Roles in Transitions of Care 8:00 9:00 AM 1 hour CPE Ballroom C Call Me Maybe: Improving Patient Safety Through Physician-to-Pharmacist Communication 9:15 10:15 AM 1 hour CPE Ballroom A New Drug Update 2016: A Formulary Approach 9:15 10:15 AM 1 hour CPE Ballroom B Medicaid Update: State of the State and Future Directions 9:15 10:15 AM 1 hour CPE Ballroom C 10:15 10:30 AM Foyer Pharmacists, Physicians & Value-Based Payments: Why They Need Us More Than They May Know 10:30 AM Noon 1.5 hours CPE Ballroom A The Prescription Opioid Overdose Epidemic: A Question of Balance 10:30 AM Noon 1.5 hours CPE Ballroom B LUNCH BREAK Noon 1:00 PM On your own
FRIDAY, CONTINUED Audit Investment Committee Meeting (working lunch) Noon 1:00 PM Palmetto The Future of Pharmacy and What You May Have Missed: A Conversation with Our Pharmacy School Deans 1:00 2:00 PM 1 hour CPE Ballroom C FRIDAY GENERAL SESSION: The Provider Status Show, with Becky Snead 2:00 4:00 PM 1 hour CPE Sabal Palm Expo Open with Reception 4:00 6:00 PM The Georgia Pharmacy Foundation Draw Down! 5:00 5:30 PM Expo Hall PharmPAC Investors Reception (ticket required) 6:00 7:00 PM Basshead Deck The 2016 AEP Cornhole Tournament 6:30 8:30 PM On the Beach SATURDAY Registration desk open 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM AIP Compounding Pharmacy Section Breakfast 7:00 8:00 AM Bayley s Baroney Invitation only 7:00 9:00 AM Foyer GPhA Services Showcase for Students 8:00 9:00 AM Ballroom G Pharmacy Quality Data: Measures, Measuring and Me 8:00 9:00 AM 1 hour CPE Ballroom H Integrating Pharmacists into Innovative Team-based Care Delivery Models 8:00 10:00 AM 2 hours CPE Ballroom I What s Changed? A Fast Review of Guideline Treatment Updates 8:00 10:00 AM 2 hours CPE Ballroom E Preventing Adverse Drug Events and Medication Errors 9:10 10:10 AM 1 hour CPE Ballroom G 10:00 10:15 AM Foyer SATURDAY GENERAL SESSION: Innovation Showcase: Six Practice Innovations You Need to Know About 10:15 11:30 AM 1 hour CPE Sabal Palm GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 11:30 AM Noon Sabal Palm Federal Issues Briefing Noon 1:00 PM 1 hour CPE Sabal Palm LUNCH BREAK 1:00 2:00 PM On your own ACHP Luncheon & Annual Business Meeting 1:00 2:00 PM Ballroom D AEP Luncheon & Annual Business Meeting 1:00 2:00 PM Ballroom E AIP Wholesaler Appreciation Luncheon 1:00 2:00 PM Ballroom J Reimagining Pharmacist Scope of Practice 2:00 3:15 PM 1 hour CPE Ballroom G Cannabinoids: A Pediatric Perspective 2:00 3:15 PM 1 hour CPE Ballroom H 3:15 3:30 PM Foyer A Visit With Your Board of Pharmacy Members: Supervision, Handling Controls, and More 3:30 4:45 PM 1 hour CPE Sabal Palm President s Bash (ticket required) 7:00 10:00 PM Basshead Deck SUNDAY Registration desk open 7:00 to 9:00 AM Inspirational Service (Christian) 8:00 8:30 AM Ballroom A 8:00 9:00 AM Foyer Medication Therapy Management for Patients with Diabetes 8:30 10:30 AM 2 hours CPE Ballroom B Increasing Pharmacist Value Through Patient Screening Assessments 8:30 10:30 AM 2 hours CPE Ballroom C 2015-2016 GPhA Region Presidents Orientation 8:45 9:30 AM Bayley s Barony 2016-2017 GPhA Board of Directors Meeting 9:30 11:00 AM Captain Jack Stoney
SAVE THE DATE Clickable CPE instruction. Anytime. Anywhere. You need CPE that s flexible and accessible no matter where in Georgia you call home. That s why GPhA is introducing CPEasy: continuing pharmacy education live and on demand to fit your schedule and your learning style. Every ACPE-accredited 90-minute course costs just $20 whether you take it live or online. The software is free and installs in minutes. Register, get a course link, click, and you re learning. Here s some click bait: Complete 10 courses in a fiscal year and we ll give you $50 in CPEasy credit, good for the rest of the year. Classes start in July. Go to GPhA.org/cpeasy for course descriptions and registration. The 2017 GEORGIA PHARMACY CONVENTION June 14 18, 2017 Amelia Island, Florida Keep your eyes on GPhAconvention.com. Watch your inbox. Stay engaged on the convention app. Join hundreds of your friends and colleagues, plus experts, mentors, students, and other professionals from across Georgia. See you on Amelia Island!