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Date: Oct 26, 2023 08:00 AM - Oct 27, 2023 05:00 PM
Registration closes on Oct 26, 2024 01:00 AM
Welcome to Day 1 of the 2023 Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update
Thursday, October 26, 2023
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Mitigation: The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy event planning committees reviewed the relationships and determined there was no connection between presentations and disclosed relationships.
Review of Conflicts Policy: The UT Austin College of Pharmacy has a very strict policy to ensure against commercial conflicts of interest in CE programming. For this conference, the planning committee picks two committee members who have appropriate backgrounds to review content and report any potential conflict of interest to the CPE Director. If conflict issues are discovered, they are addressed with speakers to make appropriate changes. Evaluations are collected from all participants with specific questions around the listed conflicts of commercial interest.
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Optional Continuing Professional Development Discussion
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Optional Continuing Professional Development Discussion
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Worksheet: For in-person attendees, you can pick up a worksheet at the check-in table, others may use the downloadable document. Use this document for the discussion and reflection of the chosen topic. The worksheet displays areas that have been demonstrated as the major barriers or areas that impact the implementation of new content into practice.
Take notes as you reflect. When you go to complete the evaluations for CE credit, the evaluation will ask you to share what you wrote in the worksheet. (NOTE: simple answers will not result in credit - one must truly reflect on the topic.
Facilitator: Glen Baumgart, Ph.D. serves as Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Development at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. He holds a doctorate in educational psychology and has extensive experience in managing education discussion sessions. Disclosure: Dr. Baumgart has no financial relationship(s) to disclose.
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Mitigation: The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy event planning committees reviewed the relationships and determined there was no connection between presentations and disclosed relationships.
Review of Conflicts Policy: The UT Austin College of Pharmacy has a very strict policy to ensure against commercial conflicts of interest in CE programming. For this conference, the planning committee picks two committee members who have appropriate backgrounds to review content and report any potential conflict of interest to the CPE Director. If conflict issues are discovered, they are addressed with speakers to make appropriate changes. Evaluations are collected from all participants with specific questions around the listed conflicts of commercial interest.
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Welcome to Day 2 of the 2023 Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update
Friday October 27, 2023
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Mitigation: The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy event planning committees reviewed the relationships and determined there was no connection between presentations and disclosed relationships.
Review of Conflicts Policy: The UT Austin College of Pharmacy has a very strict policy to ensure against commercial conflicts of interest in CE programming. For this conference, the planning committee picks two committee members who have appropriate backgrounds to review content and report any potential conflict of interest to the CPE Director. If conflict issues are discovered, they are addressed with speakers to make appropriate changes. Evaluations are collected from all participants with specific questions around the listed conflicts of commercial interest.
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Assistant Clinical Director
Austin State Hospital | HHSC Health and Specialty Care System
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
M. Elizabeth Deel Flores is a Board Certified Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and the Assistant Clinical Director of Austin State Hospital (ASH). She has been a valued member of the ASH family since October 2015. Clinically, Elizabeth specializes in providing inpatient mental health care to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Administratively, she serves as a member of the executive leadership team and oversees many administrative functions of the Medical Staff department. She supervises the departments of Social Work, Psychology, Education and Rehabilitation, Nutrition, and Rehabilitation Therapy.??In her current role, she serves on several committees which includes Chairing the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee at Austin State Hospital and serving as a medical staff representative on the statewide Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee for Texas State Hospitals. Elizabeth graduated with a BS with honors in biology from the University of Kentucky and earned an MS in cellular and molecular neuroscience from Vanderbilt University and an MSN in psychiatric and mental health nursing from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. As a former scientist, she gets very jazzed about data and works with her teams to incorporate evidence-based interventions both clinically and administratively. Elizabeth enjoys watching stand-up comedy, reading interesting fiction, visiting the mountains, and going on family adventures with her husband and three-year-old daughter. Note: As doing literally anything with a 3-year-old child could be euphemized as an “adventure,” the term is being used very lightly here. ?
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Optional Continuing Professional Development Discussion
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Optional Continuing Professional Development Discussion
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Worksheet: For in-person attendees, you can pick up a worksheet at the check-in table, others may use the downloadable document. Use this document for the discussion and reflection on the chosen topic. The worksheet displays areas that have been demonstrated as the major barriers or areas that impact the implementation of new content into practice.
Take notes as you reflect. When you go to complete the evaluations for CE credit, the evaluation will ask you to share what you wrote in the worksheet. (NOTE: simple answers will not result in credit - one must truly reflect on the topic.
Facilitator: Glen Baumgart, Ph.D. serves as Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Development at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy. He holds a doctorate in educational psychology and has extensive experience in managing education discussion sessions. Disclosure: Dr. Baumgart has no financial relationship(s) to disclose.
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Thank you for attending the 2023 Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update!
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On-demand sessions are available for viewing in the tabs below.
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![]() Gabapentoid Misuse: An Unnerving New Trend
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![]() Breaking Issues in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Harm Reduction
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![]() Using the PMP and Communicating with Patients Concerning Controlled Substance Prescriptions
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![]() Pain Management: Pain Management in the Hospital
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![]() Managing Buprenorphine in Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
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• Describe the risks of comorbid psychiatric and medical comorbidities in people with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Explain the risks and prevention of medication diversion and misuse in people with ADHD
• Design an individualized management plan for people with ADHD
About the Speaker
Stephen R. Saklad, Pharm.D., BCPP
Director, Psychiatric Pharmacy Program
Pharmacotherapy Education and Research Center
UT Health Science Center San Antonio
Dr. Saklad is a Clinical Professor at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy and a Pharmacist at San Antonio State Hospital since 1979. He has focused his career on clinical care, teaching, and research to improve the quality of life and function in the serious and persistently mentally ill. He helped to create a clinical research unit at San Antonio State Hospital and developed the first websites for The University of Texas College of Pharmacy and the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP). He is the Director of the University of Texas Psychiatric Pharmacy Program in San Antonio, having trained over 70 advanced practice pharmacists in psychiatric pharmacy. Dr. Saklad is a Founding Member of CPNP, served on the CPNP Board of Directors and was the founding senior editor of their peer-reviewed journal, the Mental Health Clinician. He has published articles and presented to many groups around the country on a variety of pharmacy and mental health-related topics. He is a principal or co-investigator for several studies of the efficacy and adverse effects of Phase II, III, and IV psychotropic agents in schizophrenia, mood disorders, and other serious mental illnesses, as well as their pharmacokinetics and interactions. He has received several honors, most recently the Judith J. Saklad Memorial Award from CPNP in 2012 and the Teaching Excellence Award from the UT College of Pharmacy in 2013.
Disclosure: Dr. Stephen Saklad has the following relevant financial relationships, potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose:
Speakers Bureau: Actavis, Otsuka, Sunovion
Consultant: Janssen, Jazz, Otuska, Teva
Other: Member of Pharmacists Foundation, Business Development Council for San Antonio
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Dr. Jason Schillerstrom is a Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry at UT Health San Antonio. He provides clinical care to elders with mood, anxiety, and cognitive disorders. He serves as a consultant to Adult Protective Services and local attorneys who request decisional capacity assessments for elders suffering from neglect or exploitation. Dr. Schillerstrom is the Residency Program Director for Psychiatry where he teaches and guides 78 civilian and active duty psychiatrists in training.
Disclosure: Dr. Schillerstrom has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Dr. Ashley Garling graduated Rho Chi with honors from the MCV/Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy. Her career path went from community pharmacy management, inpatient pharmacy with an oncology focus, to corporate clinical coordinator, and media spokeswoman. She is now a clinical assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy where she serves as a communication, media, and patient engagement specialist. Dr. Garling is the principal investigator (PI) and Co-PI for research projects in community pharmacy settings spanning from telehealth, HIV PrEP, mental health, patient counseling, and medication adherence. She currently serves as president of the Capital Area Pharmacist Association, Affairs Public Policy Council Member, and Public Policy Council Member of the Texas Pharmacist Association. Her career pillars are focused on public activation, empowerment of underheard voices, and health education. In 2020-21, Dr. Garling was awarded the Dr. Carolyn Brown DEAI Champion Award and the 2021 Teaching Excellency Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to diversity, inclusion, and pharmacy education.
Disclosure: Ashley Garling does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).
Exhibitor - AbbVie
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Exhibitor - Karuna Therapeutics
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Associate Director, Medical Science Liaison – Texas Email: bfinocchio@karunatx.com https://karunatx.com/ |
Exhibitor - UT Medical Branch
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Exhibitor- Teva
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TITLE | CONTENT OVERVIEW | LINK |
CNSBytes.UsWebsite | Information and articles related to schizophrenia, tardive dyskinesia (TD), Huntington’s disease, and migraine | https://www.cnsbytes.us/ |
Living-with-TD Website | Information about the. caregiver and patient burden of living with TD | https://living-with-td.com |
IMPACT-TD website | Information about the IMPACT-TD scale and patient videos showcasing the domains impacted | Teva-Impact-TD (cnsbytes.us) |
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Exhibitor - Community Clinical Research
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