| Dear College Community,Today will be the last individual posting of the Knowledge Dispensary (KD). This blog started as a way to update everyone on the progress on the strategic plan. We then evolved the KD to cover important events or initiatives in the college. Moving forward, the KD will become a column in the College of Pharmacy’s monthly e-News. We will still bring you short updates on important happenings across our strategic areas using this existing news source rather than a standalone publication.
Have a great weekend and GO BUCKS, Katherine Kelley |
Month: October 2015
Continuing Professional Development
For this week’s post, Emily Keeler has provided an update on two Continuing Professional Development opportunities available this autumn.
Advancing the pharmacy profession and patient-centered care across Ohio and around the globe through innovative teaching and practice, ground-breaking research, and transformative outreach and engagement happens in many ways in the College of Pharmacy. Not only do we strive to educate future pharmacists, but we also work to accomplish this goal is by helping current pharmacists access ongoing professional development.
Our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program is uniquely positioned to fulfill the college mission by using the latest information to reach out to the pharmacy community to educate them in the latest trends and research in pharmacy.
As an integral part of the medical team, pharmacists are drug experts who need to know the latest and greatest in areas such as new drugs and Medication Therapy Management (MTM). Under the leadership of Bella Mehta, PharmD, FAPhA, Ohio State has ramped up CPD programming by presenting APhA certificate offerings and being one of the first programs in this area to offer the new APhA Pharmacy-Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management certificate on Thursday, November 19.
Leading the charge, Mehta has outlined the following goals for the updated program:
Develop and deliver continuing professional development with a contemporary focus that offers real world experiences with business and industry leaders and advances the pharmacy profession locally and globally
- Cultivate programs that prepare current and future pharmacists to practice at the top of their license
- Collaborate with internal and external university partners to drive practice transformation and improve patient care
- Partner with internal and external university partners to conduct and disseminate practice based research
- Enhance public education about the value and role of the pharmacist as part of a health team
- Foster development and dissemination of best practice models of pharmacist-provided care
Beyond certificate offerings, the College of Pharmacy’s CPD program is working to create unique programming that will only be offered by Ohio State, such as the upcoming Autumn Symposium on Friday, October 9. This event will be held in conjunction with Alumni Weekend. Alumni are invited to join in a day of CPD, including Law CE.
The learning continuum spans beyond the undergraduate and professional programs. Ohio State is filling this need and positioning itself as a leader in professional education for pharmacists.
For additional information about APhA certificate offerings, the Autumn Symposium, or other CPD programs, please contact Dr. Mehta at mehta.6@osu.edu.
Best regards,
Katherine Kelley