Every year, ACCP’s Practice and Research Networks (PRNs) respond to members’ needs with high-quality, tailored Annual Meeting programming within a therapeutic or practice area. Updating you in the latest hot topic of each respective area, the PRN focus sessions are designed to be informative and applicable—and sometimes controversial. The schedule of this Annual Meeting is no different—several PRNs have collaborated to bring you hot topics that cross specialty domains. October 17–21, join your colleagues for PRN-developed focus sessions, PRN-presented posters, and PRN business and networking forums. For a complete schedule of these and other Annual Meeting events, visit www.accp.com/am. If you have not yet registered for the meeting, there’s still time! Stop by the ACCP registration desk in the Anaheim Convention Center to register on-site.

Monday afternoon, select from 10 PRN-developed focus sessions:

• Hot Topics in the Cognitively Impaired Patient (Central Nervous System and Pain and Palliative Care PRNs)
• Selected Therapeutic Issues Facing the Emergency Department Pharmacists (Emergency Medicine PRN)
• How to Use New Methodologies and Health Outcomes Research in Your Practice (Health Outcomes PRN)
• Guiding Antimicrobial Therapy in 2009 (Infectious Diseases PRN)
• Therapeutic Hypothermia: Clinical Applications and PK/PD Implications (Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics PRN)
• Motivational Interviewing: A Therapy for Behavioral Change (Ambulatory Care PRN)
• Clinical Practitioner Collaborations with the Industry (Pharmaceutical Industry PRN)
• Moving Beyond the Guidelines: Evaluating Present and Future Management Strategies for the Patient with Heart Failure (Cardiology PRN and the Heart Failure Society of America)
• Breast Cancer Treatment in the Molecular Era (Hematology/Oncology PRN)
• Ensuring Safe and Effective Use of Dietary Supplements (Drug Information PRN)

Tuesday afternoon, select from:

• Focus on Special Populations in Endocrine and Metabolism (Endocrine and Metabolism PRN)
• Pharmacotherapy Functional Status in Older Adults (Geriatrics PRN)
• Therapeutic Controversy in Nutrition Support: Use of Premixed Parenteral Nutrition Formulations (GI/Liver/Nutrition PRN)
• Updates in Women’s Health Across the Lifespan (Women’s Health PRN)
• Development and Implementation of Preceptor Development Programs (Clinical Administration and Education and Training PRNs)
• The Great Adult Medicine Debates of 2009 (Adult Medicine PRN)
• Controversies in the Management of Sepsis: A Practical Approach (Critical Care PRN)
• Clinical Pearls for Bridging the Gap Between Inpatient and Outpatient Care for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: The Roles of the Pharmacists (Nephrology PRN)
• Innovative Practices for Pharmacists in Solid Organ Transplant and Immunology (Immunology and Transplantation PRN)

After a long day of sessions, unwind with friends at the PRN business and networking forums. These reception-style events offer both PRN members and those interested in the PRN and its activities a chance to mingle and review plans for future activities. Many PRNs offer short poster presentations in addition to their business meetings. Monday evening, the following PRNs will gather from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.: Ambulatory Care, Central Nervous System, Critical Care, Education and Training, Health Outcomes, Hematology/Oncology, Immunology/Transplantation, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Pharmaceutical Industry, and Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics. Tuesday evening, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., connect with the following PRNs: Adult Medicine, Clinical Administration, Drug Information, Emergency Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolism, Geriatrics, GI/Liver/Nutrition, Pain and Palliative Care, Pediatrics, and Women’s Health.

In conjunction with the 30th anniversary celebration of ACCP, the PRNs have completed PRN history projects, and posters will be presented on Monday during the Scientific Poster Presentations, 11:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m. Check out the work of your PRN colleagues and enjoy a complimentary boxed lunch in Hall A of the Anaheim Convention Center.

To view the complete meeting agenda, visit the Web site at www.accp.com/am. On-site registration begins Saturday, October 17, at 2:00 p.m. in the Anaheim Convention Center. See you in sunny California!