This October, take advantage of programs and networking opportunities tailored to meet your interests! ACCP’s 2008 Annual Meeting offers an abundance of sessions designed by your colleagues—members of the ACCP Practice and Research Networks (PRNs)—to address emerging hot topics in a variety of therapeutic and practice areas. Mark your calendar for these events beginning Saturday, October 18, and running through Wednesday, October 22, in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
Presymposia on Saturday include an all-day program exploring controversies in critical care nephrology. On Saturday afternoon, the Ambulatory Care PRN and Cardiology PRN will collaborate to present current topics in ambulatory cardiology. These two presymposia require registration separate from the Annual Meeting—visit the Web site at http://www.accp.com/meetings/am08/premeetingSymposia.aspx for more details. Monday afternoon’s PRN Focus Sessions include:
- Clinical Topics in Adult Medicine
- Justifying and Expanding Clinical Pharmacy Services: Economic Value and Case Studies
- A Case of Critical Care Dilemmas: Surviving Sepsis
- Current Pharmacotherapy Topics in Gastroenterology
- Clinical Pearls in Endocrinology and Metabolism
- The Great Geriatric Debate: To Treat or Not to Treat
- Tools Available for Optimizing Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
- Treatment of Medical Conditions in Pregnancy
After these educational sessions, select from 11 of the PRN business meetings and networking forums scheduled on Monday evening. These reception-style events offer meeting attendees a great venue for mingling with friends and colleagues who share an interest in specific practice/professional areas. You need not be a member of the PRN to attend these events—all meeting attendees are welcome. In addition to professional socializing, many of these events will include an educational component or poster presentation. The following PRNs will gather on Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.: Adult Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Administration, Drug Information, Education and Training, Endocrine and Metabolism, Geriatrics, Health Outcomes, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, and Women’s Health.
On Tuesday afternoon, additional PRN Focus Sessions will be held, including:
- The Science and Practice of Pharmacogenetic-Guided Warfarin Dosing
- Drug Information Residency Training: An Exploratory Discussion
- Current Challenges in Organ Transplantation
- Pediatric Pulmonary Update
- Battle of the Sexes: Addressing Gender-Specific Differences in Cardiovascular Disease
- Developing the APPE Clinical Rotation: ACPE Guidelines and Beyond
- Quality and Effectiveness of MTM Programs: What to Measure and How to Do It
- Meeting Unmet Therapeutic Needs: Development of Novel Therapies and Programs by Industry
On Tuesday evening, join friends at the business meetings and networking forums for the following PRNs: Ambulatory Care, Central Nervous System, Critical Care, GI/Liver/Nutrition, Hematology and Oncology, Immunology and Transplantation, Nephrology, Pain and Palliative Care, Pharmaceutical Industry, and Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics.
The Annual Meeting’s final PRN Focus Session—Oral Chemotherapy: Outcomes, Advantages, and Challenges—will be held on Wednesday morning. For complete agendas and lists of program faculty, visit our Web site at http://www.accp.com/docs/meetings/am08/MeetingSchedule.pdf. The early meeting registration deadline is just around the corner—September 5. Register today to receive “early-bird” discounts. Online meeting registration and hotel reservations can be completed at http://www.accp.com/meetings/am08/.