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MPhA is hosting a Town Hall meeting in conjunction with GRAPh (Grand Rapids Area Pharmacists) on Thursday, September 22, 2016 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Timberlake Lodge in Grand Rapids, MN.

Prescription Opioid Overdose Epidemic

This session will discuss the current situation with the opioid crisis in America, in Minnesota and some of my local findings, presenting this mostly with data and statistics. Session will also review what’s currently being done to curb the crisis and finish with some ideas of what is still needed.

After participating in this knowledge based program, pharmacists should be able to:

• Explain why the president and CDC have declared the Prescription Opioid Abuse Epidemic.
• Describe at least 3 current practices being employed to reduce Prescription Opioid Abuse.
• MPhA members should identify several items still missing from national, state and local strategies to reduce Prescription Opioid Abuse.

After participating in this knowledge based program, technicians should be able to:

• Discuss why the president and CDC have declared the Prescription Opioid Abuse Epidemic.
• Describe at least 3 current practices being employed to reduce Prescription Opioid Abuse.
• List several items still missing from National, State, and local strategies to reduce Prescription Opioid Abuse.

Location:

Timberlake Lodge
144 SE 17th Street
Grand Rapids, MN

Pricing:

MPhA Members - Free
Nonmembers - $10
MPhA/MPSA Member - Free

Sponsors - $500

Schedule:

5:30 p.m. - 6:20 p.m. Networking and Socializing

6:20 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.Welcome and Program Kick Off

6:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Educational Programming

The Prescription Opioid Overdose Epidemic
Dr. Brent Thompson, Pharm.D., Pharmacy Director, FirstLight Health System

7:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Town Hall Open Forum

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Your Speaker:

Dr. Brent Thompson, Pharm.D., Pharmacy Director, FirstLight Health System

Brent Thompson, PharmD, has been Pharmacy Director at FirstLight Health System in Mora, Minnesota since 2002, starting in 2000 as the only Clinical Pharmacist. In his time with FirstLight, the practice has grown to 8 pharmacists and 8 certified technicians practicing in acute, ambulatory, and community pharmacy, caring for patients in a small rural hospital, 3 rural clinics and a community pharmacy. He has also operated an independent consulting practice for various long-term/intermediate care and assisted living facilities since 1999.

Dr. Thompson earned his PharmD at North Dakota State University and has been active in professional associations since his early college years. He finished a term as President of the Minnesota Pharmacists Association in 2011. In 2013, his FirstLight pharmacy team was the recipient of the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) Excellence in Innovation Award. Brent was most recently the recipient of the 2014 APhA Foundation Bowl of Hygeia Award. In addition to his professional work, he is passionate about our future. He introduces high school students to pharmacy through a Careers Exploration class, maintains a full schedule of interns, and a residency. As a community leader, Dr. Thompson is a director on the Pine County Fair Board, bringing thousands of kids to the Pine County Fair each year. His passion, second only to pharmacy, is deer hunting, and he serves as Habitat Director for the Jim Jordan Chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association. This organization works to educate area youth through hunter education camps in Northern Minnesota.

Most pertinent to today’s topic, Dr. Thompson has served on the Substance Abuse Coalition of Kanabec County, since 2012 and recently finished his term as chair in 2015. The mission of the Substance Abuse Coalition of Kanabec County is to promote healthy choices in the community through prevention and collaborative partnerships for the reduction of alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse among youth and residents.

His mantra? “Every man owes a part of his time and money to the business or industry in which he is engaged. No man has a moral right to withhold his support from an organization that is striving to improve conditions within his sphere.” President Theodore Roosevelt

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ACPE & BOP Information

The Minnesota Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

This presentation is being submitted to the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy for Continuing Education credit approval (one hour).

To receive Board of Pharmacy credits for this program the following must be completed:

1. Full participation/completion of the live program
2. Completion of survey post webinar acknowledging participation.

Board of Pharmacy credit processing takes place on the 15th of each month.

Questions? Please contact karip@ewald.com with questions about credits.

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Cancellation Policy
All cancellations received by September 16, 2016 will receive a full refund minus a $10 administrative fee. Cancellations received after April 16, 2016 will not receive a refund.

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