15th Annual Current Concepts in Medication Safety

Wilkes-Barre, PA US
March 26, 2025
This is an in-person educational activity. Each member of the target audience is responsible for delivering patient care within the medication-use system. They all have the potential to make a medication error and would benefit from reviewing existing practices that minimize the likelihood of medical errors or learning new risk reduction behaviors. Strategies to prevent medication errors will be discussed, an improved understanding of these strategies as well as their implementation will improve patient safety and therefore outcomes.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for healthcare professionals including Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Respiratory Therapists. Other learner groups such as any person working in the healthcare field, clinical and non-clinical, inpatient, and ambulatory, has the opportunity to enhance their knowledge in the area of medication safety, and would also benefit from this education. 

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, the participant should be able to:

  • identify the scope, complexity, and implications of medication errors that can extend well beyond our interaction with the patient
  • discuss current concepts and evidence-based practices that exist to assist in providing error-free care to our patients
  • examine the human factors, organizational culture and the accountability needed to prevent medication errors
Refund Policy
A full refund will be given for any cancellations received up to one week prior to the course.  No refunds for no-shows. 
 
Course Cancellation Policy
In the unusual circumstance that this course is cancelled, you will be called and/or emailed, and any tuition fees received would be refunded in full.  Geisinger is not responsible for any airfare, hotel or other costs incurred.
 
Attendance
Attendance will be recorded within three to four days of the conclusion of the activity.  Credit will display on your continuing education transcript once the activity evaluation is completed.  
 
    Course summary
    Available credit: 
    • 6.00 ACPE
    • 6.00 ACPE Tech
    • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 6.00 ANCC
    • 6.00 Participation Credit
    • 0.00 CRCE
    Course opens: 
    11/20/2024
    Course expires: 
    04/09/2025
    Event starts: 
    03/26/2025 - 8:00am EDT
    Event ends: 
    03/26/2025 - 4:00pm EDT
    Cost:
    $100.00
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    Schedule

     
    7:00 am     
    Registration/Continental Breakfast/Visit Exhibits
     
    8:00 am
    Welcome and Introductions
    Renee Blakiewicz, RN
     
    8:15 am
    Counterfeit Medications
    Bradley Dudeck, PharmD
     
    9:15 am
    Poster Highlights #1
     
    9:20 am
    Nutrition Break
     
    9:30 am
    Navigating Oral Chemotherapy: Schedules, Safety, and Staying on Track
    Sangnya Upadhyaya, PharmD, Jacqueline Starr, PharmD and Kayla Hart, PharmD 
     
    10:30 am
    Contraception: There's More to It Than That
    Brytanie Marshall, MD
     
    11:30 am
    Poster Highlights #2
     
    11:35 am
    Luncheon will be provided/Visit exhibits/Poster displays
     
    12:40 pm
    Poster Highlights #3
     
    12:45 pm
    Geisinger Response to Opioid Epidemic in Primary Care
    Alison Flango, PharmD
     
    1:45 pm
    Poster Highlights #4
     
    1:50 pm
    Nutrition Break
     
    2:00 pm
    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Patient and Medication Safety
    Valencia Walker, MD
     
    3:00 pm
    ProvenCare - Delirium
    Maria Cerminara, RN, Abby Menna, RN, Jillian Leigh Garman, RN and Glen Finney, MD

    4:00 pm
    Adjournment/Evaluations
     
    *Topics/Speakers are subject to change.
    Mohegan Sun Pocono
    1280 Highway 315 Blvd
    Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
    United States

    Travel

    To find Mohegan Sun Pocono from Philadelphia and Allentown, take Interstate 476 (Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike) to Exit 105. Turn left onto PA-115 N (Bear Creek Blvd.). Go approximately 5 miles. PA-115 N becomes PA-309 N. Take Exit 1 from PA 309 N. At traffic light, turn left onto PA-315. Mohegan Sun Pocono is 1.5 miles on the left.

    Geisinger Faculty

    Michael Ashton, MD
    Physician Primary Care
    Family Practice Berwick
     
    Renee Blakiewicz, RN
    Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
    Clinical Operations
    Geisinger Community Medical Center

    Kelly Bolesta, PharmD, BCPS
    Director Pharmacy Services
    Pharmacy Inpatient Geisinger Wyoming Valley
     
    Maria Cerminara, RN
    Inpatient Nursing Manager
    Med Surg, Geisinger Wyoming Valley

    Heidi Cole, RN
    Inpatient Nursing Manager
    CH3 School Age Med Surg
    Geisinger Medical Center
     
    Bradley Dudeck, PharmD
    Director Pharmacy Services
    System Pharmacy Support Services GC
     
    Glen Finney, MD
    Director, Neurology
    Geisinger Wyoming Valley
     
    Allison Flango, PharmD
    Assistant Director Pharmacy Services
    Medication Therapy Disease Management 
     
    Jillian Leigh Garman, RN
    Improvement Optimization Advisor Intermediate
    Clinical Improvement Corp Office
    Geisinger Office Building I
     
    Kayla Hart, PharmD
    Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist
    GC Hematology Oncology Pharmacists 
     
    Lisabeth Karetsky, CPhT-Adv, CSPT
    Supervisor Pharmacy Technicians
    Pharmacy Inpatient Geisinger Wyoming Valley
     
    Brytanie Marshall, MD
    Physician Obstetrics and Gynecology
    OB/GYN, Geisinger Medical Center
     
    Abby Menna, RN
    Improvement Optimization Advisor Intermediate 
    Clinical Improvement Corp Office 
    Geisinger Office Building I
     
    Scott Mitsko, PharmD
    Resident PGY2 Pharmacy
    Pharmacy Resident Program
    Geisinger Wyoming Valley
     
    Lauren Murphy, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC
    Manager Nursing Quality
    Admin Nursing Education Magnet
    Geisinger Medical Center

    Diane Polombo, PharmD, CPPS
    Activity Director
    Director Medication Safety
    System Pharmacy Support Services GC
     
    Molly Rinkevich, PharmD
    Resident PGY2 Pharmacy
    Pharmacy Resident Program
    Geisinger Wyoming Valley

    Nora Scotch, BS, RRT
    Clinical Educator Respiratory Therapist
    Respiratory Therapy General Care
    Geisinger Wyoming Valley
     
    Jacqueline Starr, PharmD
    Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist
    GC Hematology Oncology Pharmacists
     
    Sangnya Upadhyaya, PharmD
    Resident PGY1 Pharmacy
    Pharmacy Resident Program 
    Geisinger Wyoming Valley
     
    Valencia Walker, MD
    Vice Dean Health Equity and Inclusion
    Health Equity and Inclusion 

    Content Disclosure

    The faculty has attested that their presentations and/or content are HIPAA compliant.  
     
    Individuals in a position to control educational content for this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. 
     
    CE Committee Members/Content Reviewer(s) have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. 
     
    *Any/All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.  

    Accreditation 

    In support of improving patient care, Geisinger College of Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

     

     

     

     

    Credit Designation 

    Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

    Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for 6 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

    This live activity is approved for 6 contact hours (.6 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy credit JA0008072-0000-25-(pending).  

     

    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 6 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

     
     

    Other Credits

    Application has been made to the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education contact hours for respiratory therapists.   

    Disclosure Policy 

    Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing education activity sponsored by Geisinger College of Health Sciences must disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s). 

    Commercial Support

    None

    Available Credit

    • 6.00 ACPE
    • 6.00 ACPE Tech
    • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 6.00 ANCC
    • 6.00 Participation Credit
    • 0.00 CRCE

    Price

    Cost:
    $100.00
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