Past Events

Register online here before October 12, 2020

This program will provide practicing pharmacists with an opportunity to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of therapeutic issues in cardiac and vascular disease, to enable them to contribute positively to patient outcomes. Interactive workshop sessions will allow participants to apply newly acquired knowledge.

Visit: https://sites.google.com/view/ccpnwestern2019/program for more information!

Register online at https://ccpnfall2019.eventbrite.ca before September 15, 2019

Full event brochure here

Resources:

• Be a Social Pharmacist: Using Social Media to Support Professional Practice and Evidence Based Medicine – A. Haines, S. Tri
• A Patient’s Experience – J. Risling
• What’s New in Dyslipidemia – W. Semchuk
• Diabetes Treatment in CV Patients: Putting it All Together – L. MacCallum
• Recent Trials Impacting Practice – A. Haines, S. Tri
• Challenges in Anticoagulation – W. Semchuk, L. Kosar, L. Albers
• What’s old and new in Heart Failure – S. Koshman
• Smoke & Mirrors, Cannabis & E-Cigarettes: Appropriate for Cardiac Patients? – L. Kosar
• Workshops:
  • Heart Failure Management- S. Koshman
  • Antithrombotic Potpourri – L. Albers, L. Kosar
  • What’s Next Dyslipidemia – W. Semchuk
  • Practical Diabetes Management – L. MacCallum

This program will provide practicing pharmacists with an opportunity to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of therapeutic issues in cardiac and vascular disease, to enable them to contribute positively to patient outcomes. Interactive workshop sessions will allow participants to apply newly acquired knowledge

Topics include: Heart Failure, Dyslipidemia, Atrial Fibrillation, Diabetes and many more

Full event brochure here.

Location: The Faculty Club, University of Toronto, 41 Willcocks St, Toronto, ON. May 2019

Resources:

• Latest Developments in Heart Failure Management – A. Al-Hesayen
• What’s New in Dyslipidemia – W. Semchuk
• What’s New in Atrial Fibrillation – K. Leblanc
• What’s New in Procedures for Valvular Heart Disease – C. Bucci
• Diabetes Treatments in CV Patients: Putting it all Together – L. MacCallum
• Role of ASA and Statins in Primary Prevention – Trish Marr
• Challenges in Anticoagulation: Expert Panel
• Endocarditis: Treatment in 2019
• Residual CV Risk After an ACS: New Therapies for Long-Term Risk – C. Bucci
• Secondary Stroke Prevention – J. Herbert
• Shared Decision Making for Primary Prevention Therapies – T. Marr
• Diabetes Management: New Insulins, Combination Products and more – H. Halpy
• Everything Else Anticoagulation – H. Kertland

Continuing professional education for pharmacists with a focus on cardiovascular pharmacotherapy.

Topics include an update in dyslipidemia, diabetes, heart failure, antiplatelets and DOACS, e-cigarettes, cardiovascular testing, and urban planning related to CV prevention.

See full program at:

https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/ccpn-western/program

Resources:

PCI and AF Bottom Line (Dr Margaret Ackman)

HRQL in Clinical Practice (Dr Jeff Johnson)

E-cigs in Cardiac Patients (Ron Pohar)

Dyslipidemia Bottom Line (Dr Glen Pearson)

DM Bottom Line (Dr Lori MacCallum)

Cardiac Testing – The Bottom Line (Dr Craig Butler)

What’s new in heart failure CCPN West 2018 Sept 28 Handout

CCPN’s 21st Annual Contemporary Therapeutic Issues in Cardiovascular Disease.  Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate, Toronto ON.  Please register by April 27, 2018.

Download brochure for more information.

Session Resources:

• What Pharmacists Need to Know About Non-Invasive Diagnostics in Cardiology
• Updates from the 2018 Antiplatelet Guidelines
• Dyslipidemia Update
• Diabetes Update
• Panel Discussion
• Antithrombotic Therapy in Vascular Disease
• Anticoagulation with NOACs in Complex Patients
• Challenging Cases in Dyslipidemia
• Secondary Prevention Workshop