CSHP Ontario Branch

Event Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023
Event Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm EST
Location: Zoom (virtual only)
Registration: FREE but required

2023 CSHP Ontario Branch Annual General Meeting - AGENDA
2022 CSHP Ontario Branch Annual General Meeting - MINUTES

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Event Date: Wednesday. July 12th, 2023
Event Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST

Summary: This webinar will review:

• Employee engagement in Health Care
• Engagement research in Health Care professional development
• Engaging other Heath Care Practitioners in project implementation
• Engagement in action

Speaker: Antoinette Duronio Pharm D., MBA, BCPS

Event Date: Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
Event Time: 4:00 - 8:30pm EST
Location: University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy (Virtual: TBC)

Agenda:
4:00-5:00 PM Poster Session
5:00-6:00 PM Dinner
6:00-8:30 PM Resident Presentations

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Date: Tuesday August 15th, 2023
Time: 6:00 - 9:00pm EST
Location: University of Toronto: Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

More details coming soon!

Contact: 
Clarence Lam and Sama El Refaei
CSHP Metro Toronto Co-Chairs; cshptoronto@gmail.com
 
Grace Tang and Julia Liu
CSHP Central Co-Chairs; cshp.ob.central@gmail.com

Event Date: Thursday, June 29, 2023
Event Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST
Location: 76 Stuart St, Kingston, Burr 2 Paloschi Room (Virtual via Microsoft Teams) 

Presenters:

Cassidy Chau: Implementing an Antibiotic Timeout for Piperacillin-Tazobactam Therapy in Adult Inpatients at Kingston Health Sciences Centre: Service Pharmacists and Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacists Can Each Play a Role  

Emma England: Evaluation of Clinical Pharmacist Services at KHSC

Joseph Fonseca: Pharmacist-Supported Internal Transfer from Critical Care Medicine to Other Inpatient Services

Samantha Robertson: A Retrospective Descriptive Study of the Management and Consequences of Drug-Drug Interactions between Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir and Systemic Treatment for Cancer

RSVP: Megan Riordon, Phone: (613) 549-6666 ext 7630, Email: megan.riordon@kingstonhsc.ca

Event Date: Wednesday. April 5th, 2023
Event Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm EST

Summary: A brief summary on industry 2D coding product labelling implementation and Aspen’s current status. This will be an interactive webinar looking to gather and share any feedback on hospital pharmacy/clinical needs.

Speaker: Inga Machula, Head of Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance, Aspen Pharmacare Canada Inc.

Event Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Event Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm ET

Topic: Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid): An Oral Antiviral Treatment for COVID-19

Presenters:

Beth Leung, PharmD, MSCI, BCPS AQ-ID, Clinical Specialist Leader (ID/ASP), St. Michael’s Hospital/Unity Health Toronto, Practice-Based Researcher (Status), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Adjunct Lecturer, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto

Deborah Yoong, BScPhm, PharmD, ACPR, Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Melissa Chang, Sr. Director, UHN Connected Care 

Learning Objectives:

1. Outline the current eligibility criteria for Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir) for outpatient treatment of COVID-19
2. Discuss the pharmacotherapeutics of Paxlovid, including mechanism of action, clinical efficacy/safety, dosing, drug interactions and special populations (renal/liver impairment, pregnancy/lactation, pediatrics)
3. Provide a brief overview of Molnupiravir and its potential role in COVID-19 treatment (pending Health Canada approval)
4. Discuss the potential role and implications of Paxlovid for primary care pharmacists in Ontario, including distribution, assessment, prescribing, and monitoring of therapy