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Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update

College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin

Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update

About

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is proud to be hosting the 36th Annual Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update in-person and via live broadcast with additional on-demand sessions in October.

All sessions will be recorded and participants can view all presentations and review all slides and resources provided by the speaker. You can register and view the content at your leisure over the next year.

Psychiatric Professionals

The Annual Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update supports the interdisciplinary approach to mental healthcare by inviting multiple disciplines to participate in a shared learning experience:

Pharmacists • Psychiatrists • Physicians • Advance Practice Nurses • Physician Assistants • Psychologists • Social Workers

This interdisciplinary shared learning environment facilitates an appreciation among the attendees for all of the contributions that must be made by a variety of health professions for a mental health treatment plan to be successful.  Whether attending as an individual or with a team of colleagues from your practice site, all invited disciplines can expect to take away evidence-based information that will help improve outcomes for patients with psychiatric disorders.

 

Quick Facts

 Dates  October 24-25, 2024 & on-demand
 Target Audience  Pharmacists, psychiatrists, physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, psychologists, social workers
 Location  DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin and live online broadcast
 Start Time  8:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24
 Ending  5:00 p.m. each day
 Attire  Business casual
 Lunch & Breaks  Business Casual
 Attendance  Two ways to attend: in-person in Austin or virtual live online broadcast
 All sessions will be recorded for later on-demand viewing
 Lodging  DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin – see Lodging for hotel information
 Registration Fee  See Registration page
 CE
  CME, CPE, CNE, APA, CEU’s for SW, Counseling
 Nearest Airport Austin-Bergstrom International Airport • AUS

 

Content Description

The content of this conference is based on practice gaps identified by surveying past participants and by analyzing practice trends.  Participants receive 2 days of evidence-based clinical information that is relevant to current psychiatric practice (see Agenda).  Speakers, who have been recommended by the planning committee as outstanding presenters and experts in their practice, will deliver the featured presentations.  Each presentation is formatted with a didactic component, opportunities for active learning, and a Q&A discussion to allow audience members to ask specific questions for individualized learning.

This year, the agenda also features a panel discussion that gives practitioners of different disciplines the opportunity to take on challenging patient cases to demonstrate how varying viewpoints may approach patient care.   The information delivered at this conference is intended to be in-depth, yet practical enough that it can be utilized immediately upon return to practice, to implement individualized, comprehensive and evidence-based treatment plans for patients.

This conference is a regional program for the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) organization, whose members are dedicated to the promotion of rational pharmacotherapy and care for patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders.  Our conference is developed in collaboration with key members of CPNP, to ensure our psychiatric conference addresses the disparity between current pharmacotherapy practices and evidence-based best practices.

Conference Goal

To provide pharmacists, psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, psychologists and social workers with timely and clinically useful information about applying neuroscience principles and evidence-based approaches to the management of selected psychiatric and neurologic disorders.