For Immediate Release

Contact: John M. Martino
Phone Number:  (215) 895-1186
Date: 10/10/05

USP, Advanced Concepts Institute Offer Free CE Program on Pharmacy Practice Updates

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) and Advanced Concepts Institute is offering a free continuing education program devoted to pharmacy practice updates 7 a.m. to 12:35 p.m., Saturday, October 22, in USP’s Griffith Hall A, located at 600 S. 43rd Street, Philadelphia, Pa. The program includes three sessions on the following topics:

• Prescription Drug Benefit: What Every Pharmacist Needs to Know,
• Appropriate Treatment and Management Options for Benign Prostatic
  Hyperplasia (BPH), and
• Bipolar Affective Disorder: Current Status and Future Directions

Designed for pharmacists caring for patients, the program offers five hours of continuing education credits in states that recognize Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education providers. CE credits will be awarded to participants who successfully attend the activity and electronically submit a program evaluation and verification of attendance form. Advance registration is encouraged as seating is limited. For more information, contact Patty Notarfrancesco at p.notarf@usip.edu.

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia is a private, coeducational institution founded in 1821 as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first college of pharmacy in North America. Comprising four colleges across a broad range of majors, USP specializes in educating students for rewarding careers through its undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs in the health and related sciences.

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