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In just 90 Days, the 2023 KPhA Annual Meeting and Trade Show will bring together pharmacists, technicians and student pharmacists from all over the Sunflower State in Lawrence for a weekend of learning, networking and fun at the Double Tree by Hilton.

The Kansas Pharmacy Foundation Golf Tournament Fundraiser returns as the unofficial kick-off to the weekend with a 4-person scramble at Eagle Bend Golf Course, 1250 E 902 Road in Lawrence.

A total of 19 classes will be offered throughout the weekend with up to 11.5 hours of continuing education credits available for pharmacists and 11 hours available for technicians. Fourteen classes will be available on-demand after the conference.

Vendor and sponsor opportunities still are available for the conference and registration is available at https://kansaspharmacistsassociation.wildapricot.org/event-5111787.

Attendee registration will open next month!

Registration now is open for the latest round of KPhA's Technician Vaccination Training which will take place via Zoom on Saturday, June 24. The educational opportunity is designed for pharmacy technicians who will be administering influenza vaccines and who need to get technician immunization certification. The class will be taught by Lawrence Davidow from the KU School of Pharmacy.

Learn more at https://kansaspharmacistsassociation.wildapricot.org/event-5296262

GSK is hosting their first information webinar on the launch of their RSV vaccine Arexvy. This webinar will be hosted at four times on Tuesday, June 13th, so you can pick what works best for your schedule. Dr Cedric "Jamie" Rutland will review the epidemiology of RSV in adults and present the result of the clinical trials that lead to the FDA approval of  the vaccine. Register for your preferred time slot and learn more here: https://www.rsvbroadcast.com/EventList 

The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy has recognized Harold Godwin, professor emeritus, as its 2023 Distinguished Service Award recipient. Godwin, a Ness City native, served the University of Kansas for 47 years in faculty and administrative roles in the School of Pharmacy and what is now The University of Kansas Health System.

“The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy has built its stellar reputation on the shoulders of smart, caring, hard-working and personable individuals with a common pursuit of excellence in all they do. Harold Godwin is one of those people,” said Ronald Ragan, dean of the pharmacy school, where Godwin served as department chair for pharmacy practice for 20 years. Godwin was also director of pharmacy at The University of Kansas Health System for 34 years. He retired in 2016.

Godwin said the most significant change in pharmacy over his career was the transition of pharmacists from dispenser to caregiver.

Read more at http://today.ku.edu.

Almost all of the oral COVID-19 therapeutics out there have had their expiration dates updated - double check what's on your shelf before you waste the doses! KDHE is seeing an increase in therapies being wasted that are actually in-date - use https://stg-aspr.hhs.gov/COVID-19/Therapeutics/Pages/Product-Expiry.aspx to confirm the expiration dates for what is currently on your shelf. No un-expired product can be destroyed, so many sure you are checking expiration dates if you are considering discarding!

Interested in immunizations? Need some CE hours?? Come join Amanda, Aaron, and some incredible speakers at the Kansas Immunization Conference in Salina in June! The sessions are broken up into pre-conference (more back to the basics) and conference (for all immunization providers). Pharmacy CE is still being finalized, but likely about 6h for pre-conference and about 8 hours for the conference. 

Most health departments in the state will be there, along with office managers, school nurses, and immunization advocates - this will be a great opportunity to connect with people who can help you improve immunization rates in your community. 

KDHE and KUMC have released the schedule for this year's Chronic Disease Management Summit on Thursday, June 8th 9am-3pm. This year will include 5.5 hours of free CE for pharmacists! From examining social determinants of health in chronic disease to a review of diet and physical activity, this should be a great session (and a good way to earn a few CE hours before renewal!). 

Register for free for this virtual event and join KPhA in it's goals to incorporate more pharmacists into chronic disease management in Kansas!

Leaders of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee have introduced a bipartisan framework aimed at regulating pharmacy benefit managers as well as to “modernize and enhance” federal prescription drug programs, according to a press release.

Continue reading at Healio.com.

Medipreneurs is coming to Kansas City June 2-4. You will receive a detailed assessment of your business, take a deep dive to strengthen and grow your business, and meet multiple other entrepreneurs who can add to the services you provide your patients. Through collaborations and referrals you can add to your revenue sources.

Get a sneak peak of the event tonight from 5:15-5:45 p.m. Registration is FREE at https://event.webinarjam.com/register/36/7v9nzs78.

Then, from 6-7:30 p.m., there is a session on Improv and how it can enhance your practice and your life presented through Zoom. Click here to join, use meeting ID: "834 2579 3422" and "Medis" for the passcode.

To learn more about the conference, visit www.medipreneurs.com.

As we draw closer to the 2023 Annual Meeting & Trade Show, now is a great time to double check your KPhA account information and make any updates to addresses, job locations or titles, phone numbers and email addresses.

Please remember, we prefer primary email address be personal emails rather than school or work email addresses. Regardless of what email client you use, please make sure to add "@ksrx.org" to your safe senders list.

For Outlook.com,

1.     Open your Safe Senders settings.
2.     Under Safe senders and domains, enter the email address or domain you want to add, and select Add.
3.     To add a mailing list to your safe senders, enter the mailing list under Safe mailing lists and select Add.
4.     Select Save.

For Outlook (desktop),

1.     On the Home tab, click Junk, and then click Junk E-mail Options.
2.     On the Safe Senders tab, check the Automatically add people I e-mail to the Safe Senders List box.

 
For Gmail,

1.     On your computer, go to contacts.google.com
2.     At the top left corner, select Create contact
3.     Enter the contact’s information, including the sender email address
4.     Select Save in the bottom right corner

    
Additionally, in Gmail, you can create a filter. Filters are the closest thing Gmail has to a “safe sender” or “whitelist”. Filters can only be created and modified from the online web version of Gmail, so you’ll need to do the following your computer:

1.     Open the Gmail website from your computer
2.     In the search box at the top, select the Down arrow
3.     In the From field, enter the sender email address
4.     At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter
5.     Select Never send it to Spam
6.     Click Create filter

If you find an email in your Gmail spam folder and want to make sure it goes to your inbox instead, try:

1.     On your computer, open the Gmail website
2.     On the left, select Spam
3.     If you don’t see Spam, select More then find Spam
4.     Open the desired email message
5.     At the top of the page, select Not spam
6.     The message will be moved to your inbox

To set up a safe sender list for another type of email, search "add to safe senders list" and the name of your email client.