Real Facts or Alternative Facts : Fighting "Truth" Decay in Drug Information
In-Person Event
Dec 02, 2017
San Francisco, California, USAOVERVIEW
Real Facts or Alternative Facts : Fighting "Truth" Decay in Drug Information is organized by University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and would be held on Dec 02, 2017 at University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
The target audience for this medical event for general dentists, dental specialists, and the entire dental team. This CME Conference has been approved with a maximum of 7 Category I Units.
This Conference includes an overview of pharmacology topics encountered in dentistry including prescription and non-prescription drugs. A portion of this talk will be devoted to drugs of abuse and their interactions with medications commonly used in practice. Some time will be devoted to discussion of updates in the regulatory environment.
Benefits:
• Learn about updates in treatment strategies and algorithms for managing problems encountered in dental practice, such as pain and infection.
• Provide familiarity with commonly used street drugs, including ways to recognize adverse effects, and drug-drug-interactions of concern.
• Learn about changes in the legal and regulatory environments surrounding controlled substances, particularly analgesics.
• Opportunity to discuss difficult or challenging cases, and strategize treatment approaches.
Conference Objectives are :
• Utilize knowledge of pharmacology to develop practice strategies for managing acute or chronic orofacial pain.
• Discuss newly approved medications that may have clinical application in dental practice.
• Determine physiological parameters (e.g., kidney function) that may influence drug selection when treating dental conditions.
• Discuss initiatives of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and DEA related to the problem of prescription drug abuse.
• Describe common “street” drugs of abuse and concerns related to their interactions with drugs used in dentistry.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
The target audience for this medical event for general dentists, dental specialists, and the entire dental team. This CME Conference has been approved with a maximum of 7 Category I Units.
This Conference includes an overview of pharmacology topics encountered in dentistry including prescription and non-prescription drugs. A portion of this talk will be devoted to drugs of abuse and their interactions with medications commonly used in practice. Some time will be devoted to discussion of updates in the regulatory environment.
Benefits:
• Learn about updates in treatment strategies and algorithms for managing problems encountered in dental practice, such as pain and infection.
• Provide familiarity with commonly used street drugs, including ways to recognize adverse effects, and drug-drug-interactions of concern.
• Learn about changes in the legal and regulatory environments surrounding controlled substances, particularly analgesics.
• Opportunity to discuss difficult or challenging cases, and strategize treatment approaches.
Conference Objectives are :
• Utilize knowledge of pharmacology to develop practice strategies for managing acute or chronic orofacial pain.
• Discuss newly approved medications that may have clinical application in dental practice.
• Determine physiological parameters (e.g., kidney function) that may influence drug selection when treating dental conditions.
• Discuss initiatives of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and DEA related to the problem of prescription drug abuse.
• Describe common “street” drugs of abuse and concerns related to their interactions with drugs used in dentistry.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
KEY DATES
02 Dec, 2017
Event Start Date
02 Dec, 2017
Event End Date
SPECIALITIES
Pharmacy and MedicineSUGGESTED HOTELS
CONFERENCE VENUE
University of California, San FranciscoQuick Links