Update 2025 Conference

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Elevate your healthcare practice! Join us for a multi-day Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development (CPPD) experience.

Choose Your Learning Path...

VIRTUAL SESSIONS

Immerse yourself in a day of sessions led by experts in their fields, from the comfort of your own space.

IN-PERSON WORKSHOP

Participate in a hands-on workshop, foster professional relationships and gain applicable knowledge. 

Accreditation

The conference is provided by the Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and is pending approval for Continuing Education Units (CEU) by the UBC Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development unit.

A Statement of Completion will be accessible online after the conference. To receive it, attendees must complete the online conference evaluations.

Registration Information

Waitlist

Registration for the in-person workshop is restricted to 50 people. If a space becomes available in the workshop, waitlisted individuals will receive an email from Canvas Catalog with an invitation to complete registration. They will have 12 hours from receiving this email to complete enrollment and make payment to secure their spot. If the spot is not claimed within that window, the space will become available to the next person on the waitlist.

Program

All times are in Pacific Daylight Time.

Saturday, April 26, 2025 | VIRTUAL
8:30–8:45 amWelcome and Opening RemarksDr. Lalitha Raman-Wilms
BScPharm, PharmD, FCSHP

Tamiz J. Kanji
BScPharm, RPh
8:45–9:45 amLab Test Stewardship and Decision-making
Learn More		Dr. James McCormack
BScPharm, PharmD
9:45–10:45 amPractical Applications for Pharmacists Ordering and Interpreting of Laboratory Tests
Learn More		Dr. Jamie Yuen
BScPharm, PharmD, RPh
10:45–11:45 amNavigating the Canadian Contraceptive Landscape
Learn More		Dr. Renée Hall
MD, CCFP, FCFP
11:45 am–12:45 pmGLP-1 Medications in Diabetes, Obesity and Beyond 
Learn More		Dr. Brian Rodrigues
BSc, MSc (UBC), PhD

Dr. Rui Shang
Postdoctoral Fellow
12:45–1:45 pmHormone Replacement Therapy in Menopause
Learn More		Dr. Jane Xia
BScPharm, PharmD, MBA, MSCP
1:45 pm  Adjourn 
Sunday, April 27, 2025 | IN-PERSON 
8:30–8:40 amWelcome and Opening Remarks
 
9:00 am–12:00 pmPrescribing with Confidence: An Interactive MACS Workshop 
Learn More
Gilly Lau
BScPharm, PharmD, RPh
 
Jonathan Grosshuesch
BSc, BScPharm, RPh
12:00 pmAdjourn 

Sponsor

UBC Pharm Sci Alumni Office

Refund and Cancellation Policy

Please click here for further information.

Contact Us

If you have questions about the conference and/or experience problems with registration, please contact the CPPD team at pharmsci.cppd@ubc.ca.

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

2405 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada
V6T 1Z3
info.pharmsci@ubc.ca

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