Cultivating Expertise: Enhancing Presentation Design and Speaker Development in Psychiatric Pharmacists

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Activity Dates: 06/02/2025 - 06/02/2027

Target Audience

We invite you to participate in this workshop if you are a psychiatric pharmacist who is interested in developing the skills necessary to become an effective national speaker.

Session Summary

This educational program is designed to meet the growing need for qualified and diverse speakers in psychiatric pharmacy.

Learners will explore essential strategies for effective public speaking. Through expert guidance, participants will refine their presentation skills and learn how to captivate audiences. Additionally, learners will discover techniques for managing speaking anxiety and using active learning to enhance presentations, ensuring their message resonates with audiences. The webinar will also include discussions about common challenges in creating learning objectives and exam questions, empowering learners to design impactful educational experiences.

This program provides a unique opportunity to gain practical tools to elevate speaking abilities, enhance your expertise and confidence, and make you a standout voice in the field of psychiatric pharmacy!

Course Requirements

You will proceed through the following steps to satisfactorily complete this course:

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Register for this course.
Complete the pre-test before starting the activity.
Review the full content of the activity and reflect upon its teachings.
Complete the post-test at the end of the activity no later than the closing activity date.
Complete the evaluation at the end of the activity.
If necessary, complete the post-test retest no later than the closing activity date.
Receive a passing grade (70%).
Provide the necessary details in your profile to ensure correct reporting by AAPP to CPE Monitor.

Your ACPE credit will be submitted directly to CPE Monitor within 48 hours of successful completion of the exam and of the evaluation form if you have provided the relevant information in your profile.

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Faculty Information

Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP; Workshop Program Chair

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Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP, FAAPP; Workshop Program Chair

Professor, Co-Director of the Mental Health Program, Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy
Dr. Ehret is a graduate of the University of Toledo where she completed her BS and PharmD degrees, and she went on to complete a Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency at the Louis Stokes VAMC, under the direction of Matthew Fuller. She then completed a Psychopharmacology and Pharmacogenomics Fellowship at Nova Southeastern University, under the direction of Gary Levin. After training she received her initial faculty appointment at the University of Connecticut and gained tenure during her stay there. While at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Ehret served as the Vice-Chair of the IRB, Director of Practices for the Center for Correctional Health Networks, and a faculty member for Project: ECHO: Buprenorphine. Currently, her full-time role is a Professor and Co-Director of the Mental Health Program at the University Of Maryland School Of Pharmacy with a practice site at The University of Maryland Mid Town Campus. Additionally, she also has the privilege of working with the State of Maryland Medicaid Program in evaluating antipsychotic use in the state, including development of clinical criteria for antipsychotics and authorizing and reviewing psychotropic use in the pediatric population. She is a Past-President of AAPP and is the current BCPP Recertification Director. Dr. Ehret has worked with the State of Maryland to establish regulations permitting community pharmacists the authority to administer maintenance injections. She has developed an interactive training program for students in administering long-acting injectable medications. Dr. Ehret has numerous publications and book chapters describing psychotropic medication adherence and the role of pharmacogenomics in medication selection. Her current interests include psychotropic medication adherence and the advancement of the psychiatric pharmacist in practice.

Learning Objectives

Write properly structured learning objectives using the ABCD model.
Construct properly structured multiple choice exam questions after learning common mistakes.
Develop effective public speaking skills, including strategies for engaging diverse audiences, managing speaking anxiety, and using active learning to enhance presentations.

Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures

Activity Dates: 06/02/2025 - 06/02/2027
ACPE Contact Hours: 2
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-25-038-H99-P (Application)
Nursing Credit Reminder: Note that ACPE credit is accepted for ANCC Certification Renewal and AANPCB advanced practice provider content. For specific questions related to your organization's acceptance of ACPE continuing education units, please contact your organization directly.

ACPE The American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

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Off-Label Use: This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA (see faculty information). The opinions expressed in the educational activity do not necessarily represent the views of AAPP and any educational partners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer: Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

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Grant Support

This activity is co-sponsored by AAPP and the AAPP Foundation.