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The Southwest Iowa Pharmacists Association is proud to have coordinated over 100programs during the past 20 years. Almost all of the programs were accredited forcontinuing education by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) incooperation with the Iowa Pharmacy Association.

Three of the programs attracted audiences of over 300 pharmacists, technicians, andstudent pharmacists.

Our largest event attracted 445 audience members, including one US Congressman.

The program was held in August of 2005 at Harrahs in Council Bluffs. It was titled

The New Medicare Benefit and presented by the National CommunityPharmacists Association (NCPA) and was cosponsored by our Association. SIPAalso assisted in the coordination of this program. This forum, one of manypresented by NCPA throughout the country, was the best attended of all of NCPAs

Medicare forums. Its audience size surpassed all other program sites, including

New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

All programs designated with an asterisk were ACPE accredited.

August 28, 2008 *An Update from the Iowa Board of Pharmacy

June 26, 2008 An Update on Namenda*How will $4.00 Prescriptions Affect Your Salary and theProfession of Pharmacy?

April 24, 2008 An Update on Lexapro*Enhancing Pharmacy Practice by ImprovingCommunication Skills

February 7, 2008 *Medication Therapy Management in Community Practice:The Mirixa Experience[Presented by the Creighton School of Pharmacy and

Health Professions; co-sponsored by SIPA and theNebraska Pharmacists Association]

October 25, 2007 An Update on Zostavax*How will the AMP Rule affect Pharmacy?

September 13, 2007 An Update on Exforge*Integrating Medication Therapy Management into Pharmacy Practice

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June 20, 2007 Primary Objectives in GERD Management*Statin Therapy: New Guidelines, Patient Safety, and Adherence

March 22, 2007 An Update on Byetta

*Improving Patient Safety by Reducing Medication Errors

January 18, 2007 Conducting Proper Medication Use for Erythropoietic Therapy*Drug Information on the Internet: Identifying Reliable Sites

September 28, 2006 *Improving Patient Care by Understanding Reimbursement for Diabetic Supplies

August 24, 2006 GERDPediatric to Geriatric*An Update on Pharmacy Benefit Managers

July 20, 2006 *A Hands-On Session with Glucose Meter Systems

February 16, 2006 Treating Anemia in the Chronic Kidney Patient*An Update on Medicare Part D

September 8, 2005 Acute Coronary Syndrome*The Methamphetamine Epidemic

August 18, 2005 *The New Medicare Benefitpresented by NCPA445 people in attendance, the largest forum in the country

June 9, 2005 *PBMs and Their Effect on Pharmacy

April 14, 2005 Pharmacologic Options in the Management of Allergic Rhinitis

February 24, 2005 *The Value of Pharmaceuticals: Myths and Facts about Medicines

June 17, 2004 *Management of Dyslipidemia in the New Millennium

March 25, 2004 * The Current Role of Oral Medications for Erectile Dysfunction

January 29, 2004 * Stroke Prevention and Treatment

October 28, 2003 * Treating Overactive Bladder and Incontinence

September 18, 2003 * Antipsychotic Use in Special Populations

April 24, 2003 *Management of NSAID-Associated Peptic Ulcer Disease

April 10, 2003 * Asthma: Diagnosis and Treatment

March 5, 2003 HIPAA: What Pharmacists Need to Know

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January 16, 2003 *Anemia Management

December 4, 2002 * Male Hypogonadism: Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies

November 21, 2002 * Schering Report XXIII: Pharmacists, Technicians, and Technology

September 18, 2002 *An Update on GERD and PPIs

July 11, 2002 * Treating Depression in the New Millennium

May 22, 2002 *An Update on COX-2 Inhibitors

May 9, 2002 *MigraineIts All in your Head

January 7, 2002 *Clinical Comparison of the Proton Pump Inhibitors

November 29, 2001 * An Update on Headaches

October 30, 2001 *An Update on Atypical Antipsychotics and SSRIs

September 13, 2001 * Pharmacy and Managed Care

March 22, 2001 *New Directions in Fluoroquinolone Therapy

January 24, 2001 *An Update on GERD

December 13, 2000 *Resistant Gram-Positive Organisms: Focus on Linezolid

October 12, 2000 *Erectile Dysfunction

September 21, 2000 *Managing Migraine Headaches

September 6, 2000 *Effective Communication Depends on the Right Script

July 20, 2000 *An Update on Proton Pump Inhibitors

June 15, 2000 *Drug Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain

February 24, 2000 *Insomnia and New Treatment Alternatives

January 13, 2000 *Strategies for Weight Management

October 28, 1999 *An Update on Selective COX-2 Inhibitors

August 26, 1999 *Acute Myocardial Infarction

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June 24, 1999 *Managing CHD Risk via Cholesterol Lowering

May 26, 1999 *Clinical Management of Obese Patients

May 24, 1999 *The Management of GERD

April 22, 1999 *Anticoagulation Therapy Using Low MW Heparins

March 23, 1999 *Advanced Therapy with COX-2 Inhibitors

February 9, 1999 *New Guidelines, New Paradigms for ARBs

January 21, 1999 *Treatment Options for Community Acquired Pneumonia

September 29, 1998 *Legislative Issues Related to Pharmacy

August 11, 1998 *New Treatment Options for B.V.

July 16, 1998 *Controlling Hypertension by the year 2000

November 19, 1996 *Anti-Histamines in Allergic Disease

August 27, 1996 *Management of Varicella Zoster and Herpes Virus Infections

July 12, 1996 *Antibiotic Resistance

May 21, 1996 *Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

March 21, 1996 *A Profession in Transition: The Changing Faces of Pharmacy

February 20, 1996 *Emerging Strategies for the Management of Type II Diabetes

October 22, 1995 *Pharmacists & Physicians: Allies or Adversaries?

September 19, 1995 *Management of Insomnia

August 29, 1995 *Metered Dose Inhalers

May 16, 1995 *Medical Management of BPH

February 21, 1995 *Sports Pharmacy

October 18, 1994 *An Update on Psychoactive Agents

September 20, 1994 Pharmacy Leadership DayCosponsored by the Greater Omaha Pharmacists Association,

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Creighton, and UNMCKeynote Speaker-Angele DAngelo, Editor-in-Chief ,US Pharmacist

September 13, 1994 The Medically Needy Program (Spend Down)Speakers included Department of Human Services,

the Iowa Pharmacists Association, and Iowa House MajorityLeader, Brent Siegrist

June 7, 1994 SIPA Business Meeting & Pizza Social

May 24, 1994 *Antifungal Therapy

May 2, 1994 *Differentiation of Calcium Channel Blockers

February 7, 1994 *Alzheimers Disease TherapiesFollowing the programpresentations by Creighton students aboutKatys Kids, and, George Cenovich, (accountant)Tax Strategies

November 16, 1993 *Migraine Update

October 26, 1993 *Health Care Reform In cooperation with the Greater Omaha Pharmacists

Association, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and

Health Professions, and the University of Nebraska Medical

Center College of Pharmacy

Speakers from the American Medical Association, the AmericanPharmaceutical Association, and the Presidential Health CareReform Task ForceOver 300 pharmacists, students, and technicians in attendance

June 29, 1993 *The Role of the Patient Counseling in providing Pharmaceutical Care

June 15, 1993 *Smoking Cessation Methods

April 20, 1993 *Depression in the ElderlyCreighton Phi Lambda Sigma presentationIowa Prior Authorization Department presentation

November 17, 1992 *Drug Treatment of Lipid Disorders

November 3, 1992 *Smoking Cessation TherapiesPresented with the Greater Omaha Pharmacists Association

October 20, 1992 *Future Directions in Pharmacy In cooperation with the Greater Omaha Pharmacists

Association, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and

Health Professions, and the University of Nebraska Medical

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Center College of Pharmacy

Speakers from the American Pharmaceutical Association, theHealth Care Finance Administration, the American Society forPharmacy Law, and PCS, Inc.Over 300 pharmacists, students, and technicians in attendance

September 22, 1992 *An Update on Alzheimers Disease followed by the Iowa Pharmacy Associations Fall Pharmacy Night over 100 pharmacists, students, and technicians in attendance

July 7, 1992 *An Update on Estrogen Replacement Therapy

June 16, 1992 *An Update on Arthritis Therapy

June 9, 1992 *Diabetes Therapy: The Pharmacists Role

May 12, 1992 *A Look at the New ACE Inhibitors*Current Therapy for Smoking Cessation

April 14, 1992 *Evolution of Cholesterol AwarenessNew Therapeutic Strategies

October 22, 1991 *Health Care Reform In cooperation with the Pottawattamie-Mills County Medical

Society

Speakers from the American Medical Association, the NationalHealth Policy Council, the Creighton University Center for

Health Policy and Ethics, and the Iowa Pharmacists Association

July 23, 1991 *The Bioavailability of Anti-Hypertensive Medications

April 30, 1991 *Depression: The Pharmacists Role

December 4, 1990 *Current Therapy for Otitis Media

October 9, 1990 *Pharmatrends 2000 In cooperation with the Greater Omaha Pharmacists Association

Speakers from the Pharmacy Freedom Fund, Blue Cross/Blue Shield

of Iowa, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Nebraska, the Iowa Pharma-cists Association, the Nebraska Pharmacists Association

Over 120 pharmacists, students, and technicians in attendance

April 3, 1990 Modern Concepts of Menopause and Estrogen Replacement Therapy

October 24, 1989 *Legal Issues Related to Pharmacy PracticeSpeakers from the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, Division of Investi-gations and Enforcement Bureau of Examining Boards of Neb-raska, the Council Bluffs Police Department, the Pottawattamie

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County Attorney, the Food and Drug Administration, the IowaLegislature, and the Iowa Pharmacists Association

April 18, 1989 An Update on Major Advances of Thrombolytic Therapy