Monthly Calendar and Events
Upcoming Events
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Collaborative Conversations with Athena Cannon
Monthly (2024 - See USSPG Calendar for Dates Each Month)
Location: Virtual
Invitation: Members Only
Join the USSPG's Chair, Athena Cannon, as we gather monthly to have collaborative conversation about an interesting topic or question within Sports Pharmacy. Discussions have a goal of fostering idea generation to apply to your sports pharmacy journey, networking with members, and an opportunity to collaborate with others who share the same goals and interests. This session is open to all USSPG members! No or minimal prep is needed to attend this session, just bring your perspective and experience!
Members, please check email every month for invite and topics!
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WEBINAR: Athletes and Dietary Supplements: Overview and Risk Assessment
August 21, 2024 | 5:30pm CST
Location: WebEx (Registration Required)
Invitation: Members Only
Join us for the August educational webinar presented by Jessica Beamon PharmD, Co-Chair of the USSPG Education Committee! This interactive webinar aims to provide an overview of dietary supplement use in the athlete population and what risks need to be considered to keep athletes safe.
Learning Objectives for this webinar include:
1. Summarize dietary supplements for the use of sports
2. Review the quality control of dietary supplements
3. Recognize the unique risk of using dietary supplements in athletes
4. Identify online resources to evaluate dietary supplements
This session is not yet available for CE credit.This webinar is for Member-Only Access. Each member should register separately for their link to attend. Please do not share your link with others. A recording will be available after the presentation for members who register.
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USSPG Pop-Up Shop!
August 1, 2024 to September 2, 2024
Check out our Pop-Up shop with exclusive USSPG apparel and accessories! Proceeds go towards supporting the many USSPG initiatives.
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WEBINAR: Behind the Curtain of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use and How Pharmacists can Recognize, Educate, and Deter use
Date: June 13, 2024: 7pm CST - 8:30pm CST
Platform: Webex (registration required)
Members Only
Join us for an interactive webinar aims to educate on anabolic androgenic steroids, dive deeper into their history and reasons why their use is widespread using literature and patient cases. Our speaker, Omar Hajmousa, PharmD, will also highlight the dangers of using them through their health risks and other factors we don't typically consider.
The learning objectives for this webinar are:
1. Describe doping, sanctions, and legal consequences.
2. List the perceived benefits and common side effects from
off-label use of anabolic androgenic steroids.
3. Recognize pharmacist opportunities to counsel on
medication safety for the athletes and anti-doping in untested
sports.
This session is not yet available for CE credit.
Please note: this webinar is Member-Only Access. Don't forget to check your email for the link to register!