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Dr. Alan P. Agins earned a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Rhode Island. He has held faculty appointments at Brown Medical School, Northeastern University School of Pharmacy and University of Virginia School of Nursing. He is currently an adjunct associate professor at Brown Medical School where he received the “Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award” for five consecutive years for his outstanding pharmacology lectures. Dr. Agins has also taught graduate & post-graduate pharmacology courses at a number of nursing schools around the country including Penn State, Idaho State, Radford, University of West Virginia and University of Arizona.
Over the past 14 years, Dr. Agins has lectured nationally to nearly 50,0000 advanced practice clinicians and allied health professionals. He is a regularly invited speaker at annual conferences for a number of national, regional and state nursing organizations. Dr. Agins contributes to various journals, continuing education monographs and pharmacology textbooks as a writer and reviewer. He has also written and “starred” in a series of fun online educational video clips to support nursing pharmacology textbooks and most recently authored an educational DVD (+workbook) for Elsevier. Additionally, he currently serves as a consultant to Pharmavite LLC (Nature Made).
Jody F. Agins, MSN, ARNP, BC FNP/GNP received an ADN from Kansas City Kansas Community College, BSN from Webster University and an MSN/Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of Kansas. She is board certified by the ANCC in Family Practice and Gerontology. She currently works full time for United Healthcare, is a consultant with TLC Healthcare Companies, Inc. in Tucson, AZ, lectures regularly for the University of Phoenix Nurse Practitioner Program and for a number of organizations nationally, as well as presenting with Dr. Agins.
Mrs. Agins has held faculty appointments at the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri, Kansas City Nurse Practitioner Programs, and at Kansas City Kansas Community College and Truman State University undergraduate nursing programs. She is a clinical preceptor to Family & Geriatric Nurse Practitioner students and is a member of the Board of Directors for NPACE (Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education).
The “take-home-message” that Dr. Agins and Mrs. Agins attempt to instill is to adopt a profound respect for, but also cautious attitude about drugs - what they can do … and what their limitations are. After many years “on the road” and every conceivable pharmacology question from their audiences, they maintain their great sense of humor and wit, as well as a unique talent for breathing life into dry or difficult subject matter. Their goal is to make this course memorable, informative and enjoyable … essentially the very best pharmacology CE experience for everyone who attends. |
