American College of Clinical PharmacyThe American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is a
professional and scientific society that provides leadership,
education, advocacy, and resources enabling clinical pharmacists to
achieve excellence in practice and research. Here are some online
continuing education courses available:
- Cardiovascular I
- Respiratory
- Endocrinology
- Rheumatology
- The Science and Practice of Pharmacotherapy I
- The Science and Practice of Pharmacotherapy II
- Nutrition
- Pediatrics
- Nephrology
- Women's Health
- Men's Health
The American College of Clinical Pharmacy is approved by the
American Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of
continuing pharmaceutical education. Prerequisites for receiving
continuing education credit are a completed evaluation form and a
passing grade of 70% on the CE test.
The American Society of Health-System PharmacistsThe American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is the
30,000-member professional association that represents pharmacists
who practice in hospitals and other components of health care
systems. Here are a few of the online topics available:
- Oncology
- Psychiatric
- COX-2 Selective Inhibitors, LMWH, Gram Positive Resistance
- An Evidence-Based Approach to Managing ICU Bleeds
- Current Issues in Antimicrobial Use in the Acute Care
Setting
- Gram-Positive Resistance - A Global Threat: New and Current
Therapy Options
- Recognition, pathophysiology, and management of acute
myocardial infarction
- Caspofungin acetate: An antifungal agent
- Thymosin alpha-1
- Treatment of intermittent claudication with pentoxifylline and
cilostazol
- Treatment of Crohn's disease with infliximab
Baxter Healthcare CorporationBaxter Healthcare Corporation programs are accredited by
providers of continuing education for the American College of
Pharmaceutical Education and the American Nurses Credentialling
Center. Here are some of the online continuing education courses
available:
- Safety and Efficacy of Needleless IV Access
- Safety In The Preparation And Use Of Flush Syringes
- Introduction to Albumin Therapy: Review of Crystalloids and
Colloids
- Expanded Roles for Albumin as a Therapeutic Agent
In addition, all programs are approved for nursing accreditation
in California by the Board of Registered Nurses, State of
California, Department of Consumer Affairs.
Baxter Healthcare CorporationBaxter Healthcare Corporation offers online continuing
education. Here are some of the online courses available:
- Safety and Efficacy of Needless IV Access
- Safety In The Preparation And Use Of Flush Syringes
- Introduction to Albumin Therapy: Review of Crystalloids and
Colloids
- Basics of Pain Management in Adults
- Overview of Apheresis
- Inhibitor Development in Hemophilia A
- Moving Chemotherapy into the Home Care Environment
- Preventing Medication Errors and Adverse Outcomes from
Potassium Chloride
- Essentials of IV Therapy
- Parenteral Nutrition in the Neonatal and Pediatric Patient
All programs are accredited by providers of continuing education
for the American College of Pharmaceutical Education.
The California Pharmacists AssociationThe California Pharmacists Association Educational Foundation
provides several different venues for obtaining quality continuing
education programs which meet the licensure requirement in
California of 30 hours of continuing education credit every two
years. Here is a sample of online courses available:
- Adult Seizure Disorders: New Antiepileptic Drug Treatments
- An Update on Migraine Headache
- Fluoroquinolones: From Old Agents to New Agents
- Heart Failure: Strategies for Management
- Management of Ear Infections: Otitis Media and Otitis
Externa
- Obesity: Perspectives on the Role of Diet
- The Role of Second-Generation Antihistamines in Allergic
Rhinitis
- Urinary Incontinence in Adults
As an approved American Council on Pharmaceutical Education
(ACPE) provider, these programs are also accredited nationally.
Therefore, pharmacists who are licensed in states other than
California may also apply credits obtained through the CPhA
Educational Foundation to the other states continuing education
requirements.
Drug Information AssociationDIA currently offers three eLearning programs, which are
comprised of 14 individual modules that can be taken on their own
or as part of their respective programs. Below is a list of the
programs and modules that we currently offer; we plan on launching
new individual courses as well as new programs in 2005.
- Certified Clinical Investigator eLearning Program
- Navigating HIPAA eLearning Program
- Medical Communications eLearning Certificate Program
Drug Store NewsDrug Store News is accredited by the American Council on
Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical
education. Here are some of the online courses available:
- Improving cardiovascular health with complementary and
alternative medicine
- Understanding childhood and adolescent depression
- Helping patients with dry mouth
- Essentials of diabetes self management and the role of
pharmacists
- Optimizing management of HIV/AIDS
- Medication errors in the community pharmacy
- Understanding OTC cough, cold and flu options
DrugTopics.comDrugTopics is working with The University of Mississippi to make
available online continuing education and electronic submission and
grading of CEU Credit Requests. Here are some of the online courses
available:
- Chemical and biological agents of war: Concept, cause,
care
- Analgesia in the elderly
- Patient counseling: Legal considerations
- Understanding anticancer drug combinations
- A review of gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Management of pain in rheumatoid arthritis
- Update on immunosuppressive drugs
- Pharmacotherapies for the management of Parkinson's
disease
- New views on hormone replacement therapy
- Smoking and chewing tobacco cessation
The University of Mississippi is approved by the American
Council of Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of continuing
pharmaceutical education.
Free CEFree CE is a subsidiary of PharmCon, Inc., and is approved by
the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) as a
provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. Here are a few of
the courses available online:
- The Burp, The Wheeze, and The Croak
- Is It Heartburn or Something More?
- Beating The Flu Bug-Pharmacy
- When are the over the counter Medications not Enough
- New Medications for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Management of Nausea and Vomiting
- MS Today: Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis
- Schizophrenia:Symptom Management and Improving Quality of
Life
- Overview of Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists
George Washingon University Medical CenterThe Office of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
provides continuing education opportunities for the health
professions. Here are a few online continuing medical education
courses available:
- GWUMC Grand Rounds
- Insights into Terrorism
- Treating the Post-MI Patient: Preventing Future Atherosclerotic
Events
- Atherosclerosis: Strategies for Preventing Stroke and MI
The George Washington University Hospital is approved by the
American Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of
continuing pharmaceutical education.
The Iowa Pharmacists AssociationThe Iowa Pharmacists Association is approved by the American
Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of continuing
pharmaceutical education. Online courses include:
- Adult Pulmonary Core Curriculum: COPD
- Adult Pulmonary Core Curriculum: Pleural Effusions
- Adult Pulmonary Core Curriculum: A Complex Case of
Mycobacterium
- Tuberculosis: Management and Drug Treatment
- Adult Pulmonary Core Curriculum: Smoking Cessation
MediCom Worldwide, Inc.MediCom Worldwide, Inc. is a medical communications company
specializing in continuing education media designed to meet the CE
needs of pharmacists. Here are a few of the online continuing
education courses available:
- Evolving Guidelines for the Effective Management of Chronic
Pain
- Antipsychotic Agents: Effective Long-Term Use in Psychotic
Disorders
- Managing Agitation, Aggression and Psychosis in Patients with
Dementia
- Preventing Relapse and Optimizing the Long-Term Outcome in
Schizophrenia
- Reflux in The New Millennium: Not Just a Regurgitation of Old
Ideas
- A Millennial Update on GERD: Have We Cured It Yet?
All programs are accredited by providers of continuing education
for the American College of Pharmaceutical Education.
Medscape.comMedscape offers free, continuously updated continuing education
activities for physicians and other health professionals. Here are
a few of the online continuing education programs for
pharmacists:
- Novel Antipsychotics: Schizophrenia, Psychosis and Beyond
- Protein-Energy Malnutrition, and the Nonhealing Cutaneous
Wound
- Medical Management of Obesity
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Decisions in Community Medical Practice
- Pediatric Issues in Solid Organ Transplantation
- New Treatment Options in Migraine
- Current Therapies in the Treatment of Lymphoma
- Hematologic Malignancies: New Biologic Approaches to
Therapy
- Clinical Application of Biologic Therapy to IBD: State of the
Art
- Emerging Strategies for Dual Protease Inhibitor Therapy
All activities marked "CE" have been planned and implemented in
accordance with the Quality Criteria of the American Council on
Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE), and have been produced in
collaboration with ACPE-accredited CE providers.
The Meniscus Educational InstituteThe Meniscus Educational Institute is accredited by the American
Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) as a provider of
continuing pharmaceutical education. Continuing Education Offerings
include:
- Introduction of Radioimmunotherapy for the Treatment of B-Cell
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Perspectives on Advanced Lung Cancer: A Focus on Quality of
Life
- Update on Bisphosphonates in the Prevention and Delay of Bone
Metastasis
- Update on Multiagent Therapy in the Treatment of Patients With
HER2/neu-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Immunotherapy in Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML):
Targeted Versus Nonspecific Treatment
- Therapeutic Updates in Oncology
The Meniscus Educational Institute is approved by the American
Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) as a provider of
continuing pharmaceutical education for pharmacists.
National Community Pharmacists AssociationThe National Community Pharmacists Association is approved by
the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of
continuing pharmaceutical education. Here are some of the online
courses available:
- Starting a Community Pharmacy Practice Residency
- Principles of Pain Management
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Stroke
- Bronchitis
- The Flu: Treatment and Prevention
- Pharmacotherapy Options For Asthma
- The Common Cold: That Old Familiar Feeling
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Reimbursement for Pharmacist Care Services - Part 2
- Reimbursement for Pharmacist Care Services - Part 1
- An Update of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
- Cytochrome P450 Enzymes
- Using New Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists to Treat
Hypertension
Oregon State Pharmacists AssociationThe Oregon State Pharmacists Association (OSPA) is a membership
organization of professional pharmacists and others who have an
interest in the practice of pharmacy. Here is a list of some of the
online topics available:
- Patient Counseling: Update on Rx to OTC Switches
- Patient Counseling: Plant Ingestions and Poisoning; Part 1:
Introduction
- Patient Counseling: Plant Ingestions and Poisoning; Part 2:
Plants, Mushrooms, and Herbals
- Patient Counseling: New Drugs; Part 1: Anti-infective,
Cardiovascular,
- Central Nervous System, and Chemotherapeutic Agents
- Patient Counseling: Drug Cross-Allergies
- Patient Counseling: Treatment of Dry Mouth
The Ohio Pharmacists Foundation, Inc. is approved by the
American Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of
continuing pharmaceutical education.
PharmaCEPharmaCE is a continuing education (CE) program that enables
pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to select CE articles
published within the last three years from either The Annals of
Pharmacotherapy (The Annals) or the journal of Pharmacy Technology
(jPT). Article topics include:
- Adverse Reactions
- Neurology
- Ambulatory Care
- Obstetrics-Gynecology
- Analgesia
- Oncology
- Cardiology
- Ophthalmology
- Critical Care
- Pediatrics
- Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Pharmacy Law
PharmaCE is approved by the American Council on Pharmaceutical
Education as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education.
PharmaCE is accepted for participants in Canada by the Canadian
Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy.
Pharmacy TimesPharmacy Times is approved by the American Council on
Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing
pharmaceutical education. Here is a sample of courses offered
online:
- Advances in the Therapy of Onychomycosis
- An Update: Seasonal Affective Disorder- A SAD Story with a
Happy Ending
- Anthrax: What the Pharmacist Should Know
- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Children/Adoles
- Basic Principles of Drug Interactions
- Childhood Lead Poisoning
- Collaborative Drug Therapy Management
- Common Cold: Prevention and Treatment
- Contemporary Management of Allergic Conjunctivitis
- Contemporary Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Controlling Influenza across the Health System
- Crohn's Disease
- Current Pathophysiology & Treatment of Dyslipidemia
- Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Ambulatory Patient
A complete list of continuing education courses can be found at
the site.
Power-Pak C.E.Power-Pak® Communications, Inc. is approved by the American
Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of continuing
pharmaceutical education. Here are some of the online courses
available:
- Underutilization of Aspirin in Cardiovascular and
Cerebrovascular Diseases
- The Cost of Pain
- Cancer Pain
- Advances in the Treatment of Psychosis
- Accuracy of Blood Glucose Measurement
- Overactive Bladder: Treatment Update
- Self-Treatment of Dandruff and Seborrheic Dermatitis with OTC
Products
- Nosocomial Infections: A Multidisciplinary Approach to
Management
- Advances in the Treatment of Premenstrual Dysphoric
Disorder
- Treatment of Insomnia
- Improving Patient Care Through Antibiotic Therapy
- The Impact of Chronic Pain An Interdisciplinary
Perspective
- Use of Opioids in Chronic Noncancer Pain
- Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- The Responsible Use of Fluoroquinolones
- Allergic Rhinitis: A Pharmacy Perspective
- The Technology of Blood Glucose Monitoring
- A Pharmacist's Guide to the Management of Peripheral Edema
- Diabetic Foot Care
- Sleep Solutions: Herbal Supplements for Insomnia
- The Changing Regulatory Environment for Dietary
Supplements
Power-Pak C.E's online continuing education lessons are
available at no charge for pharmacists.
ProfessionalCEUProfessionalCEU is a division of Learning Information
Technologies Inc. (LearnIT), a corporation dedicated to bringing
innovative educational methods to widespread audiences. Online
continuing education programs include:
- Ordering & Evaluating Laboratory Data to Improve Patient
Outcomes
- Reducing Medication Errors Through Continuous Quality
Improvement
ProfessionalCEU is a co-sponsor with the Florida Pharmacy
Association for the purposes of providing continuing pharmaceutical
education. American Council on Pharmaceutical Education approved
continuing education programs are honored by most states.
P*ceutics InstituteThe P*ceutics Institute @ PCCA was founded to expand on the
mission of the Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA)
and is accredited by the American College of Pharmaceutical
Education. Here are some online continuing education courses
available:
- Equine Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Pain Management in Small Animals
- Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)
- Equine Gastric Ulcers
- Pain Management in Small Animals: Case Studies
- Ophthalmic Use of Fortified Antibiotics in Bacterial
Keratitis
- Analytical Testing and Quality Control of Compounded
Products
QuickTestPrep.comPharmacy Technicians can now prepare live online how to pass the
National Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam. Included in the
tuition is access to an online book, a video lecture, live classes
via chat, interactive quizzes, and a forum.
RxSchoolRxSchool offers online training and education for pharmacists
and pharmacy technicians. Courses include:
- AIDS - An Overview for the Pharmacist and HIV and AIDS Law in
Florida
- An Overview of Homeopathy
- An Overview of Vitamins
- An Update on Acne Vulgaris
- An Update on the Treatment of Acute Otitis Media
- Certified Pharmacy Technician
- Civil Liability and the Evolving Role of Pharmacy
Technicians
- DEA Dispensing Requirements for Community Pharmacies
- DEA Handling Requirements for Community Pharmacies
- Drug Induced Nutrient Depletion
- Glaucoma and its Pharmacological Management
- Hepatitis: An Overview for the Pharmacist
- Major New Drugs 2001
- Veterinary Therapeutics in Community Pharmacy Practice
All courses are ACPE accredited.
Rx Success™ Pharmacy Technician Training ProgramsThe Rx Success™ program offers a number of different
programs to help pharmacy technicians prepare for the National
Certification Exam, master pharmacy mathematics, drug memorization,
train to become pharmacy technicians, and meet continuing education
requirements.
RxTechSchool.comRxTechSchool.com offers on-line pharmacy technician
certification training utilizing software for distance learning and
tools and techniques for passing the PTCB exam. In addition to
instructors being available to assist you, you receive:
- Unlimited E-mail Support
- On-line support with extensive FAQ and discussion boards
- Live classroom chat sessions with emphasis on pharmacy
math
In addition to the certification training, online continuing
education is provided at no charge.
Serono Symposia USASeono Symposia USA offers many free online continuing medical
education presentations. Online continuing medical education
programs may be found under the following topics:
- Reproductive Health
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Endocrinology and Metabolism
Serono Symposia USA, Inc. is accredited by the American Council
on Pharmaceutical Education.
State University of New York at BuffaloState University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Pharmacy
Practice, Office of Postgraduate Education, offers a variety of
continuing education courses delivered in print, seminars and
online workshops. The UB School of Pharmacy is approved by the
American Council on Pharmaceutical Education as a provider of
continuing pharmaceutical education. An online continuing education
course available is: Virologic failure in an antiretroviral nave
patient following suboptimal exposure to indinavir.
Temple University School of PharmacyTemple University School of Pharmacy is approved by the American
Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) as a provider of
continuing pharmaceutical education programs.Online courses
available include:
- Understanding and Managing Obesity
- Current Strategies for the Management of Patients with Heart
Failure
- Home Test Kits
U.S. PharmacistPharmacists licensed in the United States can earn Continuing
Education credits through U.S. Pharmacist, approved by the American
Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) as a provider of
continuing pharmaceutical education. A minimum score of 70% is
required to earn credit. Here is a small sample of online
continuing education courses available:
- Proton Pump Inhibitors
- Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Direct Thrombin
Inhibitors
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Switching Drug Products from Rx to OTC Status
- Anticoagulation Therapy
- Postsurgical Wound Care
- Corticosteroid-induced Osteoporosis
- Sleep Disorders - Focus on Insomnia
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Insulin Sensitizers - New Options for Treating Type 2
Diabetes
- Weight Management and the Pharmacist's Role
- The New Science of Estrogen Receptors
Visit the site Learn more about these courses.
University of Georgia, Center for Continuing EducationUniversity of Georgia, Center for Continuing Education offers
the "Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics" program, developed in
collaboration with the American Society of Healthsystem Pharmacists
(ASHP). This 15 week intensive, seminar-format course will provide
pharmacists and others in the pharmaceutical industry with a
thorough grounding in the fundamental principles of absorption,
distribution, metabolization, and elimination of drugs from the
human body. The University of Georgia will award 20 Continuing
Education Units (CEUs) to students who successfully complete the
lesson assignments and quizzes, and The American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists will award 20 CPEs to students who
successfully complete the final examination.
