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Diabetes Update: Moving Ahead of the Curve
This continuing education course gives the pharmacist a solid knowledge base to enlighten patients on new therapies. Special emphasis will be placed on methods to help the patient control post-prandial glucose thru the use of glucose monitoring.

Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
257-999-08-002-H01-P   		 Expires:
02/11/2011
Macromedia Flash
FREE!

 
Pain Management in the Elderly: Strategies to Manage Opioid-Induced Side Effects
This activity will address the impact of opioid-induced side effects on quality of life, review the importance of appropriate pain management, and identify novel agents under development that may help alleviate these adverse effects. Evidence-based strategies to appropriately manage pain and related side effects will also be discussed and explored.

Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
799-000-08-001-H01-P   		 Expires:
04/22/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!
 
The Pharmacist’s Role in the Medication Therapy Management of Chronic Pain
Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-07-035-H01-P   		 Expires:
12/18/2010
Macromedia Flash
FREE!

 

Programs:

Enroll 		Bioterrorism Preparedness Training Program

These bioterrorism preparedness courses for Community-Based Pharmacists and Nurses address the new roles healthcare professionals need to assume during a biodisaster event. Information is provided on the clinical management of the Class A bioterrorism agents, how to conduct surveillance for a bio-event, and how these new roles interact with other non-healthcare professionals. The overall emphasis is on the importance of communities- large and small- working together in times of crisis.
FREE!
 
     
Courses:

Enroll 		2008 Workplace Safety and Patient Care Standards For Pharmacy Professionals
This self-study course encourages healthcare professionals to take an active role in maintaining workplace safety and patient care standards that are essential to meet the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), The Joint Commission (TJC), and Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements.

Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
3   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-08-003-H05-P   		 Expires:
02/07/2011
Accreditation:
ACPE - Technicians   		 Credits:
3   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-08-003-H05-T   		 Expires:
02/07/2011
Monograph
FREE!


 

Enroll 		An Evidence-Based Approach to Treating Behavioral Disturbances & Seizures in Older Patients
Accreditation:
AANP   		 Credits:
2.5   		 Expires:
11/22/2009
Accreditation:
ACCME   		 Credits:
2.5   		 Expires:
11/22/2009
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
2.5   		 ACPE UPN:
811-000-06-001-H01   		 Expires:
11/22/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		An Evidence-Based Approach to Treating Seizures and Behavioral Disturbances in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Accreditation:
AANP   		 Credits:
3   		 Expires:
12/08/2009
Accreditation:
ACCME   		 Credits:
3   		 Expires:
12/08/2009
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
3   		 ACPE UPN:
811-000-06-002-H01   		 Expires:
12/08/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Applying Resource Management Training to Pharmacy Practice
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
333-000-06-028-H04   		 Expires:
07/01/2009
Adobe Acrobat Reader
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Bioterrorism Preparedness Training: Course I - Facing Bioterrorism
This course will look at the global history of bioterrorism and its impact on how we view the acts of bioterrorism and how we can respond to such acts if they should occur in our communities.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
016-000-06-002-H04   		 Expires:
07/01/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!






 

Enroll 		Bioterrorism Preparedness Training: Course II - The Process of Surveillance
For community based health care professionals, this webcast will provide an overview of what indicates if a bioterrorism problem is brewing, what questions need to be asked, with whom do you need to be in communications, and what responses are called for depending on the agents involved.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
2   		 ACPE UPN:
016-000-06-003-H04   		 Expires:
07/01/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!






 

Enroll 		Bioterrorism Preparedness Training: Course III - Coordinated Community Response, Part 1
This course will provide practical suggestions about how to protect yourself and others during a bio-event.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
016-000-06-004-H04   		 Expires:
07/01/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!






 

Enroll 		Bioterrorism Preparedness Training: Course IV - Coordinated Community Response, Part 2
This webcast will discuss the diagnosis, treatment and post-exposure prophylaxis for the Class A biological agents associated with bioterrorism.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
2   		 ACPE UPN:
016-000-06-005-H01   		 Expires:
07/01/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!






 

Enroll 		Bioterrorism Preparedness Training: Course V - Liability and Preparedness
This course will present the legal aspects associated with being a volunteer pharmacist and nurses during and after bio-hazard events or disasters.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
016-000-06-006-H03   		 Expires:
07/01/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!






 

Enroll 		Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy: Assuring Efficacy and Safety
The latest information, research, and practice tools to assure safe and effective bowel preparation.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-06-011-H04   		 Expires:
01/15/2010
Macromedia Flash Streaming Media
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Bowel Preparations: Helping Patients Achieve Optimal Colon Preparation
Discuss clinical indications for use of bowel preparation agents in adult patients Compare available bowel preparation agents Understand proper patient selection for bowel preparation agents Discuss optimal dosing for bowel preparation agents Educate and counsel patients about proper hydration during bowel preparation Describe key elements of an interdisciplinary team approach between the pharmacist and physician to assure patient compliance with bowel preparation agents

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-07-018-H04   		 Expires:
06/22/2010
Monograph
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Common Misconceptions with Bioequivalence & Interchangeability
Bioequivalence is a comparison of two or more products with respect to their bioavailabilities. Bioequivalence of trade and generic products or different dosage forms of the same product needs to be determined before the products can be legally interchanged. While product interchange between trade and generic medications or between dosage forms of the same product is typically not a problem, this activity is going to highlight some examples of when it is a concern.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1   		 ACPE UPN:
200-999-06-022-H01   		 Expires:
07/25/2009
Macromedia Flash Monograph
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Complementary and Adjunctive Medicines (CAM) Used To Treat Diabetes Mellitus
Complementary and Adjunctive Medicines (CAM) Used To Treat Diabetes Mellitus

Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
3   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-07-026-H01-P   		 Expires:
09/25/2010
Accreditation:
ACPE - Technicians   		 Credits:
3   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-07-026-H01-T   		 Expires:
09/25/2010
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Contact Lens Solutions and Issues for Soft Contact Lenses
Properties of contact lens care systems vary widely and are an important factor in the contact lens experience. Lens solutions are medical devices, just like contact lenses. They are clearly a vital part of a healthy and comfortable contact lens wearing experience.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.25   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-06-010-H04   		 Expires:
12/15/2009
Monograph
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Current Trends in Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
This lesson is presented by three speakers: Robert J. Valuck, PhD, RPh, Susan L. Warren, JD, MPH and Joseph P. Ramos, MD.

Accreditation:
AAFP   		 Credits:
1.5   		 Expires:
07/20/2008
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-05-007-H04   		 Expires:
07/20/2008
Macromedia Flash Streaming Media
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Diabetes Update: Moving Ahead of the Curve
This continuing education course gives the pharmacist a solid knowledge base to enlighten patients on new therapies. Special emphasis will be placed on methods to help the patient control post-prandial glucose thru the use of glucose monitoring.

Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
257-999-08-002-H01-P   		 Expires:
02/11/2011
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Electronic Prescribing for Pharmacists: Improving the Medication Use Process
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
2   		 ACPE UPN:
206-000-05-508-H04   		 Expires:
09/28/2008
Monograph
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Emotional Labor: How It Can Affect the Practice of Pharmacy
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
333-000-06-037-H04   		 Expires:
09/01/2009
Adobe Acrobat Reader
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Enhancing the Immune System and Clinical Evaluation of Commonly Available Dietary Supplements
Good immune health is of critical importance for prevention of a number of diseases, ranging from community acquired respiratory infections to cancer, as well as for general quality of life. In order to ensure sufficient measures have been taken to ensure public health and promote immune health in their patients, pharmacists must be able to identify individuals within their practices who are at increased risk and also known when to utilize multi-dimensional interventions.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.25   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-06-007-H04   		 Expires:
09/01/2009
Monograph
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Federal Pharmacy Law: What You Need to Know to Get and Keep Your License
This program provides a broad overview of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Controlled Substances Act and miscellaneous Federal laws to educate pharmacists on how to avoid legal problems in practice. Content in this program should help pharmacists prepare to study and pass the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE®) to obtain a pharmacy license.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
3   		 ACPE UPN:
008-372-07-019-H03   		 Expires:
09/01/2009
Macromedia Flash
    Price: $60.00


 

Enroll 		Flavoring Agents to Enhance Taste and Palatability of Liquid Medications
Parents and pharmacists alike have identified that taste and palatability of liquid medications are important factors affecting medication compliance and adherence in children. Many commonly prescribed liquid medications (manufactured and compounded) are bitter, sour, salty, or generally bad tasting.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-05-014-H04   		 Expires:
12/18/2008
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Handling the Aftermath of A Mistake That Hurts Someone Else
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
2   		 ACPE UPN:
333-000-06-019-H04   		 Expires:
03/15/2009
Adobe Acrobat Reader
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Improving Members' Outcomes Across the Continuum of Diabetes: Assessing the Impact of New Measures, Technologies, and Benefit Design Strategies (120-01C)
This activity provides participants with an update on diabetes in the United States, discusses new and investigational pharmacotherapeutic agents and technologies in diabetes treatment, and evaluates and debates new benefit design strategies and their potential application to this disease state.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
799-000-07-003-H01   		 Expires:
08/09/2008
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Influenza 2007-2008: What Pharmacists Should Know
Everything that a pharmacist needs to know for the 2007-2008 flu season.

Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
1   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-07-031-H04-P   		 Expires:
12/31/2008
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Keys to Successful Management of Agitation and Aggression in the Elderly: When and How to Treat Patients with Behavioral Disturbances
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.25   		 ACPE UPN:
811-000-06-003-H01   		 Expires:
12/15/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Medicare and Medicaid: An MMA Overview
An Introduction to Government Health Insurance for the Elderly and the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-05-010-H03   		 Expires:
08/27/2008
Macromedia Flash Streaming Media
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Medicare Part D Update: What the Pharmacist Needs to Know
This monograph will provide an overview of the highlights of the 2006 Medicare Part D prescription drug program as well as focus on the important changes for 2007.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
2   		 ACPE UPN:
206-000-06-070-H03   		 Expires:
12/20/2009
Adobe Acrobat Reader Monograph
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Medicare Part D: Benefit and Enrollment
The objectives of this program are to provide pharmacists with an overview of the Medicare drug benefit and beneficiary options, and provide information about the enrollment process for the benefit. The program will also review changes to state programs such as Medicaid and state pharmaceutical assistance programs, and provide state-specific resources.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
2   		 ACPE UPN:
206-202-05-510-H03   		 Expires:
10/31/2008
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Medicare Part D: What Pharmacists Need to Know to Navigate Through 2006 and Beyond
Learn how the complexities of the new Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program are impacting pharmacy practitioners in Kansas, Missouri, and throughout the United States. Find out more about specific solutions to access problems being experienced across the nation.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-06-001-H04   		 Expires:
07/01/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		MethGuardTM: Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005
This course has been developed in conjunction with the NACDS Foundation in order to meet the needs of community pharmacies. It provides an overview of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 as it applies to all health care covered entities.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1   		 ACPE UPN:
296-206-06-001-H03   		 Expires:
06/01/2009
Macromedia Flash Streaming Media
    Price: $19.95




 

Enroll 		Monitoring to Target: The Impact of Blood Glucose Monitoring in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus
Discuss with patients the need for and benefits of tight glycemic control Describe the appropriate use of self-monitoring of blood glucose Describe the appropriate use of glucose monitors to ensure glycemic control

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
257-000-06-001-H04   		 Expires:
10/11/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Open Communication As An Error Prevention Strategy in Medical Settings
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
333-000-06-026-H04   		 Expires:
06/15/2009
Adobe Acrobat Reader
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Oral Anti-hyperglycemic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
This program will present an overview of the Oral Hyperglycemic medications to keep Pharmacists up to date.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-05-008-H01   		 Expires:
08/06/2008
Monograph
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Pain Management in the Elderly: Strategies to Manage Opioid-Induced Side Effects
This activity will address the impact of opioid-induced side effects on quality of life, review the importance of appropriate pain management, and identify novel agents under development that may help alleviate these adverse effects. Evidence-based strategies to appropriately manage pain and related side effects will also be discussed and explored.

Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
799-000-08-001-H01-P   		 Expires:
04/22/2009
Macromedia Flash
FREE!

 

Enroll 		Pharmacy Spanish - Español para la Farmacia
Acquire a pharmacy-specific vocabulary in Spanish!

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
3.5   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-06-002-H04   		 Expires:
04/21/2009
Macromedia Flash Monograph
    Price: $50.00


 

Enroll 		Stress and Burnout: Threats to Patient Safety
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
2   		 ACPE UPN:
333-000-06-036-H04   		 Expires:
09/01/2009
Adobe Acrobat Reader
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Tear Film and Treatment of Dry Eye Disease
The program presents a broad overview of the field of dry eye and explains how our understanding of dry eye has evolved with recent discoveries. The material is intended to describe all dry eye treatments and explain how a new approach, which employs a mist, works in theory and in practice.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-05-009-H04   		 Expires:
08/27/2008
Adobe Acrobat Reader Monograph
FREE!


 

Enroll 		The Emerging Crisis of Obesity in America: A Preventive Challenge to Pharmacists and Healthcare Professionals
Obesity is a growing problem for both children and adults. The pharmacist can take a proactive role in helping patients understand the impact of obesity on other disease states and support their efforts to control their weight.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-05-013-H04   		 Expires:
12/18/2008
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		The Pharmacist’s Role in the Medication Therapy Management of Chronic Pain
Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
372-000-07-035-H01-P   		 Expires:
12/18/2010
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		The Practical and Regulatory Perspective of Bioequivalence
The purpose of this educational session is to provide the clinician with practical considerations about therapeutic interchanges including when it is appropriate and inappropriate, increase awareness about obtaining therapeutically equivalent drug information and the regulatory aspects of making such an interchange.

Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
1   		 ACPE UPN:
200-000-07-001-H04-P   		 Expires:
10/31/2009
Accreditation:
ACPE - Technicians   		 Credits:
1   		 ACPE UPN:
200-000-07-001-H04-T   		 Expires:
10/31/2009
Adobe Acrobat Reader Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		The Role of Human Factors in Pharmacy Errors
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
333-000-05-019-H04   		 Expires:
08/15/2008
Adobe Acrobat Reader
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Toxic Blood, Toxic Brain: A Pharmacist's Consideration of Heptic Encephalopathy
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome that develops in patients with acute or chronic liver failure, particularly in alcoholics with cirrhosis of the liver. Five grades of HE describe increasing deterioration of cognitive, psychiatric, and motor function.

Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
1   		 ACPE UPN:
012-999-06-098-H01-P   		 Expires:
06/14/2009
Monograph
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Case Based Approach
Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Case Based Approach

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1.5   		 ACPE UPN:
221-000-07-029-H01   		 Expires:
04/30/2010
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Type-2 Diabetes: Managing the Complexity of Current and Emerging Treatments
Nearly 20 million people in the United States are living with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and are at elevated risk of morbidity and mortality. Despite efforts in public and professional education, the incidence of T2DM continues to rise at an alarming rate. New drugs indicated for T2DM continue to be introduced to the market and new study results are being presented at a rapid pace.

Accreditation:
ACPE - Pharmacists   		 Credits:
2   		 ACPE UPN:
221-000-08-008-H01-P   		 Expires:
02/09/2011
Macromedia Flash
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Where Errors Come From: Myths, Mysteries and Realities
Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
1   		 ACPE UPN:
333-000-06-018-H04   		 Expires:
03/15/2009
Adobe Acrobat Reader
FREE!


 

Enroll 		Women's Health and Well-Being Continuing Pharmacy Education Program
At the end of this course the participant should be able to review the key gender-based differences affecting women's health and wellness, discuss how to counsel customers on pharmaceutical and dietary behaviors associated with the management of women's health conditions, and explain the use of the various functional foods in the management of women's health conditions.

Accreditation:
ACPE   		 Credits:
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