OPIC Pearl - May 27, 2020

Pharmacists: new medications and new procedures to meet regulatory and safety requirements for dispensing, prescribing, monitoring and administrating medications are constantly being released and updated.

Pharmacy Technicians: new medications and new procedures to meet regulatory and safety requirements for compounding and dispensing medications are constantly being released and updated.

Target Audience

Pharmacists

Pharmacy Technicians

Learning Objectives

Accreditation Statement

Please list the learning objectives for Pharmacists (all that apply):

  • Describe the role of a pharmacist in optimizing safe and effective medication preparation or use.
  • List two ways that a pharmacist can be compliant with the presented procedure or policy.

Please list the learning objectives for Pharmacy Technicians (all that apply):

  • Describe the role of a pharmacy technician in safe and accurate medication preparation or dispensing.
  • List two ways that a pharmacy technician can be compliant with the presented procedure or policy.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy
    The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 0.50 ACPE Technician
    The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Course opens: 
05/27/2020
Course expires: 
06/29/2020

Pharmacists: new medications and new procedures to meet regulatory and safety requirements for dispensing, prescribing, monitoring and administrating medications are constantly being released and updated.

Pharmacy Technicians: new medications and new procedures to meet regulatory and safety requirements for compounding and dispensing medications are constantly being released and updated.

UPMC Montefiore
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This knowledge-based activity provides 0.5 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.

The assigned universal program number(s) are:

0481-0000-19-118-L04-P

0481-0000-19-118-L04-T

 

Available Credit

  • 0.50 ACPE Pharmacy
    The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 0.50 ACPE Technician
    The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
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