Texas Pharmacy Technician CE Requirements - 20 Hour Package
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
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A Review of Texas Law for Pharmacy Technicians 1
Course release date: 3/1/2026
Course Overview
Review Texas pharmacy laws and rules to help meet continuing education requirements for registration renewal in Texas. -
The Pharmacy Technician's Role in the Opioid Crisis 3
Course Release: 1/9/2024
About the course
This course will provide pharmacy technicians practicing in healthcare systems and community pharmacy settings an overview of contemporary considerations for ways that the opioid crisis intersects with pharmacy practice. This course will provide a history of the current state of the opioid crisis and how pharmacy practice has expanded to meet patient and community needs as well as ethical dimensions of the opioid crisis and the role of social determinants of health in opioid-related disparities. This course will describe how the pharmacy professional can be supportive of patients with opioid use disorder to reduce stigma and facilitate treatment-seeking, and the benefits of medications for opioid use disorder.
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Understanding the FDA’s Medication Safety Initiatives 4
Course Release: 1/9/2024
About the course
In 2022 over 6.7 billion prescriptions were dispensed (Matej Mikulic, 2023, September 15). This number increases each year. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) agency is responsible for approving, monitoring, educating, and evaluating the safety and effectiveness evaluation of both prescription and over-the counter drugs as well as medical devices. This course presents an overview of the FDA’s history, its current role in safety monitoring, drug effectiveness, and supply of medications in the United States. The agency maintains many different databases and publications related to drug safety and availability which are available to both the healthcare professionals and consumers. As healthcare providers, it is critical to understand many of these resources and to know which ones are applicable to your profession. This course provides an overview of many of the important resources that the FDA provides as well as how to access the information, how to report concerns and how to stay current as the landscape of drug availability continually changes in the United States.
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Updates in Sterile and Nonsterile Compounding Standards 3
Course Release: 4/3/2024
About the course
This intermediate-level course is intended for healthcare professionals interested in or have a role in compounding. The activity will review key changes in the current sterile and nonsterile compounding standards, set forth by the United States Pharmacopeia that went into effect on November 1, 2023.
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Human Trafficking and Exploitation: The Texas Requirement 5
Course release date: 2/1/2024
Course Overview
Today, some label human trafficking as a form of "modern day slavery," and frequently, human trafficking has been linked to sex work and prostitution, although there are other forms of trafficking, such as forced labor and domestic work. Human trafficking can involve women, men, and children. Its victims experience a host of psychological problems, including post-traumatic stress, helplessness, and depression, due to the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse they have experienced. This course encompasses a basic overview of human trafficking. The course will attempt to provide practitioners with a glimpse of the realities of human trafficking victims' lives and the physical, psychological, social, and sexual abuse they experience. Specific interventions and responses are covered, including mental health, social services, educational, prevention, and legal efforts. -
Asthma: Diagnosis and Management 10
Course release date: 11/1/2024
Course Overview
Asthma is increasingly common, and most healthcare professionals will encounter patients with the condition. The purpose of this course is to provide nurses and pharmacy professionals with up-to-date, accurate information regarding the diagnosis and management of asthma and long-term outcomes for those with the condition.