Maryland Pharmacy CE Requirement 22-Hour Package
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Addiction Medicine Part 2: Alcohol 2Course Release Date: 10/21/22
Alcohol use disorder is a serious national health problem in the United States. It is estimated that more than 14 million American adults had an alcohol use disorder in 2019, as well as 414,000 adolescents aged 12 to 17. There is a clear need for improvement in the treatment of alcohol use disorder; this course serves to review the recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of alcohol use disorder and alcohol withdrawal.
- Pain Management Awareness for Pharmacists, Second Edition 2Course release date: 4/20/22About the Course:Pain is not always curable, and there are a number of approaches to its treatment. The appropriate treatment plan can vary significantly, depending on the cause of pain, patient-specific factors, and personal preference. A comprehensive pain treatment plan is often a multimodal approach, requiring the use of both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options. A thorough understanding of the available therapies is necessary to provide optimal care to a patient in pain. This course serves as an overview of pain, its evaluation, and treatment (US National Library of Medicine, 2021).
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors for Pharmacy Professionals 2
Course Release: 4/1/2024
About the course
This educational program is designed to accomplish at least two important goals: first to provide examples of critical potential medication errors, and secondly to offer mechanisms that pharmacy professionals can take to intervene in these mishaps and enhance patient care. In addition to offering these critical examples and potential solutions, two case studies are included to help put some of the ideas into realistic scenarios similar to those that may be encountered in contemporary pharmacy practice. Evidence-based practice information from current peer-reviewed literature is also included for context and ideas for pharmacists to consider in efforts to improve their practice appear throughout the program. Lastly, a post-test is included at the end of the program to test your understanding of the material.
- Pharmacological Management: Type 2 Diabetes in Children, 2nd Edition 3
Course release date: 1/26/2023
About the Course
This course will outline the risk factors, pathophysiology, and diagnostic criteria of type 2 diabetes. Goals of management, treatment options, and psychosocial barriers will also be addressed to guide successful multidisciplinary care of these patients. - Prescribing Strategies for Older Adults 3
Course release date: 10/09/2023
About the Course
This course will explore the intricacies of pharmacological principles and their profound impact on choosing the perfect medications enhancing the learners' ability to effectively apply pharmacologic principles to the medication selection process for the older adult. It will examine the age-related changes influencing medication effectiveness and adverse drug effects. The course addresses the challenges and complexities of medication management in the aging population, considering factors such as disease burdens, cognitive and organ system decline, and social determinants of health.
- The Essentials of Infection Prevention 4
Course release date: 7/10/2023
About the Course
The COVID-19 pandemic made all healthcare workers acutely aware of infection prevention and control measures. The pandemic has highlighted the need for ongoing education to maintain a knowledge and skill level appropriate for implementing strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections and to prepare for the next pandemic. Understanding where reservoirs are harboring pathogens and strategies to prevent transmission in healthcare settings is critical. This course will examine best practices for infection prevention, such as hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, transmission-based precautions, cleaning and disinfection, and injection safety
- The Pharmacist's Role in the Opioid Crisis, 2nd Edition 6
Course Release: 1/9/2024
About the course
This course will provide pharmacists 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 pharmacists with 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 provide pharmacists with an understanding of the disease state of opioid use disorder and how opioids affect the brain, how the pharmacist 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; participants will review the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain (2022 Clinical Practice Guideline).