Michigan Pharmacy CE Requirement 20-Hour Package
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Addiction Medicine: Part 1: Opioids and Other Scheduled Drug Classes 2Release Date: 4/27/22
About the Course
Addiction is a brain disorder that creates a large burden on both patients and society as a whole. Pharmacists play an important role in identifying and managing patients who are at risk of abusing or addicted to opioids, stimulants, and/or benzodiazepines. Medications can assist in quitting the use of certain substances, and pharmacists are in a key position to recommend appropriate therapy based on patient factors and comorbidities. Many patients will require more than one attempt at quitting, and pharmacy professionals can offer motivation and support during this difficult time. This course will offer insight into the impact of substance use disorders in the United States and help pharmacists identify patients suffering from these diseases. After completing this course, pharmacists will have an understanding of the available treatments for addiction to opioids, stimulants, and benzodiazepines.“This course will [partially] fulfill the DEA-mandated 8 hours of training on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders for DEA licensees renewing on or after June 27, 2023.” - Educating Patients: Creating Teaching Moments in Practice 4Course release date: 12/21/2022
About the Course
Effective education is essential to help patients and family gain knowledge. All healthcare professionals (HCPs) can identify teaching opportunities to assess and provide effective education. The purpose of this course is to provide HCPs with current evidence-based information to help them learn and apply skills and practice for effective patient and family teaching in a variety of settings. - 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).
- Pharmacotherapy to Assist with Smoking Cessation 3Release Date: 1/26/2021
About the Course:
After completing this course, pharmacists will be able to help select first-line pharmacotherapy to assist smokers in quitting, educate smokers on potential adverse effects of these pharmacotherapies, and provide counseling that includes how and when to properly take the medication - 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).
- Understanding, Recognizing, and Mitigating Implicit Biases in Healthcare 3
Release Date: 5/1/2023
About the Course
Researchers have identified that unconscious biases affect clinicians’ perceptions of others, influencing decisions and actively contributing to health inequalities. Typically, implicit biases are negative and unintentionally lead to disparities in patient–provider interactions, treatment decisions, and overall access to care.
The purpose of implementing implicit bias training is to emphasize to healthcare providers a modifiable risk known to play a role in the causation of health disparities. This interactive course incorporates several features to engage learners and promote active participation.