Continuing Pharmacy
Education (CPE) Goes Green
CDR Postelle Birch-Smith, PharmD
Director Health Promotions Officer
Food and Drug Administration
LT Ashlee Janusziewicz, PharmD
Regulatory Health Promotions Officer
Food and Drug Administration
USPHS COA Symposium
June 21, 2011
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Objectives
1. Discuss the ACPE /NABP CPE tracking
system.
2. Utilize the P.L.A.N database to find
specific activities.
3. Discuss recent continuing education
requirement changes by state boards of
pharmacy.
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CPE Monitor
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CPE Monitor
A national, e-system currently under
collaborative development by National
Association of Boards of Pharmacy
(NABP) and Accreditation Council for
Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to store and
authenticate data for completed CPE units
for both pharmacists and pharmacy
technicians.
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Overview
• Pharmacists & technicians create their eprofile and are assigned an ID
• CE participants provide ID and DOB in
MMDD when claiming credit
• Providers will utilize participants
information to submit credit and other
information to CPE Monitor
• State boards will use CPE Monitor to verify
requirements for re-licensure
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ID Specifications
www.MyCPEMonitor.net
• Information needed
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Contact info
Social Security #
Password & security ?s
License number
• ID is all numeric, 6-10 digits
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Benefits for Pharmacists
• Secure, central location to maintain &
track CE credits
• Accessible online 24/7
• Able to record detailed career information
• Streamlined process for pharmacists
w/multi state licensure
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Challenges for Pharmacists
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Complete online e-profile
Remember ID
Verify CE credits submitted by providers
Effective July 1, 2011, providers will no
longer be able to offer partial credit for
CPE activities.
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Timeline
• Now until fall/winter 2011 is the pilot period
• Winter 2011/early 2012 is full system
implementation by all providers
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Take Home Points
• It is the responsibility of the CE participant
to obtain & submit the correct information
to the provider
• Pharmacists & technicians will be
responsible to verify the CPE credits they
earned have been properly recorded
• No longer be able to claim partial credit for
CPE activities
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“PLAN Your
Continuing Education”
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Continuing Professional
Development
“Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) is the conscious updating of
professional knowledge and the
improvement of professional competence
throughout a person's working life.”
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Continuing Professional
Development (cont.)
Should be:
• Interesting and Engaging
• Informative (increase knowledge and
competence)
• Support you in your career performance
• Impact health outcomes
• Meet your individual state board of pharmacy
license requirements
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State Requirements
Recently many states have changed or plan to
change their license renewal requirements for
continuing education
• DC requires 10 “live” hours, 2 hours in medication
errors and 2 hours in HIV
• Michigan requires 1 hour of pain management and no
less than 10 “live” hours
• South Carolina requires 6 hours of “live” and half of
those hours must be in drug therapy or patient
management
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State Requirements (cont.)
Other specific subject areas include
• Pharmacy Law
• Drug Administration/Immunization
• Patient Safety
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State Requirements (cont.)
QUESTION: How would I know that the
activity I plan to attend meets my state
licensing requirements?
ANSWER: The Universal Activity Number
(UAN)
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Universal Activity Number (UAN)
A Universal Activity Number is an
identification number which is assigned to
each new continuing pharmacy education
activity developed, or cosponsored, by an
ACPE-accredited provider.
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Universal Activity Number (UAN)
(cont.)
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Your CPD
QUESTION: How do you find CPE
activities?
ANSWER: There are several ways to find
CPE activities and the Pharmacists
Learning Assistance Network (P.L.A.N.®)
is one option.
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What is P.L.A.N.?
The Pharmacists Learning Assistance
Network (P.L.A.N.®) is a continuing
pharmacy education service provided to
pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
through the Accreditation Council for
Pharmacy Education (ACPE).
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P.L.A.N. (cont.)
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P.L.A.N. (cont.)
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How do I the P.L.A.N. service?
• The ACPE homepage –
www.acpe-accredit.org
• Call 1-800-533-3606 Monday through
Friday 9 am to 4 pm CST
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Other sources of CPE
There are many CPE sources including:
• CPE Quicklist on American Pharmacist
Association’s www.pharmacist.com website
• ASHP Advantage
• Pharmacy Association sponsored
Conferences
• Power-Pak C.E. (www.powerpak.com)
• FDA Pharmacists listserv
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PLAN your CPD
• Your CPD is your responsibility!!
• Choose activities that ultimately make you
a better pharmacy professional!!
• CPD is not a burden, it’s an opportunity!!
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Questions??
Please don’t hesitate to email or call us.
FDACETeam@fda.hhs.gov
301-796-3157 or 301-796-7614
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References
• Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. ACPE.
http://www.acpe-accredit.org/. Accessed April 15, 2011.
• National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. NABP.
http://www.nabp.net/boards-of-pharmacy/ and
http://www.nabp.net/pharmacists/ . Accessed May 25,
2011
• 2011 Survey of Pharmacy Law, 60th Edition, NABP, 2011
• The Pharmacist’s Continuing Education Resource.
http://www.pharmacist.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=
Continuing_Education&CONTENTID=18216&TEMPLAT
E=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm , 2008
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