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Basic Compounding and Calculations Home Study
The overall goal of this 12-hour knowledge-based program is to provide the pharmacists and technicians with a review of the calculations they will need to make in order to prepare the variety of medications their patients may need to attain the greatest therapeutic actions from their medications with the fewest undesirable side effects.
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians all compound medica...
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Compounding for Podiatry Home Study
This is a 4.5-hour knowledge-based learning program, participants will review many of the common podiatric ailments that may be treated with customized, compounded medications.
The pathophysiology of these ailments is outlined along with mechanisms of action of the active pharmaceutical ingredients used and appropriate dosage forms. Suggested formulations to treat each condition are also...
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Compounding for the Veterinary Patient Home Study
In this 6-hour knowledge-based home study learning program, participants will review the regulations of veterinary medicine and recommendations for veterinary compounding, as well as the challenges in compounding for a veterinary patient. Participants will explore ways to help patients and owners by adjusting dosage strength, customizing dosage forms, and tailoring ingredient selection by anima...
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Comprehensive Sterile Compounding
June 15th - 17th, 2023
COMPREHENSIVE STERILE COMPOUNDING is an accredited 3-day, 20-hour (2.0 CEUs) practice-based course designed for pharmacists and technicians who are experienced in compounding.
Physicians and other healthcare professionals are welcome to attend. This course will also provide initial aseptic training for pharmacists and technicians required by their state board of phar...
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Comprehensive Sterile Compounding
August 10th - 12th, 2023
COMPREHENSIVE STERILE COMPOUNDING is an accredited 3-day, 20-hour (2.0 CEUs) practice-based course designed for pharmacists and technicians who are experienced in compounding.
Physicians and other healthcare professionals are welcome to attend. This course will also provide initial aseptic training for pharmacists and technicians required by their state board of ph...
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Comprehensive Sterile Compounding
March 30 - April 1, 2023
COMPREHENSIVE STERILE COMPOUNDING is an accredited 3-day, 20-hour (2.0 CEUs) practice-based course designed for pharmacists and technicians who are experienced in compounding.
Physicians and other healthcare professionals are welcome to attend. This course will also provide initial aseptic training for pharmacists and technicians required by their state board of ph...
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Comprehensive Sterile Compounding
October 12th - 14th, 2023
COMPREHENSIVE STERILE COMPOUNDING is an accredited 3-day, 20-hour (2.0 CEUs) practice-based course designed for pharmacists and technicians who are experienced in compounding.
Physicians and other healthcare professionals are welcome to attend. This course will also provide initial aseptic training for pharmacists and technicians required by their state board of p...
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Dermatological Compounding Home Study
This is a 5-hour knowledge-based home study learning program, designed for compounding pharmacists and technicians that will cover the definition and discussion of creams, emulsions, ointments, pastes, gels, PLOs, solutions, lotions, powders, and bases (semi-solid and commercially available).
This module also covers compendial requirements (microbial content, minimum fill, quality control, p...
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Dermatological Compounding with Pain Management
Class Dates & Registration
TBD: email training@acainfo.org to be put on the notification list.
DERMATOLOGICAL COMPOUNDING WITH PAIN MANAGEMENT is an accredited 15 hour (1.5 CEUs) practice-based course designed for pharmacists, technicians, marketers, and students who want to learn more about a growing segment for compounding. Physicians and other healthcare professionals are welcome to a...
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Fundamental Compounding with Pharmacy Law
March 9th - 11th, 2023
FUNDAMENTAL COMPOUNDING is an accredited 3-day course that combines a 20-hour (2.0 CEUs) practice-based course with a 1 hour (0.1 CEU) knowledge-based course in Fundamental Compounding Law.
This course is designed for pharmacists, technicians, and students who are new to compounding or who have had training in the past but want a refresher. Physicians and other healt...
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Fundamental Compounding with Pharmacy Law
July 13th - 15th, 2023
FUNDAMENTAL COMPOUNDING is an accredited 3-day course that combines a 20-hour (2.0 CEUs) practice-based course with a 1 hour (0.1 CEU) knowledge-based course in Fundamental Compounding Law.
This course is designed for pharmacists, technicians, and students who are new to compounding or who have had training in the past but want a refresher. Physicians and other healt...
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Fundamental Compounding with Pharmacy Law
September 7th - 9th, 2023
FUNDAMENTAL COMPOUNDING is an accredited 3-day course that combines a 20-hour (2.0 CEUs) practice-based course with a 1 hour (0.1 CEU) knowledge-based course in Fundamental Compounding Law.
This course is designed for pharmacists, technicians, and students who are new to compounding or who have had training in the past but want a refresher. Physicians and other he...
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Fundamental Compounding with Pharmacy Law
November 9th - 11th, 2023
FUNDAMENTAL COMPOUNDING is an accredited 3-day course that combines a 20-hour (2.0 CEUs) practice-based course with a 1 hour (0.1 CEU) knowledge-based course in Fundamental Compounding Law.
This course is designed for pharmacists, technicians, and students who are new to compounding or who have had training in the past but want a refresher. Physicians and other he...
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NAPRA Overview of Non-sterile Compounding Home Study
This 6.0 CE hour knowledge-based home study learning program is designed for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who compound non-sterile preparations under the authority of NAPRA. At the conclusion of the course, participants will be familiar with the standards necessary to evaluate their practice, and able to develop service-related procedures and implement appropriate quality controls for b...
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Non-sterile Compounding Home Study
This is a 10-hour knowledge-based home study learning program, designed for compounding pharmacists and technicians that will provide a broad overview of nonsterile compounding, including the regulations and standards that apply, along with discussions of each of the typical dosage forms prepared by compounders.
The calculations module provides detailed explanations and examples and is a gu...
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PEERx: Pharmacy Ethics Continuing Education Series
Ethics Module 1: Priority of Pharmacy Ethics in Healthcare
Ethics in pharmacy is priority for those that work in any area of pharmacy practice. Pharmacy personnel should have a basic understanding of the ethical principles that are recognized by pharmacy leadership. By engaging in conversations about ethics and being familiar with historical examples in pharmacy where ethics were breached, phar...
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Pharmacists Education on CBD & Cannabinoids Symposium: On-Demand
Earn up to 11 hours of continuing education when you purchase the 2021 Pharmacists Education on CBD & Cannabinoids Symposium Bundle, originally presented March 19-20, 2021.
The Pharmacists Education on CBD & Cannabinoids Symposium brought together pharmacists, medical professionals, scientists, legal and regulatory professionals for a two-day intensive focus on this critical topic. ...
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Quality Compounding Summit: On-Demand
Earn up to 9 hours of continuing education focused on quality issues in compounding when you purchase the 2021 Quality Compounding Summit Bundle originally presented November 5-6, 2021.
Quality Compounding Summit 2021 Bundle - only $450
CE Session #1 - NABP Implementation of the FDA Compounding MOU
CE Session #2 - Pharmacist / Provider / Patient Triad: A Multidisciplinary Approach t...
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Veterinary Compounding Essentials
April 28th - 29th, 2023
VETERINARY COMPOUNDING ESSENTIALS is an accredited 15-hour (1.5 CEUs) practice-based course that introduces pharmacists, technicians, and marketers to veterinary pharmacy compounding. The program provides fundamental techniques for effectively growing the veterinary compounding practice, including calculations, proper safety practices, hands-on compounding, and market...
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Veterinary Compounding Essentials
July 28th - 29th, 2023
VETERINARY COMPOUNDING ESSENTIALS is an accredited 15-hour (1.5 CEUs) practice-based course that introduces pharmacists, technicians, and marketers to veterinary pharmacy compounding. The program provides fundamental techniques for effectively growing the veterinary compounding practice, including calculations, proper safety practices, hands-on compounding, and marketi...
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Veterinary Compounding Essentials
October 27th - 28th, 2023
VETERINARY COMPOUNDING ESSENTIALS is an accredited 15-hour (1.5 CEUs) practice-based course that introduces pharmacists, technicians, and marketers to veterinary pharmacy compounding. The program provides fundamental techniques for effectively growing the veterinary compounding practice, including calculations, proper safety practices, hands-on compounding, and mark...
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WEBINAR: 2021 Pharmacy Law Update: Regulations, Guidance, and Reports
Compounding pharmacists and practitioners must remain aware of ongoing legal and regulatory developments so that they may tailor their practices accordingly and avoid disciplinary actions and/or disruptions to business. This presentation will review recent agency guidance and interpretations and stakeholder responses for both human and veterinary compounding practices.
The American Colle...
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WEBINAR: 2021 Quality Compounding Summit - On Demand Bundle
Earn up to 9 hours of continuing education focused on quality issues in compounding when you purchase the 2021 Quality Compounding Summit Bundle, originally presented November 5-6, 2021.
Session 1: NABP Implementation of the FDA Compounding MOU
Session 2: Pharmacist / Provider / Patient Triad: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Patient Care
Session 3: Quality Compounding and Clinic...
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WEBINAR: 2022 Legal Update
Compounding pharmacists and practitioners must remain aware of ongoing legal and regulatory developments to tailor their practices accordingly and avoid disciplinary actions and/or disruptions to business. This presentation will review recent agency guidance, interpretations, and stakeholder responses for both human and veterinary compounding practices.
This session was initially presented ...
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WEBINAR: A Guide for Pharmacies Negatively Impacted by COVID-19: Financial Relief Tools and New Business Opportunities
This presentation will assist pharmacies in finding much needed funding and financial relief during these emergent times and be able to remain open and appropriately staffed to care for patients. The presentation will detail not only financial tools and products that exist, but also other forms of relief from expenses and debt that are available to pharmacy providers. Finally, the program will a...
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WEBINAR: ABC's of Nutritional Pharmacy Bundle
Earn up to 3.5 hours of continuing education focused on Nutritional Pharmacy when you purchase the ABCs of Nutritional Pharmacy Bundle, originally presented on February 25, 2022 at the 2022 ACA | ACVP | PPHI Annual Conference & Expo.
Webinar 1: Vitamins Fact or Fiction: Functionally Using Nutrients to Impact Positive Patient Outcomes, Jeff Robins, RPh, FACA
Many of our patients ea...
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WEBINAR: An Overview of CBD in Pet Patients
After completing this activity, pharmacists and technicians will have a better understanding of using hemp derived CBD products in their animal patients. Pharmacists and technicians will be able to differentiate between the various formulations of products derived from hemp and understand what components help insure a quality CBD product.
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WEBINAR: ¡Viva la farmacia! Basic Medical Spanish for the Community Pharmacy
This webinar will help introduce pharmacists and technicians to basic words, phrases, and concepts to help provide more culturally and linguistically appropriate care for the Spanish-speaking patient population. This webinar is designed for participants with little to no Spanish language experience, but participants of all levels of Spanish language experience are welcome to participate.
Lear...
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WEBINAR: CBD and Drug Interactions - What Pharmacists Need To Know
Drug interactions have always been a complicated issue for health care providers. Since more than half of U.S. adults regularly take prescription medications and at least 75% of Americans take at least one over-the-counter product along with their prescription meds, the currently increasing use of CBD products makes the Pharmacists drug monitoring role even more difficult.
With each passing d...
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WEBINAR: Clinical Use of the Cannabinoids with Case Reports & Discussion
The use of medically unsupervised cannabis use is exponentially growing in the USA. Healthcare providers need to not only recognize this fact but embrace it with the goal of avoiding drug-drug interactions and improving therapeutic outcomes. The goal of this activity is to provide pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with real-world experience in the use of cannabis in disease state management; ...
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WEBINAR: Current Legal Status - Federal and State Laws including the 2018 Hemp Bill
Pharmacy owners, pharmacists, and pharmacy staff will gain knowledge of the current status of applicable Federal and State laws governing hemp-containing pharmaceutical products and supplies. This educational session will also identify key issues with respect to dispensing hemp-containing products and what the pharmacists/pharmacy technicians should know when consulting patients.
The Ame...
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WEBINAR: Data Gaps in Aquatic Pharmacology: Identifying Challenges and Needs
Administering medications to animals living in an aquatic environment poses unique challenges compared to their terrestrial counterparts. This talk will review the basic considerations when choosing and administering medication to fish and sharks and identify areas where we lack scientific data to support our medication choices. Medication behavior and its relationship to filtration and other en...
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WEBINAR: Deciphering Small Animals Antibiotics
This presentation will re-emphasize previous antibiotic knowledge learned in school and provide a new learning opportunity to learn about antibiotics specifically related to small animals. This presentation will lead attendees to gain confidence in consulting with veterinarians about antibiotic choices and better their knowledge of common small animal antibiotics.
The American College of Apo...
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WEBINAR: Disaster Preparedness
This program will present practical considerations for pharmacists to prepare their pharmacies for disasters and future public health emergencies. The concepts presented will assist pharmacists in ensuring continuity of operations in disaster circumstances so as to provide ongoing access by patients to medicines and pharmacist services. Further, pharmacists will learn about how to integrate effe...
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WEBINAR: Diversity and Inclusivity: "Must Haves" For Pharmacy
Pharmacy professionals seek to provide high-quality health care that leads to optimal health outcomes in all patient populations. However, these desired outcomes and levels of health equity have not yet been achieved due to the lack of diversity and inclusivity in health professions and pharmacy education and practice, and the compounding effect of health disparities. The good news is we can cha...
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WEBINAR: Exotic Pets and Your Imagination
This webinar will discuss the problems of treating exotic pets and zoo animals--what questions to ask, who to talk to, and what resources you can use for answers.
The American College of Apothecaries (ACA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACA has accredited this program for 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEUs) of continui...
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WEBINAR: Expanding Pharmacy Proficiency in Transgender Care
Originally presented Monday, October 19, 2020
Throughout pharmacy, there have been gaps identified in the sensitivity training and literature available to pharmacy caregivers. The first half of this presentation will first provide cultural awareness and sensitivity training to improve interactions with this diverse patient population. The second half will provide education on transgender drug...
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WEBINAR: GFI #256 - Implications of the Next Round of FDA Compounding Guidance
Compounding with bulk chemicals (APIs) for animal patients has been in a regulatory void since November 2017 when FDA abruptly withdrew its compounding guidance and did not replace it. In November 2019, FDA released a draft of proposed guidance for Industry addressing how FDA intends to apply enforcement discretion to pharmacists and veterinarians using APIs to compound for animal patients. In t...
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WEBINAR: History of Cannabis
This session will provide pharmacists and pharmacy technicians a history of cannabis throughout time, including clinical and recreational uses. Additionally, an overview of the legal landscape will be provided.
The American College of Apothecaries (ACA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACA has accredited this ...
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WEBINAR: Labeling: Advertising and Marketing Claims Made, Documentation Outside of FDA
This presentation is designed to expose pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to what is being promoted to the public regarding CBD. The topics are outside of FDA-approved claims and/or labels. While CBD is being used as a drug, safety and efficacy have not been approved for the claims made. The question is, what evidence is there to back up the statements made? And therefore, what messages are...
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WEBINAR: Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery
Share my story of addiction recovery to normalize seeking help while working in the medical profession. To distinguish mental health and addiction. Discuss the barriers and obstacles in the way. How can we all advocate for change?
This session was initially presented at the 2022 ACA | ACVP | PPHI Annual Conference & Expo held on February 23-26, 2022.
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WEBINAR: MEN AND COVID SEVERITY - New Research that Links Them ... What Are the Implications?
Pharmacists/Technicians will have a better understanding of why men suffered more severely from COVID-19 than women, and what that can mean in other acute, viral conditions. Pharmacists will be better equipped to discuss the relative health risks/benefits of testosterone in cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer. Thus, the pharmacist/technician will be able to engage with and educate both ...
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WEBINAR: Mental Health for the Pharmacy Workforce Bundle
Earn up to 2 hours of continuing education focused on Mental Health when you purchase the Mental Health for the Pharmacy Workforce Bundle, originally presented on February 24, 2022, at the 2022 ACA | ACVP | PPHI Annual Conference & Expo.
1. "Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician's Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope and Recovery", Adam Hill, MD
2. "Burnout, Patient Safety, and the Roa...
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WEBINAR: Metronomic Chemotherapy: Hope vs. Hype
Metronomic chemotherapy has become quite popular with oncologists and general practitioners. There are some basic scientific data addressing its mechanism of action, however, the vast amount of data is purely retrospective in nature. These studies vary in drug dosage and protocols used making assessment between studies challenging. On top of this, there are no good surrogate markers for efficacy...
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WEBINAR: Not So Tiny Humans - Understanding Anatomy & Physiology of Dogs and Cats
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians dispensing and compounding medications for non-human patients will benefit from learning the pharmacokinetic and metabolic differences in dogs and cats. The presentation will address the anatomical and physiological differences in dogs and cats compared to humans. These differences impact drug bioavailability, metabolism, and elimination. This knowledge will ...
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WEBINAR: Pharmacists Education on CBD and Cannabinoids Symposium Speaker Discussion Panel
Earn up to 2 hours of continuing education (CE) when you purchase the Speaker Discussion Panel from the Pharmacists Education on CBD & Cannabinoids Symposium.
The Speakers Panel's goal is to present and answer typical questions about the use of cannabis. Specifically, the panel will provide the pharmacist with a framework to access, evaluate and provide recommendations for those patien...
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WEBINAR: Pharmacology of Phytocannabinoids - Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions
Cannabinoids have grown in availability and acceptance over the past several years. Currently, health practitioners face the challenge of working with many patients who not only take pharmaceutical medications but may augment their medications with the use of cannabis. It is imperative for today's practitioners to be comfortable managing this population.
The American College of Apothecarie...
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WEBINAR: Policy and Payment for Pharmacists Maternal Health Services
Research shows that pharmacists add significant value to the healthcare system. That value is, as of yet, largely unrealized in maternal health services. To decrease infant and maternal mortality, preterm birth, and unintended pregnancies, states should look to pharmacists as a capable workforce, ready to implement solutions. Allowing pharmacists to provide primary care services to pregnant wome...
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WEBINAR: Promotions -Pivots -Pandemic -Pretzels | Marketing techniques to reach providers and grow your compounding business during everyday operations AND during a global pandemic
This presentation will discuss marketing and sales strategies to grow and expand the independent compounding pharmacy. Particularly during a global pandemic, it is necessary to think outside the box and to creatively reach target accounts, making shifts along the way. Collateral material - virtual meetings - social media - provider interaction - pharmacy swag - and beyond. This presentation has ...
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WEBINAR: Putting Science in Practice: New Concept to Get Paid for Pharmacy Services
The current payment paradigm for reimbursement of pharmacy services may soon play less of a role in the community pharmacist’s business model if it does not disappear completely. Monolithic organizations with logistical expertise are poised to enter the realm of community pharmacy practice and disrupt this model as they have in other retail worlds. What will be presented is a new method of del...
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WEBINAR: Rabbits, Ferrets, and Birds - Oh My! Anatomy and Physiology Considerations for Our Smallest Patients
Small exotics frequently require medications that are compounded into appropriate strengths and dosage forms. However, these species are often the ones pharmacists are least familiar with. This session will cover some of the important anatomy and physiology differences when treating small exotics versus dogs and cats. At the end of the session, participants will be better prepared to be a collab...
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WEBINAR: Recognizing Cardiometabolic Syndrome in Community Pharmacy
Cardiometabolic syndrome (CMS) is a combination of metabolic dysfunctions mainly characterized by insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and central adiposity. CMS is now recognized as a disease entity by the World Health Organization and the American Society of Endocrinology. Community pharmacists are in a perfect position to help guide patients through nutr...
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WEBINAR: Safeguard Your Compounding Pharmacy: Quality Control Tests for Dosage Forms and Common Pitfalls
It is important for compounding pharmacy and outsourcing facility testing programs to align with USP and FDA requirements for sterile and non-sterile dosage forms. Some of the same difficulties pharmacists and technicians face in creating a drug formulation also relate to getting accurate and representative results from quality control testing. Attendees will discover common pitfalls and uncover...
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WEBINAR: The Chemistry: THC, CBD, the Class, Potency & Standardization
The chemistry of cannabis is often confused between recreational and clinical utility. This session will provide an explanation of the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of THC and CBD. With the increasing utilization of medical marijuana and the need for quality attributes, we will discuss the importance of standardization and testing of cannabis.
The American College of Apothecaries (AC...
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WEBINAR: The GRAS is Not Always Greener: Providing Toxin-free Drug Therapy to Animal Patients
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians often are the last line of defense in recognizing and preventing potential animal poisoning. Unfortunately, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians traditionally are trained only in human toxicology. To provide competent and confident pharmaceutical care to non-human species, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians must possess a working knowledge of species-specif...
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WEBINAR: USP <800> Past, Present and Future of this Standard Implemented in our Professions
As healthcare advancements are made so becomes the need for safety measures to protect those who provide care. This event is meant to discuss the history of hazardous drug use in the veterinary profession and what measures we should be considering as we care for people or pets.
The American College of Apothecaries (ACA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a pr...
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WEBINAR: Veterinary Pharmacotherapy Basics Bundle
The Veterinary Pharmacotherapy Basics Bundle is accredited for 2.0 contact hours (0.2 CEUs) of continuing education credit for pharmacists and technicians.
Webinar 1: Not So Tiny Humans: Understanding Anatomy & Physiology of Dogs and Cats
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians dispensing and compounding medications for non-human patients will benefit from learning the pharmacokinetic and...
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WEBINAR: Veterinary Pharmacy Conference 2021 - On Demand
Earn up to 7 hours of continuing education focused on community veterinary pharmacy when you purchase the Veterinary Pharmacy Conference 2021 - On Demand, originally presented June 11-12, 2021.
The ACVP Veterinary Pharmacy Virtual Conference is the only national conference designed exclusively for community veterinary pharmacies, ideal for both new and established veterinary pharmacy practic...
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WEBINAR: Veterinary Pharmacy for Exotic Animals Bundle
Earn up to 3 hours of continuing education focused on Veterinary Pharmacy when you purchase the Veterinary Pharmacy for Exotic Animals Bundle, originally presented at the 2021 Veterinary Pharmacy Conference and 2021/2022 Annual Conference & Expo.
1. "Data Gaps in Aquatic Pharmacology: Identifying Challenges and Needs", Jamie Torres, DVM
2. "Exotic Pets and Your Im...
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WEBINAR: Veterinary Pharmacy Virtual Conference 2020 - On Demand
Earn up to 6.5 hours of continuing education focused on community veterinary pharmacy when you purchase the 2020 Veterinary Pharmacy Virtual Conference Bundle, originally presented June 26-27, 2020.
The ACVP Veterinary Pharmacy Virtual Conference is the only national conference designed exclusively for community veterinary pharmacies. Ideal for both new and established veterinary pharmacy pr...
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