There are many continuing education opportunities available to pharmacy professionals today.  For your convenience, we have provided a few below:

Live CE Programs & Events

• The California State Board of Pharmacy offers 6 hours of CE to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians that attend one full day of the Board's quarterly meetings.  The meetings are held at different sites throughout California and information packets relating to the meetings are placed on the Board's website about five days prior to the meeting.  For meeting dates, locations and other information, click here.

On-line CE

• The Pharmacy Foundation has partnered with Learnsomething.com to make on-line CE available in several categories: Pharmacist, Technician, Business Owners, Employees, and more.

• The Pharmacists' Learning Assistance Network (P.L.A.N.®) is a continuing pharmacy education information service provided through the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Pharmacists have the ability to search this computerized database of all continuing pharmacy education programs offered by ACPE-accredited providers. Pharmacists can search the database by desired location, topic, date, and/or program format.

• The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) offers over 80 on-line courses through the "CE Quick List", available on their website.  They also offer various certificate training programs (immunizations, MTM, diabetes, lipid management, etc.) - visit their website for more information or contact them directly at (202) 429-7512.

• Ethics courses that may meet the CA State Board of Pharmacy's requirements as a condition of probation, license reinstatement or as abatement for a citation and fine:

https://professionalboundaries.com/pharmacist-ethics-course.php

http://www.imq.org/programs/educational-programs/#a4

Board approval must be obtained prior to the commencement of an ethics course; please contact the Board at (916) 574-7900.  

• Power-Pak CE offers ACPE-accredited on-line and print CE programs in various topics for healthcare professionals. Registered users receive monthly email notifications regarding new programs. Visit www.powerpak.com for more information and to view the selection of programs.

• SCAN Health Plan offers free web-based learning modules to educate healthcare professionals in geriatric care.  Visit their website to view the programs they offer.
  

• The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) offers free on-line CE courses on their website.  Visit their website to view the selection of programs and other online CE resources for Technicians.