Pharmacy Education Opportunities Offered by NCPA

Whether you are a pharmacy owner, staff pharmacist, or pharmacy technician, NCPA can help you meet your continuing education requirements through a mix of live and online CE activities.

USP <800> Assessment of Risk Template Available Now

NCPA has developed a blank USP <800> risk assessment template, and a sample template for testosterone, to help you create your own risk assessments for each hazardous drug as required by USP <800>. USP General Chapter <800>'s implementation date is coming up on Dec. 1, 2019. Under USP <800>, certain hazardous drugs on the NIOSH list must follow the chapter’s containment requirements unless an assessment of risk is performed and implemented. USP defines an assessment of risk as an “evaluation of risk to determine alternative containment strategies and/or work practices.” The assessment of risk of these hazardous drugs must be documented every 12 months. The assessment of risk must, at a minimum, consider the following: type of hazardous drug (e.g., antineoplastic, non-antineoplastic, reproductive risk primarily; dosage form; risk of exposure; packaging; and manipulation). If an assessment of risk approach is taken, the entity must document what alternative containment strategies and/or work practices are being employed for specific dosage forms to minimize occupational exposure.

Access the USP 800 Risk Assessment Templates here.

Quick Consults

Curious to know how your colleagues are doing the innovative and inspiring things they do? Learn from your peers in our Quick Consults Series as they dive into tested ideas that are boosting their pharmacy. These short videos will you give you the quick consult you’ve been looking for to elevate your business!

Check out our Quick Consults here.

Clinical Community Pharmacist Videos: A Five-Part Series to Help You Rethink Pharmacy (Non-CE)

This five-part video series produced by NCPA and sponsored by H. D. Smith will help you rethink your pharmacy to catalyze marketplace changes into a model that involves community pharmacy in a meaningful, profitable way.

WATCH THE VIDEOS

NCPA Innovation Center Webinar Series—LIVE

This monthly live webinar series for pharmacy owners and wannabe owners covers a wide range of business-focused topics. Join us the second Wednesday of every month for a live, one-hour webinar to discover new ideas and ways to succeed in pharmacy ownership. (Each webinar provides 1.0 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of CE credit.)

Check out our upcoming schedule and archived webinars.

Free Online Articles & Courses

Access a library of timely, relevant continuing pharmacy education topics, such as functional medicines, treatment options for opioids, heart failure, and countless other articles that have appeared in America's Pharmacist or other publications. (Number of CE contact hours varies by article/course.)

ACCESS ONLINE ARTICLES & COURSES

NCPA Programs/Workshops—LIVE

Attend an NCPA program or educational workshop to meet all of your pharmacy business owner needs (number of CE contact hours varies by program):

Ownership Workshop, sponsored by McKesson
Front-End Profit Building Seminar, sponsored by Good Neighbor Pharmacy
Enhanced Services Boot Camp
NCPA Annual Convention
NCPA Multiple Locations Conference

Mental Health First Aid

Earn 8.0 contact hours (0.8 CEUs) of pharmacist or pharmacy technician CE for being trained in Mental Health First Aid. Any Adult training found in the Mental Health First Aid database is eligible for CE.

Learn more about Mental Health First Aid here.

Comprehensive Motivational Interviewing Training

Developed by Bruce Berger and Bill Villaume, the comMIt program will show you how to get to the bottom of potential issues behind non-adherence, focusing on such topics as starting an interaction, non-threatening ways to correct misunderstanding, getting buy-in and so much more, in six online, interactive, work-at-your-own-pace modules.

Learn more about Comprehensive Motivational Interviewing Training here.

Contraceptive Education and Certification for the Prescribing Pharmacist

Women's access to oral and trans-dermal contraceptives continues to expand throughout the United States by allowing pharmacists to furnish contraceptives. Comprehensive Contraceptive Education and Certification, an online certification course, is now available for pharmacists practicing in participating states.

Learn more about Contraceptive Education and Certification for the Prescribing Pharmacist here.

CE Activity Submission Policy

ACPE charges $200 for filing CE beyond their submission deadline. NCPA has established "free pass" filing periods for March, August, and December of 2020 where your overdue activities can still be filed at no charge. All other requests for CE submission past the CE deadline posted on CE claiming instructions will be submitted at the user’s expense. Please contact NCPA’s Education Department at [email protected] with any questions. Have the following information ready: e-Profile ID, DOB (MMDD), and ACPE UAN for each activity.