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APhA Advanced Training Programs
APhA's Training Programs are advanced training activities which range from programs with both a home study and a live component to learning activities which can be completed online with up to 16 hours continuing pharmacy education (CPE) hours of home study. Below is a list of advanced training programs accredited by APhA. You will also find directions to request a certificate of achievement to be reissued.
APhA Certificate Training Programs
Certification training programs have both a self-study and live component. Please click on links below for goals and objectives of each course, as well as links to register for programs hosted by APhA and to locate organizations who host to pharmacists outside their organization.
Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services. Gain experience interviewing patients, identifying and prioritizing medication-related problems, developing and implementing interventions, and documenting activities. You will have the opportunity to explore various business models and billing strategies and discuss plans for implementation.
Pharmacy-Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management. This advanced professional training program explores the pharmacist’s role in cardiovascular disease risk management. This practice-based activity is the first step for pharmacists interested in learning the essential skills to successfully assess risk, promote cardiovascular disease prevention, and encourage patient adherence to therapy.
Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery. This program, based on CDC's national educational standards for immunization, emphasizes a health care team approach, fosters interventions that promote disease prevention and public health, and prepares pharmacists with the comprehensive knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to provide immunization services to patients across the life span.
The Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care. This award-winning and intensive educational experience equips pharmacists with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to provide effective, evidence-based diabetes care.
What is the difference between a certificate training program and a certification?
Certificate Programs are generally smaller in magnitude, shorter in time, and impart knowledge, skills, attitudes, and performance behaviors designed to meet specific pharmacy practice objectives. Certification is the process by which a nongovernmental agency, such as a professional association, grants recognition, following assessment, to an individual who has met certain predetermined qualifications specified by that organization.
Practice-based CPE activities are structured, systematic postgraduate continuing education experiences for pharmacists that are generally smaller in magnitude and shorter in time than degree programs, and that impart knowledge, skills, attitudes, and performance behaviors designed to meet specific pharmacy practice objectives.
Practice-based CPE activities are to be distinguished from certification and licensure, which recognize an individual and have different purposes and meanings. Certification is the process by which a nongovernmental agency, such as a professional association, grants recognition, following assessment, to an individual who has met certain predetermined qualifications specified by that organization. The formal recognition of certification designates to the public that this person is competent to practice in the designated area of certification. The successful completion of one or more practice-based CPE activities may be among the requirements for certification or recertification, as determined by the organization granting certification.
Board certification: The process by which a person is tested and approved to practice in a specialty field, especially medicine, after successfully completing the requirements of a board of specialists in that field.
Practice-based CPE activities are structured and systematic post-graduate continuing education experiences for pharmacists that are generally smaller in magnitude and shorter in time than degree programs, and that impart knowledge, skills, attitudes, and performance behaviors designed to meet specific pharmacy practice objectives. In comparison to other forms of continuing pharmacy education. Practice-based CPE activities are designed to instill, expand, or enhance practice competencies through the systematic acquisition of specified knowledge, skills, attitudes, and performance behaviors.
Practice-based CPE activities are to be distinguished from certification and licensure, which give recognition to an individual and have different purposes and meanings. Certification is the process by which a non-governmental agency, such as a professional association, grants recognition, following assessment, to an individual who has met certain predetermined qualifications specified by that organization. The formal recognition of certification is granted to an individual to designate to the public that this person is competent to practice in the designated area of certification. The successful completion of one or more Practice-based CPE activities may be among the requirements for certification or re-certification, as determined by the organization granting certification.
Board Certification: The process by which a person is tested and approved to practice in a specialty field, especially medicine, after successfully completing the requirements of a board of specialists in that field.
Certificate of Achievement Reissue Information
Need your Certificate of Achievement reissued? Print the Certificate of Achievement Reissue Request form.
The certificate of achievement looks like a certificate. It is not a transcript of CPE or statement of credit. Although there is no expiration date, the pharmacist should maintain current continuing professional development in the area of their training.
Certificate of Achievement Guidance Document for the Immunization Training Program
Certificate of Achievement Guidance Document for the Cardiovascular, Diabetes, MTM, and Travel Health training programs
APhA Advanced Training Programs
Pharmacy-Based Travel Health Services. This advanced competency training program explores the pharmacist's role in providing travel health services to patients.
Using Evidence to Advance Your Practice - New - This online program focuses on learning the principles and approaches used in evidence-based practice to assess patients’ medication needs, formulate and document patient care plans, and collaborate with other members of the health care team. Learn More
Increasing Access to Hormonal Contraceptive Products - New - APhA’s new online, 4-hour training program, focused on hormonal contraceptives, will prepare you to discuss the options available to women. Learn More
APhA Advanced Preceptor Training - This 13-hour online program helps you gain the knowledge and confidence you need to be a successful preceptor.
Test Your Knowledge, Immunization Delivery - In this 2-hour online program, you will be able to assess your knowledge and capabilities in providing immunization services and identify gaps in knowledge. This program provides ongoing assessment and professional development for pharmacists who have completed the APhA certificate training program Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery.
Pharmacogenomics - This 16-hour self-paced home study course, developed by RxGenomix, was designed to help working pharmacists and pharmacy technicians learn about the science of pharmacogenomics and how it may be applied in their clinical practice.
IMPACT Care Transformation Institute - Transform your practice by implementing action-centered, team-based care that improves health outcomes.
Residency Training
APhA SCDI (APhA Systematic Curriculum Design and Implementation) - This program provides the essential knowledge and skills required to systematically design, develop, and implement a community-based, longitudinal structured pharmacy residency training program by applying established principles, structure and methods from educational curriculum design, and educational theory.
APhA Meeting the Requirements of Residency Accreditation: PGY1 Community-based - This program is designed for participants who have a PGY1 community-based pharmacy residency program that is either preparing for reaccreditation or is in candidate status for accreditation with a resident currently in the program.
Board Certified Review and Recertification Courses
Frequently Asked Questions
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