CPPD delivers educational programs that will improve and expand your current knowledge to optimize patient outcomes, keep you up to date with the latest developments in the field of pharmacy, and help you attain your professional development goals.
Through our online learning platform, you will have the flexibility and convenience to fit learning into your busy lifestyle. The online presentations allow you to access content in the comfort of your home, office or anywhere there is internet access.
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Allergic Rhinitis
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2023-016-ISP | Expires June 15, 2024
Allergic rhinitis is a common condition that is frequently ignored, underdiagnosed, misdiagnosed and mistreated. Many patients will often self-select over the counter OTC products for treatment, which can lead to prolonged symptoms, adverse effects, and poor clinical outcomes. This session will review the pathophysiology and therapeutics of allergic rhinitis, and outline a systematic approach to assessing and treating patients presenting with this condition. The goal is to provide pharmacists with the knowledge to confidently diagnose and recommend treatment for patients with allergic rhinitis symptoms.
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Clinical Management of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2022-013-ISP | Expiry Date: December 5, 2024
A new standard of care and provincial guideline was published at the end of 2019 for people with an Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), and clinically diagnosed conditions related to high-risk alcohol use. AUD impacts individual health and has large societal costs. In spite of high prevalence, high-risk drinking and AUD frequently go unrecognized and untreated in the health care system.
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Communication with Primary Care Providers
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2021-005-ISP | Expires November 23, 2024
This presentation will review information to educate pharmacists on improving their communication with primary care providers. Specific guidance will be given to attendees to allow them to build effective and influential notes for primary care colleague.
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Contraception Part I - Hormonal Contraception, Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC), and Permanent Contraception
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEU | CE Hours: 1.5 Hour BC-2023-014-ISP | Expires June 15, 2024
Being able to plan a pregnancy can have positive impacts on health, education, workplace and financial stability. Currently, nearly one-third of Canadian women will have at least one abortion. These sessions will provide pharmacists with practical contraceptive training in how to guide patient use of effective forms of contraception.
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Contraception Part II – Emergency Contraception
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 0.5 CEU | CE Hours: 0.5 Hour BC-2023-015-ISP | Expires June 15, 2024
Being able to plan a pregnancy can have positive impacts on health, education, workplace and financial stability. Currently, nearly one-third of Canadian women will have at least one abortion. These sessions will provide pharmacists with practical contraceptive training in how to guide patient use of effective forms of contraception.
Emerging Topics Related to Psychotropics: 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 hour BC-2024-007-ISP | Expires April 16, 2025
The course provides an overview of PTSD and briefly reviews guideline recommended treatment options. Learners will be able to describe the development, pharmacology and proposed clinical effects of MDMA and the role of MDMA assisted psychotherapy in the treatment of PTSD. This course also includes an update on available literature on this topic.
MACS - Acne Vulgaris
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.5 Hours BC-2024-002-ISP | Expires January 31, 2025
This course provides an overview of acne vulgaris and its treatment options to aid pharmacists prescribing for minor ailments. Learners will become more comfortable assessing a patient with acne, differentiating between different types of acne lesions, selecting an appropriate topical product, and providing counselling tips to ensure treatment success. This course includes a simplified assessment approach and end of module cases to help learners understand and test their accumulated knowledge and skills.
MACS - Case-Based Learning: Contraception
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 2 CEUs | CE Hours: 2 Hours BC-2023-020-ISP | Expires August 15, 2024
This course provides an opportunity for pharmacists to learn how best to select, discuss, prescribe and counsel patients on hormonal contraceptives. Learners will receive practical advice on how to utilize available resources to assess and manage potential contraindications, drug-drug interactions related to hormonal contraceptives and when to refer patients to physicians. This course comes with clinical cases along with SOAP format and suggested responses for pharmacists to review.
MACS - Case-Based Learning: Emergency Contraception
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2023-021-ISP | Expires August 15, 2024
This course addresses key considerations such as continuity of care, health care navigation for trauma care and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening when providing emergency contraceptive recommendations through a patient centered care approach.
MACS - Fungal Skin Infections
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.5 Hours BC-2024-003-ISP | Expires January 31, 2025
This course provides an overview of superficial fungal skin infections (ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot) and their treatment options to aid pharmacists prescribing for minor ailments in British Columbia. Learners will become more comfortable collecting information and describing skin lesions using appropriate terminology, assessing for fungal skin infections, selecting appropriate topical therapy and providing counselling tips to ensure treatment success. This course includes a simplified assessment approach and end of module cases to help learners understand and test their accumulated knowledge and skills.
MACS - Threadworms and Pinworms
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEUs | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2024-004-ISP | Expires January 31, 2025
This course provides an overview of the timeline, epidemiology, and the treatment of Pinworm (Threadworms) infections. Learners will become familiar with the typical symptoms and use this knowledge to assess an extensive differential of diseases. This course includes a segment about the diagnostic tests used to confirm a Pinworm infection and an assessment to test your knowledge.
MACS - Tobacco Use Disorder
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 2 CEUs | CE Hours: 2 Hours BC-2023-022-ISP | Expires August 15, 2024
This course provides pharmacists with an overview of tobacco use disorder and details how to approach patients to encourage them to cease tobacco use and address their nicotine dependence. Learners will explore how and what to assess, the different pharmacotherapy options that can be prescribed, what to monitor, and when to follow up. This course highlights many of the high-quality resources already available to both patients and practitioners alike in British Columbia.
New Cardiology Trials and Tools
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2022-010-ISP | Expiry Date: November 8, 2024
Evidence for medications in cardiovascular disease comes out an alarmingly fast rate, making it difficult to keep up-to-date. This session will discuss some of the key new evidence and guidelines on cardiovascular conditions such as heart failure, hypertension, and coronary artery disease, as well as tools to help you apply the evidence to practice.
Opioid Stewardship
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2022-009-ISP | Expiry Date: November 8, 2024
Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to play a key role in reducing opioid related harm and improve patient care. Opioid stewardship is an approach to safe and effective opioid use for pain management. This presentation will review main principles of opioid stewardship and their application in clinical practice.
Pharmacist Interventions to Improve Outcomes in Children
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2022-011-ISP | Expiry Date: November 16, 2024
Children represent a unique and complex population who utilize the health care system for a vast array of reasons. While medications are among the most common therapeutic interventions used to treat medical conditions for these patients, misunderstanding and confusion about medications can result in poorer outcomes and continued use of health services. Pharmacists are an accessible group of healthcare professionals to children and their caregivers who have concerns about medications. This presentation provides practical information for how pharmacists can improve health outcomes in this population.
Pharmacist Prescribing for Minor Ailments and Contraception (PPMAC): Regulatory Education Module
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): N/A | CE Hours: 1 Hour | Expires April 30, 2025
This mandatory module introduces a new regulatory framework to enable pharmacists in British Columbia to prescribe for minor ailments and contraception in a safe, effective, and ethical manner. This regulatory framework has been established collaboratively by the College of Pharmacists of B.C. and the Ministry of Health.
Practical Administration of Sublocade Injection
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 0.75 CEUs | CE Hours: 45 minutes BC-2024-006-ISP | Expires: February 15, 2025
This course is relevant for health care providers administering extended-release subcutaneous buprenorphine (Sublocade) for the management of opioid use disorder. This course provides a brief introduction of product storage considerations, a step-by-step guide to subcutaneous injection, and patient-specific considerations.
Prescribing for Minor Ailments: Introduction
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour 8003-2021-3236-I-Z | Expires June 1, 2024
In this course, you will learn the principles of providing a minor ailment service, including the application of a structured approach to patient assessment and prescribing. You will receive the knowledge and tools needed to implement this evidence-based service, shown to improve patient access to timely and cost-effective care.
Note: The Prescribing for Minor Ailments course series is only available to licensed BC Pharmacists.
Prescribing for Minor Ailments: Dermatology
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.25 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.25 Hours 8003-2021-3236-I-Z | Expires June 1, 2024
In this course, you will learn about dermatitis (atopic/eczema, allergic and contact skin rashes), hives and insect bites and stings.
Note: The Prescribing for Minor Ailments course series is only available to licensed BC Pharmacists.
Prescribing for Minor Ailments: Ears, Eyes, Nose and Throat
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.25 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.25 Hours 8003-2021-3236-I-Z | Expires June 1, 2024
In this course you will learn about conjunctivitis (bacterial, allergic, viral) and allergic rhinitis.
Note: The Prescribing for Minor Ailments course series is only available to licensed BC Pharmacists.
Prescribing for Minor Ailments: Gastrointestinal and Oral
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 2.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 2.5 Hours 8003-2021-3236-I-Z | Expires June 1, 2024
In this course you will learn about hemorrhoids, herpes labialis (cold sores), candida stomatitis (oral thrush) and Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Note: The Prescribing for Minor Ailments course series is only available to licensed BC Pharmacists.
Prescribing for Minor Ailments: Infectious Diseases
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.5 Hours 8003-2021-3236-I-Z | Expires June 1, 2024
In this course you will learn about urinary tract infections, impetigo, and Lyme disease (post-exposure prophylaxis).
Note: The Prescribing for Minor Ailments course series is only available to licensed BC Pharmacists.
Prescribing for Minor Ailments: Pain
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.5 Hours 8003-2021-3236-I-Z | Expires June 1, 2024
In this course you will learn about musculoskeletal pain (sprains and strains) and dysmenorrhea.
Note: The Prescribing for Minor Ailments course series is only available to licensed BC Pharmacists.
Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs): The good, the bad, and the ugly
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2022-012-ISP | Expiry Date: November 15, 2024
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) can be helpful for some patients for certain conditions but evaluations have suggested overuse/inappropriate use as well. This presentation will summarize practical ways in which pharmacists can optimize PPIs in their patients.
Slow and Steady: Initiating and supporting tapers of controlled substances in community pharmacies
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2023-018-ISP | Expires June 15, 2024
Attitudes and expectations around the use of opioids and benzodiazepines have changed significantly over the past 5-10 years and many patients and prescribers are struggling with the need for dosage reductions. Community pharmacists are in a unique position to help. This presentation provides patient-educational principles and collaborative tools to enable pharmacists to help initiate, support, and sustain medication taper plans.
The Next Step Pharmacist Facilitator Training Program
Series
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): Varies
This course series consists of 5 modules, and was designed to support pharmacist facilitators (PF) in their role as student pharmacist mentors.
- Module 1: Pedagogy
- Module 2: Inclusive Teaching Practices
- Module 3: Engagement
- Module 4: Feedback
- Module 5: Assessment
Using Blood Glucose Technologies to Optimize Diabetes Management
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2021-004-ISP | Expiry Date: March 15, 2024
With one in three Canadians living with diabetes or prediabetes today, proactive engagement and monitoring by pharmacists can have a significant impact on clinical outcomes and systemic cost of disease management. The evolution of blood glucose technologies over the last 50 years has affected pharmacists’ ability to impact patients’ understanding of diabetes itself and inspire self-care behaviours. This session will review how to access and interpret results from these technologies in professional practice, and use case-based examples of how to communicate results effectively to motivate change.
UTIs Simple answers for burning questions
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2023-017-ISP | Expires June 15, 2024
Lower Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are a common problem for British Columbians. This presentation will cover the evidence and give a practical approach to diagnosis and management of uncomplicated UTIs (acute cystitis), and highlight red flags and complicating factors to rule out.
We Need to Talk (About Tramadol)
Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2021-007-ISP | Expires November 23, 2024
Tramadol and Tramadol-Acetaminophen are frequently prescribed for the treatment of acute and chronic pain in British Columbia. Although recommended as a ‘safer opioid’, the effects of Tramadol can be challenging to predict because of its unique pharmacology. This session will present the best available evidence of side effects and effectiveness of this drug.
Other Online Program Providers
Continuing professional education is available through other Online Programs. Please follow the links below for information.