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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Course List
Clinical Management of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
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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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2021-005-ISP
Expiry Date: 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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Emerging Topics on Psychotropics: Ketamine in Treatment Resistant Depression
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 hour BC-2024-008-ISP
Expiry Date: May 15, 2025
This course provides details of the current understanding of ketamine for treatment resistant major depression. Learners will be able to identify the emerging role of ketamine in depression and gain knowledge on this therapy. This course includes the proposed pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of ketamine for treatment of depression, the current evidence regarding its efficacy and safety, and reviews guideline recommendations on the topic.
Emerging Topics Related to Psychotropics: 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 hour BC-2024-007-ISP
Expiry Date: 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.
Emerging Topics Related to Psychotropics: Psychotropic Medications in Pregnancy and Lactation
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEU | CE Hours: 1.5 hours BC-2024-009-ISP
Expiry Date: July 15, 2025
This course provides an overview of psychotropic medication use during pregnancy and lactation. Learners will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to answer patient and health care provider questions regarding the use of psychotropic medications in pregnancy and lactation.
MACS – Acne Vulgaris
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.5 Hours BC-2024-002-ISP
Expiry Date: 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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 2 CEUs | CE Hours: 2 Hours BC-2023-020-ISP
Expiry Date: 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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2023-021-ISP
Expiry Date: 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 – Dyspepsia
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.5 Hours BC-2024-011-ISP
Expiry Date: May 30, 2025
This course provides an overview of dyspepsia and its associated treatment options to aid pharmacists prescribing for minor ailments. Learners will become more comfortable assessing a patient presenting with dyspepsia, differentiating between subtypes of dyspepsia, selecting appropriate medication treatment options, providing counselling and formulating a monitoring and follow-up plan. This course includes a simplified assessment approach and end-of-module cases to reinforce understanding of the accumulated knowledge and skills.
MACS – Fungal Skin Infections
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.5 Hours BC-2024-003-ISP
Expiry Date: 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 – Headache
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.5 Hours BC-2024-012-ISP
Expiry Date: May 30, 2025
This course provides an overview of the assessment and treatment of headaches. Learners will become familiar with the typical symptoms and be able to differentiate between patients with headaches eligible for Minor Ailment Services by pharmacists and those presenting with migraines or other headache disorders requiring referral. This course includes a segment about lifestyle and non-pharmacological treatment measures to recommend to patients experiencing headaches.
MACS – Oral Ulcers
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2024-013-ISP
Expiry Date: May 30, 2025
This course provides learners with the knowledge and skills necessary to appropriately assess their patients with oral ulcers and make therapeutic recommendations to help them manage their symptoms. This course includes a step-wise approach to how pharmacists can manage patients presenting with oral ulcers, as well as a case to help tie the content together. After completing this course, learners will feel more confident in conducting minor ailments consultations for patients with oral ulcers.
MACS – Shingles
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2024-014-ISP
Expiry Date: May 30, 2025
This course provides an overview of shingles (herpes zoster) and its treatment to aid pharmacists in assessing and prescribing for minor ailments in British Columbia. Learners will become more comfortable collecting information, describing the presentation of shingles, assessing a patient with shingles, and selecting appropriate treatments. Additional topics such as considerations for acute pain and postherpetic neuralgia pain management, and shingles prevention through vaccination are also reviewed. This course includes a simplified assessment approach and end-of-module case to help learners understand and test their accumulated knowledge and skills.
MACS – Threadworms and Pinworms
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEUs | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2024-004-ISP
Expiry Date: 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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 2 CEUs | CE Hours: 2 Hours BC-2023-022-ISP
Expiry Date: 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.
MACS – Vaginal Candidiasis
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2024-015-ISP
Expiry Date: May 30, 2025
This course provides learners an overview of the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to assess patients presenting with signs and symptoms of vaginal candidiasis. Patients may present with symptoms of vaginal itch, irritation, redness and discharge. Learners will be presented with the steps for assessment and development of a treatment and monitoring plan. This course includes a case study for learners to enhance their understanding of the course materials.
New Cardiology Trials and Tools
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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
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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
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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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): N/A | CE Hours: 1 Hour
Expiry Date: 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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 0.75 CEUs | CE Hours: 45 minutes BC-2024-006-ISP
Expiry Date: 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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour 8003-2021-3236-I-Z
Expiry Date: September 16, 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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.25 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.25 Hours 8003-2021-3236-I-Z | Expiry Date: September 16, 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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.25 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.25 Hours 8003-2021-3236-I-Z | Expiry Date: September 16, 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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 2.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 2.5 Hours 8003-2021-3236-I-Z
Expiry Date: September 16, 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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.5 Hours 8003-2021-3236-I-Z
Expiry Date: September 16, 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
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1.5 CEUs | CE Hours: 1.5 Hours 8003-2021-3236-I-Z
Expiry Date: September 16, 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
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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.
The Next Step Pharmacist Facilitator Training Program
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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
We Need to Talk (About Tramadol)
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Independent Study Programs
Cost: Free | Continuing Education Units (CEU): 1 CEU | CE Hours: 1 Hour BC-2021-007-ISP
Expiry Date: 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.