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Pharmaceutical - Medication Terminology, Abbreviations, and Symbols

This course is about pharmaceutical medication terminology, abbreviations, and symbols. It covers medication errors, medication safety, error reduction, and prevention strategies.

Approved Credit: 3 Hrs.
Cost: $35.00
Course Tracking #20-537809

This course is approved by the following boards:

  1. Florida Board of Pharmacy
  2. Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition
  3. Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery

Facility Responsibilities - What Consultant Pharmacists Need to Know

This course details a Consultant Pharmacist Facility Responsibilities, such as:

  1. Pharmacist-Medication Responsibilities – Assessment mechanism for delivery system, review procedures and monitoring processes.
  2. Pharmacist-Patient Responsibilities – Patient assessment, laboratory test monitoring, and therapeutic dosing.
  3. Committee Responsibilities – Make-up and responsibilities for various facility committees.
  4. Reporting requirements.

Approved Credits: 3 hours
Cost: $30.00
Course Tracking #: 20-560078

This course is approved by the following boards:

  • Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition
  • Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery

Consultant Pharmacist - Drug Therapy 64B16-26.302

InstructionalMD's Drug Therapy course places emphasis on Drug Therapy – Disease State, including Patient Drug Therapy (Management and monitoring). In this course students learn about the following:

  1. Drug, Disease State Information – In-depth disclosure of the drug or therapeutic class of drugs or disease state including pharmacology, side effects and interaction.
  2. New Therapeutic Modalities: Expansion of current drug therapy or treatment.
  3. Patient Assessment: Assessment techniques by consultant pharmacist to determine the need and effectiveness of indicated drug therapy along with identification and assessment of side effects on patient’s well-being.
  4. Pertinent Laboratory Tests.
  5. Therapeutic Dosing.

Approved Credits: 3 hours
Cost: $45.00
Course Tracking #: 20-559924

This course is approved by the following boards:

  • Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition
  • Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery

Consultant Pharmacist - Administrative Responsibilities

Course Description: This course provides an overview of the Consultant Pharmacist’s administrative responsibilities. It sheds light on the legal requirements including statutes, rules, and regulations (Federal and State), and personnel requirements.  The course explains the role of the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the importance of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability. It also addresses issues and concerns in Consultant Pharmacy practice, provides tips on how to be effective as a Consultant Pharmacist in a complex organization, and consideration and preparation for site inspections.

Approved Credit Hours: 2
Self-Study
Cost: $20.00
Course Tracking #20-561334

This course is approved by the following boards:

  • Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition
  • Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery

HIV/AIDS Awareness

This course provides the necessary background information for students to understand the biology of HIV/ AIDS, while also providing information on critical epidemiological patterns and research developments. The course addresses the modes of transmission, including transmission from a healthcare worker to a patient and the patient to the healthcare worker; infection control procedures, including universal precautions; epidemiology of the disease; related infections, including tuberculosis (TB); clinical management; prevention; and current Florida law on AIDS, its impact on testing, confidentiality of test results, and treatment of patients. This course covers reporting, the offering of HIV testing to pregnant women, and partner notification issues pursuant to Sections 381.004 and 384.25, F.S.  

Approved Credits: 1
Tracking #:20-489258
Cost: $45.00 

This course is approved by the following boards:

  • Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy
  • Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition
  • Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery
  • Florida Electrolysis Council 
  • Florida Board of Athletic Training
  • Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel
  • Florida Board of Acupuncture
  • Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators
  • Florida Board of Physical Therapy Practice
  • Florida Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists
  • Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
  • Florida Board of Respiratory Care
  • Florida Emergency Medical Services

Records Management and Inventory Control

This course is about records management and inventory control as it relates to pharmacy. The following topics are covered: 

  1. Pharmaceutical supplies
  2. Medication labeling
  3. Medication packaging and storage 
  4. Controlled substances
  5. Adjudication and billing

Approved Credit: 2 Hrs
Cost: $30.00
Course Tracking #20-526383

This course is approved by the following boards:

  • Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition
  • Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery

HIPAA Privacy and Confidentiality for Pharmacy Professionals

This online Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) training course provide the education pharmacy professionals need to master HIPAA privacy and security laws. In this course, learners will identify measures to protect patient confidentiality, explain Protected Health Information, identify privacy legislation and regulations, as well as explain the importance of documentation, billing, and collections. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Approved Credit: 2 Hrs
Cost: $10.00
Course Tracking #20-529392

This course is approved by the following boards:

  • Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition
  • Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery

Pharmacy Law

There are several regulations, laws and ethics codes Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technicians need to know. The purpose of this program is to study Pharmacy law. This includes: 
a. Federal law
b. Florida State law
c. Florida State rules
d. Pharmacy technician Florida rules and law

Approved Credit: 3 Hrs
Cost: $30.00
Course Tracking #20-509729

This course is approved by the following boards:

  • Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition
  • Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery

Introduction to Pharmacy and the United States Health Care System

This course provides an overview of the history of pharmacy and the role of pharmacy in the United States Health Care System.  It explores the role of the Pharmacist and the Pharmacy Technician; and addresses confidentiality and basic instruction on patient rights and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). 

Approved Credit: 3 Hrs
Cost: $40.00
Course Tracking #20-529120

This course is approved by the following boards:

  • Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition
  • Florida Council of Licensed Midwifery

A Pharmacological Overview - the Medical Benefits of Marijuana

Marijuana is a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act. Healthcare professionals leave formal education without understanding the therapeutic benefits of cannabis. Patient's inquiries cause doctors to do their research to learn of the drug's therapeutic value, and because the drug is still considered illegal in many states doctors are afraid to recommend marijuana to their patients.  

In this course, you will learn about specific medical uses for medical marijuana, including its application for sufferers of cancer,  AIDS, glaucoma, and seizure issues, and its potential use in psychiatry.  You will explore the dosages and administration of cannabis, along with considerations on the use of the drug during pregnancy and the risks of addiction and dependency.

Tracking#: 20-676363

Approved Credit: 3 Hrs
Cost: $45.00
Course Tracking #20-537809

This course is approved by the following boards:

  • Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy
  • Requirements for Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners