Continuing Education
Dr. Darren Grabe
Interim Director of Continuing Education and Professional Development
518-694-7310
darren.grabe@acphs.edu
Lori Kline
Assistant Director of Continuing Education and Professional Development
518-694-7231
lori.kline@acphs.edu
Download the New York State licensure renewal requirements
Download the CEPD Mission Statement
Download the instructions for our Zoom meetings.
There is no specific CE requirement related to the immunization privilege indicated in NYS regulation or law.
Note: Your immunization certification privilege is renewed at each license registration renewal. At that time, you are confirming that you are maintaining the competencies required to provide pharmacy services allowed by NYS law. This includes completing continuing education courses on the topic and maintaining certification in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS).
Pharmacists certified in administering immunizations in NYS may determine the coursework, etc. related to immunization administration practice and the amount necessary to maintain competency, at their own discretion.
The 9th amendment to the COVID-19 HHS PREP Act Declaration provides limited liability protection to and expands the scope of authority for state-licensed and trained pharmacists to order and administer select COVID-19 therapeutics. This amendment is effective as of September 14, 2021, and preempts state law that would otherwise prohibit pharmacists from administering COVID-19 therapeutics. Focusing on the administration of these agents the following criteria must be met:
- The COVID-19 therapeutic must be authorized, approved, and licensed, by the FDA
- The COVID-19 therapeutic must be administered subcutaneously, intramuscularly, or orally
- The qualified person (pharmacist or pharmacy intern) administering the COVID-19 therapeutic must complete a practical training program that approved by the ACPE. This training must include:
- hands-on injection technique,
- clinical evaluation of indications and contraindications of COVID-19 therapeutics
- the recognition and treatment of emergency reactions to COVID-19 therapeutics, and
- any additional training required in the FDA approval, authorization, clearance, or licensing
- also a current certificate in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Must comply with administration recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including reporting adverse events, and informing the patient’s primary care provider, when available.
- Must comply with any applicable requirements or conditions of use that apply to the administration of COVID-19 therapeutics.
ACPE and NABP have partnered to launch an app that will put CPE and CPD all in one place. The CPE Monitor Plus is a subscription-based service with a cost of $29.99 per year. It will include: CPE activities upload of ACPE providers nationwide; a downloadable list of all CPE activities; free mobile app; PLAN (Pharmacists’ Learning Assistance Network), which finds CEs being offered by ACPE providers nationwide; uploads of non-ACPE CPE credits; a breakdown of renewal requirements within the US and District of Columbia; a license status screen showing hours completed and hours needed; alerts for CPE cycle deadline; a detailed transcript for each license that can be submitted to the boards; and Continuing Professional Development tools.
Currently, the free CPE Monitor only includes CPE activities upload of ACPE providers nationwide; a downloadable list of all CPE activities; free mobile app; and PLAN), which finds CEs being offered by ACPE providers nationwide (Pharmacists’ Learning Assistance Network).
For more information, please see ACPE's full announcement about CPE Monitor Plus for your information.
It is increasingly important to communicate appropriately with the expanding focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in our society. What you say, and what others hear are not always the same thing. You should know, that ASHP has developed several FREE educational activities to foster effective communication with others as an approach to addressing healthcare disparity. They have developed several activities about the fundamentals of inclusive conversations and have several others planned for the future.
We hope these activities will help you recognize, understand, and appreciate the value of others’ perspectives, backgrounds and experiences.
Laying the Foundation (Part 1): How to Understand You and Your Role in Inclusive Conversations
One of a 7-part DEI series, this activity will share strategies for promoting more inclusive conversations and navigating discussions about diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in your health-system pharmacy practice.
Communicating with Care and Compassion: A Key to Unlocking Healthcare Disparity
In this activity, we will discuss strategies to foster effective communication with others as an approach to addressing healthcare disparity. You will leave prepared to facilitate more impactful and meaningful conversations with patients and colleagues.
Speaking Clearly: Inclusive and Bias-Free Negotiations in All Your Transactions
What you say, and what others hear are not always the same thing! In this activity, frontline scenarios with practical and professionally developed solutions will help to ensure your negotiations are not sidelined with inaccurate communications.
Upcoming Live Seminars
Medication Safety
August 29, 2024
Program information will follow shortly.
Pharmacy Law Updates
November 13, 2024 / 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (ET)
Program Presenter: Karl Williams, RPh, JD, St. John Fisher College, Past President, Pharmacists Society of the State of New York and Professor, Wegmans School of Pharmacy
Program information will follow shortly.
Homestudy ce programs
The Opioid Epidemic, Impacts of COVID-19 and How Pharmacists Can Reduce Overdose Deaths Through Increasing Access to Naloxone
Program Presenter: Veronica Salvas, MPH, Epidemiologist, Columbia County Healing Communities Study
0.75 Contact Hours / The program expires on November 15, 2024
Click here to register now and to access the program.
Equity in Access: Naloxone, MOUD, and COVID-19 Services
Program Presenter: Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Ed.D., Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University School of Social Work
0.75 Contact Hours / The program expires on November 15, 2024
Click here to register now and to access the program.
Medication for Addiction Treatment: Pharmacology, Misconceptions and Myths
Program Presenter: Kelly Ramsey, MD, MPH, MA, FACP, FASA, President-elect for the New York Society of Addiction Medicine, Board of Directors
1.5 Contact Hours / The program expires on November 15, 2024
Click here to register now and to access the program.
Harm Reduction for Pharmacists
Program Presenter: Emma Roberts, Director, Capacity Building Services, National Harm Reduction Coalition
0.75 Contact Hours / The program expires on November 15, 2024
Click here to register now and to access the program.
Optimizing Pharmacy Interventions in New York State
Program Presenter: Sharon Stancliff, MD, Associate Medical Director, AIDS Institute, NYS Department of Health
0.75 Contact Hours / The program expires on November 15, 2024
Click here to register now and to access the program.
Response to the Opioid Crisis: Legal Dimensions and Harm Reduction
Program Presenter: Karl Williams, RPh, JD, St. John Fisher College, Past President, Pharmacists Society of the State of New York and Professor, Wegmans School of Pharmacy
1.5 Contact Hours / The program expires on November 15, 2024
Click here to register now and to access the program.
A Preceptor's Primer for Professional Identity Formation in Student Pharmacists
Program Presenter: Laurie L. Briceland, Pharm.D., FASHP, FCCP, Professor, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
1 Contact Hour / The program expires on October 25, 2026
Click here to register now and to access the program.
Providing Quality Feedback to Residents
Program Presenter: Gina Garrison PharmD, Professor, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
0.5 Contact Hours / The program expires on November 15, 2026
Click here to register now and access the program.
Pattern Identification and the Realities of Being Human
Program Presenter: Jonathan Phipps, Associate Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
0.5 Contact Hours / The program expires on February 24, 2027
Click here to register now and access the program.
Skills and Abilities to Manage Implicit Bias in Healthcare
Program Presenter: Jonathan Phipps, Associate Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
0.5 Contact Hours / The program expires on February 24, 2027
Click here to register now and to access the program.
Generations in the Workplace
Program Presenter: Hailey Button, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist, Capital District Physician's Health Plan
0.5 Contact Hours / The program expires on April 17, 2027
Click here to register now and access the program.
ACPHS Learning Management System
The ACPHS Learning Management System (LMS) manages all phases of the continuing education program - from registration through completion of evaluations - with secure, hosted software.
Our LMS provides program participants with the ability to create and manage their own accounts, complete activities, and print certificates of attendance.
Note: All ACPHS program participants must create a personal LMS account.
In order to create a personal LMS account, you will need your NABP #, your MM/DD of birth, and the name and address of your practice site if you are a preceptor.
You will then be able to register, receive your handouts, and complete program evaluations and learning assessments all in one place. As soon as you have completed all activity requirements, your credits will automatically be submitted to CPE Monitor.
To establish your account ...
- Log on to the ACPHS LMS Account.
- Click here for step-by-step instructions to set up your ACPHS LMS Account.
- Click here for step-by-step instructions to register for ACPHS live and home study programs.
- Click here for step-by-step instructions to complete your post-program evaluations.
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development will ensure the safety and security of its website and learning management system to maintain confidentiality and guard against the breach or dissemination of personal and private information.
Registration and Handout Policy
Program registrations are now being accepted through the ACPHS Learning Management System only, and on-site registrations will no longer be accepted.
Speaker handouts and Zoom Meeting link will be e-mailed prior to the date of the Continuing Pharmacy Education Activity that you registered to attend. All participants are welcome to bring their laptops or tablets and use the College's guest wireless network to view the speaker handouts. We will no longer have printed copies available at registration.
CPE Monitor and Statements of Credit
CPE Monitor is a national, collaborative effort by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) to provide an electronic system for pharmacists to keep track of their completed continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credits.
It also offers state boards of pharmacy the opportunity to electronically authenticate the CPE units completed by their licensees rather than requiring submission of proof of statements of credit upon request or completing random audits.
ACPE policy states that paper and/or electronic statements of credit are no longer required to be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. This official record of credit is located on the learner's e-profile in CPE Monitor. Printed copies of statements will no longer be distributed by Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
LIVE ONLINE WEBINARS
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is pleased to launch online, live broadcasting of continuing pharmacy educational activities. Participants may register to view activities online from off campus. Attendees who register for remote viewing will receive a link to attend the program using their computer, tablet, or phone, along with instructions to access Zoom Meeting. You will be able to listen to the speakers and view the educational materials and respond to polling questions. In order to qualify as a live activity, questions may be posed to the presenters.
ACPE Accreditation
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
