Professional Development Program
Composed of three components – Leadership and Learning, Professional Development Modules, and Labs Online & Practical Skills1. This combination of accredited program offerings provides all Compounding Personnel, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians alike, the opportunity to develop professional leadership skills that foster a culture of quality in the workplace, while satisfying theoretical and practical skill requirements over the course of one year by completing a series of 18 modules.
BRING A CULTURE OF QUALITY TO YOUR COMPOUNDING PRACTICE
SPECIAL BLENDED LEARNING EXPERIENCE – BECOME A LEADER, FOSTER A CULTURE OF QUALITY AND COMPLETE ANNUAL TRAINING
One learning module addressing leadership, learning and a culture of quality followed by a 4-hour virtual compounding community seminar.
- 1-hour Home Study + Competency Assessment
- 4-hour Virtual Seminar
Professional Development Modules
Fifteen self-directed learning modules followed by guided in-pharmacy group orientations and discussions2.
- 15-hour Home Study + Competency Assessment
- Composed of 15 Modules with 12 associated Workshops to promote group discussion, covering:
- Quality Assurance and Quality Control
- Risk Management and Hazard Communications
- Personnel Hygiene and Garbing
- Handling of Chemicals and Finished Preparations
- Applied Weights, Measures and Mathematics
- Calculations for Liquids, Semi-Solids and Solids
- Calculations for Potency, Quality Assurance and Quality Control
- Formulation Process
- Building Formulation Record Templates
- Detailing Preparatory Procedures
- Processing and Follow-up of Compounding Records
- Beyond-Use Dating
- Inventory Control Management
- Cleaning and Sanitizing
- Medication Errors and Adverse Events
Labs Online & Practical Skills
Two self-paced audiovisual learning experiences on techniques and dosage forms in non-sterile compounding.
- 4-hour Home Study composed of over 25 videos + Competency Assessment
- Video Playlist:
- Welcome to Labs Online
- Techniques – Introduction
- Techniques – Donning and Doffing Personal Protective Equipment
- Techniques – Donning and Doffing Hazardous Personal Protective Equipment
- Techniques – Workstation Sanitization
- Techniques – Electronic Balance Operations
- Techniques – Weighing Solids and Semisolids
- Techniques – Measuring Liquids
- Techniques – Sieving Powders for Blends and Suspensions
- Techniques – Sieving Powders for Separation
- Techniques – Trituration
- Techniques – Levigation
- Techniques – Using a Spatula
- Techniques – Heating and Melting
- Techniques – Mixing Options for Powders
- Techniques – Mixing Options for Semisolids
- Techniques – Mixing Options for Liquids
- Techniques – Operating an Ointment Mill
- Techniques – pH Testing
- Dosage Forms – Introduction
- Dosage Forms – Suppositories
- Dosage Forms – Troches
- Dosage Forms – Rapid Dissolve Tablets
- Dosage Forms – Capsules
- Dosage Forms – Creams
- Dosage Forms – Gels
- Dosage Forms – Pluronic Lecithin Organogel
- Dosage Forms – Oral Liquids
- Learning Assessment Instructions & Closing Remarks
Each module has an associated competency assessment that must be successfully completed to fulfill the requirements of the accreditation.
The eighteen training modules must be completed within 12 months starting from the point of initial registration. Upon successful completion of the Full Professional Development Program, participants will receive a Statement of Completion acknowledging their achievement.
REGISTRATION PROCESS
To purchase the three-component comprehensive package (Leadership and Learning, Professional Development Modules, and Labs Online & Practical Skills), please click on the "Register" tab.
To purchase Labs Online only, please click here.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
This learning activity has received financial support from Medisca Inc. in the form of an educational grant.
COPYRIGHT
This CE Activity is Copyright © 2023 LP3 Network Inc.
1If you have already received CE credits for Labs Online: Non-sterile Compounding Training, then you cannot claim credits again through the Professional Development Program.
2In-pharmacy orientations and discussions are not a requirement for accreditation, supported by presentation slides and hosted by a designated member(s) of the compounding pharmacy practice.