Teaching Certificate for Pharmacists

   
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education with Commendation.

The ASHP Teaching Certificate for Pharmacists is intended for pharmacists seeking to expand their knowledge and skills in teaching and precepting student and resident pharmacists, colleagues, and other healthcare professionals.

Understanding Academic Pharmacy
ACPE: 0204-9999-24-795-H04-P
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
1.5 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the different types of faculty appointments.
• Outline the elements of a dossier for promotion.
• Describe components of the Doctor of Pharmacy program accreditation process. 

Documenting Your Educational and Scholarly Plan
ACPE: 0204-9999-24-796-H04-P
Activity Type: Application-based
1.5 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Create/develop a plan for being a productive educational scholar.
• Write a draft of a teaching philosophy statement.
• Assemble a draft teaching portfolio. 

Taking Care of Yourself and Others: Strategies for Promoting Well-Being
ACPE: 0204-9999-24-797-H04-P
Activity Type: Application-based
1.5 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Apply strategies to promote well-being with learners and for yourself.

Where to Start: Planning Your Educational Strategy
ACPE: 0204-9999-24-798-H04-P
Activity Type: Application-based
1.5 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Use an instructional design framework to outline a classroom instructional module.
• Write learning objectives based upon Bloom's Taxonomy.
• Use different strategies to motivate and engage learners. 

Technical Aspects of Teaching and Learning
ACPE: 0204-9999-24-799-H04-P
Activity Type: Application-based
2 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Use principles of presentation and handout design to develop presentations and handouts for teaching.
• Use strategies/techniques for teaching in large enrollment classes.
• Apply strategies for teaching in a hybrid/remote environment.
• Use technology to increase student engagement. 

Assessing the Learning Experience
ACPE: 0204-9999-24-800-H04-P
Activity Type: Application-based
1.75 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Develop a personal plan for interpreting and responding to student evaluations of your teaching.
• Write a plan for creating assessments and providing feedback.
• Use best practices to write test questions. 

Managing the Teaching Environment
ACPE: 0204-9999-24-801-H04-P
Activity Type: Application-based
1.25 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Use classroom management strategies to optimize the learning environment.
• Assess non-teaching aspects of coordinating a course.
• Use strategies which may help to become more comfortable and effective in the classroom. 

Foundations of Experiential Teaching
ACPE: 0204-9999-24-802-H04-P
Activity Type: Application-based
3 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Summarize steps for creating an experiential rotation syllabus
• List five core entrustable professional activities (EPA).
• Explain how EPAs help learners transition to their professional identity.
• Explain how to assess when a learner is ready to independently perform EPAs.
• Choose a strategy for establishing appropriate relationships with learners.
• Develop strategies for setting expectations for your rotation.
• Apply the four teaching/precepting roles of direct instruction, modeling, coaching, and facilitating throughout a rotation.
• Select a strategy to provide learners autonomy on rotations.
• Use teaching methods in experiential settings that encourage active learning and engagement.
• Develop a personal strategy for balancing precepting while practicing. 

Effective Preceptor Communications and Feedback Skills
ACPE: 0204-9999-24-803-H04-P
Activity Type: Application-based
2 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Apply strategies to provide effective feedback to learners.
• Use strategies to handle a student's emotions while on rotation.
• Use communication principles to conduct difficult conversations with a learner.
• Use strategies to receive feedback to gauge your performance as a preceptor. 

Specialty Experiential Teaching Skills
ACPE: 0204-9999-24-804-H04-P
Activity Type: Application-based
2 contact hours 

Learning Objectives:

• Use strategies to address clinical knowledge deficits of learners.
• Apply strategies to motivate the high achieving learner toward continued success.
• Apply strategies for dealing with the student that appears unmotivated to learn or achieve.
• Use practical techniques for teaching in an experiential setting.

In accordance with our accreditor’s Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ASHP requires that all individuals in control of content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if they have had a financial relationship with ineligible company in any dollar amount in the past 24 months and the educational content that the individual controls is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

An ineligible company is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The presence or absence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience.

• No one in control of the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship (RFR) with an ineligible company. 

As defined by the Standards of Integrity and Independence definition of ineligible company. 

Each activity consists of audio, video, and/or handouts and evaluations. Learners must review all content and complete the evaluations to receive continuing pharmacy education credit for each activity. 

Follow the prompts to claim, view, or print the statement of credit within 60 days after completing the activity. 

Important Note – ACPE 60 Day Deadline: 

Per ACPE requirements, CPE credit must be claimed within 60 days of being earned. To verify that you have completed the required steps and to ensure your credits have been reported to CPE Monitor, check your NABP profile account to validate that your credits were transferred successfully before the ACPE 60-day deadline. After the 60-day deadline, ASHP will no longer be able to award credit for this activity.

The ASHP PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES℠ educational product line contains learning activities that are ACPE-accredited knowledge and application-based continuing education. This is not an ACPE Certificate Program. Upon successful completion of the activities, the learner will be able to download an ASHP Professional Certificate.