ACPE Numbers: Various - see below Release Date: July 23, 2025 Expiration Date: July 23, 2028 Activity Type: Application-based CE Contact Hour(s): 16 contact hours
Overview
This certificate offers 16 hours of ACPE continuing education for pharmacists through self-guided, online learning activities. It includes recorded presentations and readings from the eBook “Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 7th Edition” by John E. Murphy, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP.
The curriculum of the Pharmacokinetics Certificate covers essential pharmacokinetic concepts and their application in pharmacotherapy. Upon completing all seven modules, pharmacists should be proficient in utilizing pharmacokinetic principles to dose and monitor relevant drug therapy.
Pharmacokinetics Certificate Requirement
Once a learner has completed the educational curriculum, they will have the opportunity to complete an online comprehensive exam. Once the learner completes the exam (minimum 80% passing rate; unlimited attempts permitted), they will earn the professional certificate.
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.
This professional certificate is designed for pharmacists to enhance their knowledge and skills in applying pharmacokinetic concepts to improve the safety and efficacy of drug therapy.
Calculate elimination rate constant, half-life, and volume of distribution from measured concentrations.
Recommend dosing regimens based on calculated pharmacokinetic parameters.
Design dosing regimens using elimination rate constant, half-life, volume of distribution, and clearance estimated from population pharmacokinetic data and patient characteristics.
Apply variables to design a large dose, extended interval dosing regimens, including such things as age, creatinine clearance, and the best patient weight to use for dose recommendations.
Calculate phenobarbital pharmacokinetic parameters using population-based dosing strategies and table data or from measured concentration(s).
Use estimated or calculated phenobarbital pharmacokinetic values to predict doses to achieve desired steady state concentrations or concentrations from a dosing schedule being administered.
Calculate valproic acid pharmacokinetic parameters using population-based dosing strategies and table data or from measured concentration(s).
Use estimated or calculated valproic acid pharmacokinetic values to predict doses to achieve desired steady state concentrations or concentrations from a dosing schedule being administered.
Calculate carbamazepine pharmacokinetic parameters using population-based dosing strategies and table data or from measured concentration(s).
Use estimated or calculated carbamazepine pharmacokinetic values to predict doses to achieve desired steady state concentrations or concentrations from a dosing schedule being administered.
Calculate phenytoin pharmacokinetic parameters using population-based dosing strategies and table data or from measured concentration(s).
Use estimated or calculated phenytoin pharmacokinetic values to predict doses to achieve desired steady state concentrations or concentrations from a dosing schedule being administered.
Calculate digoxin pharmacokinetic parameters using population-based dosing strategies and table data or from measured concentration(s).
Use estimated or calculated digoxin pharmacokinetic values to predict doses to achieve desired steady state concentrations or concentrations from a dosing schedule being administered.
Calculate lithium pharmacokinetic parameters using population-based dosing strategies and table data or from measured concentration(s).
Use estimated or calculated lithium pharmacokinetic values to predict doses to achieve desired steady state concentrations or concentrations from a dosing schedule being administered.
Calculate vancomycin pharmacokinetic parameters using population-based dosing strategies and table data or from measured concentration(s).
Use estimated or calculated vancomycin pharmacokinetic values to predict doses to achieve desired steady state concentrations or to predict concentrations from a dosing schedule being administered.
Use estimated or calculated vancomycin pharmacokinetic values to predict doses to achieve desired area under the curve / minimum inhibitory concentration (AUC/MIC) ratios or to predict AUC/MIC from a dosing schedule being administered.
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 an 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 in Accredited Continuing Education definition of ineligible company.
Each activity consists of audio, video, and/or PDFs 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 – no exceptions! To verify that you have completed the required steps and to ensure your credits have been reported to CPE Monitor, we encourage you to check your NABP eProfile account to validate 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.