What Pharmacy Professionals Need to Know About Off-Label Prescriptions and Promotions
Tracking # 20-849629
$13.00
What you'll learn
Pharmacists
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recall the reasons for and frequency of off-label drug use and promotion.
- Define what constitutes off-label drug use and/or promotion.
- Identify different medications that are commonly prescribed with off-label uses.
- Identify the main focus for pharmacists when dealing with off-label prescriptions.
Pharmacy Technicians
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recall the reasons for and frequency of off-label drug use and promotion.
- Identify different methods of off-label promotion.
- Identify different off-label uses of some common medications.
- Identify a pharmacy technician’s main focus when dealing with prescriptions for off-label uses.
Course overview
Off-label drug use and promotion are both long-time issues faced by the health care industry. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, certain prescribing practices for off-label uses and promotion of drugs have come to light and have raised concerns among the public. This course provides an overview of these practices and will help pharmacists and pharmacy technicians understand the laws or mandates that aim to protect patients. This course is equivalent to one (1) contact hour and can be easily accessed via mobile phone or computer. Email info@achievece.com to have your credits reported to CPE Monitor.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Florida Board of Pharmacy
Pharmacist
Registered Pharmacy Technician
Michigan Board of Pharmacy
Pharmacist
Pharmacy Technician
New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacist
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Learning Objectives
Pharmacists
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recall the reasons for and frequency of off-label drug use and promotion.
- Define what constitutes off-label drug use and/or promotion.
- Identify different medications that are commonly prescribed with off-label uses.
- Identify the main focus for pharmacists when dealing with off-label prescriptions.
Pharmacy Technicians
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recall the reasons for and frequency of off-label drug use and promotion.
- Identify different methods of off-label promotion.
- Identify different off-label uses of some common medications.
- Identify a pharmacy technician’s main focus when dealing with prescriptions for off-label uses.
This activity was developed by AchieveCE free of any commercial support. Peter A. Kreckel, RPh, has no actual or potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
AchieveCE’s full accreditation list can be found on their accreditations page.
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