MTM Certificate Training

GPhA presents “APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services: A Certificate Training Program for Pharmacists”

2024 dates & locations to be announced soon!

2023 pricing

GPhA members: $349
Non-members: $499*

*Non-member rate includes a full GPhA membership for all attendees residing in the state of Georgia.

Technology requirements for the virtual component

Faculty

Christine McFayden Klein, PharmD

Clinical associate professor and vice-chair for experiential education in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Mercer University College of Pharmacy

Klein is a 1992 graduate of Mercer University College of Pharmacy; she joined the faculty at Mercer in 2008 as the director of introductory pharmacy practice experiences. She oversaw the design and development of the Clinical Skills and Simulation Laboratory and developed a comprehensive student-pharmacist training program for Medication Therapy Management (MTM).


Erin Dalton, PharmD

Director of PioneerRx University at PioneerRx

As the Director of PioneerRx University, Dalton pulls from her past experience as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at South University School of Pharmacy, to work with pharmacy schools and pharmacy technician programs to bring PioneerRx software into the classroom.  Through this partnership, students are able to use real-world pharmacy software to enhance their classroom curriculum and gain practical, hands-on experience.

The course

Note: The information below was provided by APhA.

APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services certificate training program (4th edition) presents a systematic approach for developing, implementing, delivering, and sustaining MTM services. It includes an overview of the marketplace for delivering MTM services, guidance for implementing MTM services in pharmacy practice, a review of the essential skills and knowledge needed for performing MTM successfully, and an organized process for identifying medication-related problems. The purpose of this certificate training program is to prepare pharmacists to improve medication use through the delivery of MTM services in a variety of practice settings.

The goals of this practice-based program are to:

APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services certificate training program has three components: online interactive self-study with assessment, the live seminar with online evaluation, and post-seminar case exercise. A certificate of achievement will be awarded to participants who successfully complete all program components, including an evaluation.

Objectives

For a thorough list of learning objectives and agenda for each of the three components of this MTM certificate program (self-study, live seminar, post-seminar cases), please CLICK HERE to visit APhA’s website.

Continuing pharmacy education (CPE) information and activity completion requirements

The American Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The APhA Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services certificate training program is approved for a total of 21.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit (2.1 CEUs). The ACPE Universal Activity Numbers (UAN) for this activity are listed below.

To obtain 21.0 contact hours of CPE credit (2.1 CEUs) for APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services program, the learner must complete all components listed above and CLAIM credit for each component. Participants will need to have a valid APhA (pharmacist.com) username and password, as well as a CPE Monitor account to claim credit.

After you have claimed credit, please visit CPE monitor for your transcript. The certificate of achievement will be available online upon successful completion of the necessary activity requirements on the participant’s My Training page.

APhA continuing pharmacy education policy provides you with two opportunities to successfully complete the continuing pharmacy education assessment. Please note that you will not be permitted to submit the assessment a third time. The current policy of the APhA education department is not to release the correct answers to any of our CPE tests. This policy is intended to maintain the integrity of the CPE activity and the assessment.

Release Date: July 2, 2021. Expiration Date: July 2, 2024

PLEASE NOTE: NO home-study credit granted after this date; live credit can only be granted within 60 days from the day of the seminar attended or before the expiration date, whichever is sooner.

Technical Requirements

Course materials and exams will be accessed online. You will need a modern Web browser and the ability to hear sound.

Cancellation Policy

No refunds are available for this program. Should GPhA cancel your specific program, you will have an opportunity to transfer your registration to another available date.

If you need to cancel your registration, please notify Mary Ritchie in writing immediately. No refunds will be given due to registration cancellation, but timely notification of a cancellation may allow another person to participate in your place.