Advanced Pharmaceutical Compounding (Aug 19 - 20, 2021)

Advanced Pharmaceutical Compounding is organized by American College of Apothecaries (ACA) and will be held from Aug 19 - 20, 2021 at American College of Apothecaries, Bartlett, Tennessee, United States of America.

Target Audience:
Physicians and other health care professionals are welcome to attend.

Accreditation:
Advanced Pharmaceutical Compounding, a practice-based course, has been approved for 15 contact hours (1.5 CEUs) of continuing education credit being obtained in the live programming with ACPE Universal Activity Numbers 0201-0000-20-006-L07-P/T. This UAN has an initial release date of 8/20/2020 and an expiration date of 8/20/2023. Attendees will be required to complete an evaluation form at the completion of the program. Attendees requesting CE will be required to provide their NABP e-Profile ID and birthdate (MMDD) to receive credit for any ACPE-accredited CPE session. Due to new ACPE regulations, if required information is received after 60 days, a $250 late fee will be assessed before CE will be processed. Any unclaimed credit with a date of participation that is 6 months and older will not be eligible for processing.

Advanced Pharmaceutical Compounding: is an accredited 15 hour (1.5 CEUs) practice-based course designed for pharmacists, technicians, and marketers who want to learn more advanced compounding skills and techniques for the community patient.

Description:
This course is a combination of didactic lectures for content and laboratory activities to enhance an already established skill of compounding that will cover topics and create products unique to community extemporaneous compounding pharmacy practice.

The goal of this course is to expand on the participants’ current knowledge of community extemporaneous compounding pharmacy and to discover and create innovative ways to treat patients in the community using advanced extemporaneous compounding pharmacy skills and techniques.

Topics covered will include:
• flavoring chemistry
• pediatric dosage forms and formulations
• Rapid Disintegrating Tablets and tablet triturates
• palliative care and hospice compounding opportunities
• dosage forms for dentistry
• advanced technology available for the community compounder

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this program, the participating pharmacist or technician will be able to:
• Recall basic pharmaceutical calculations from required compounding courses to be used in preparation of advanced pharmaceutical compounds
• Explain legal obligations and requirements of 503A and 503B compounding facilities
• Use advanced pharmaceutical compounding techniques to extemporaneously compound prescriptions, utilizing supplied materials
• Discuss theory of and experiment with flavoring chemistry related to non-sterile oral products
• Review pediatric dosage forms and formulations related to community compounded products
• Formulate and compound Rapid Disintegrating Tablets and tablet triturates
• Discover palliative care and hospice compounding opportunities to grow your business
• Define non-sterile compounded dosage forms for dentistry patients
• Practice manipulation of advanced technology available for the community compounder
• Demonstrate appropriate documentation of compounding procedures and practices performed according to best practice guidelines, utilizing supplied materials
• Discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with unique routes of administration and unique dosage forms
• Assess extemporaneously compounded products for quality control according to best practice guidelines