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Activity Dates: 05/16/2019 - 04/08/2022

Target Audience

This course is designed for pharmacists, nurse practitioners or other health care professionals involved in the comprehensive medication management of psychiatric and/or neurological patients.

Session Summary

Recent changes in state laws regarding the legalization of cannabis for medicinal use for psychiatric and neurologic disorders has led to patients self-treating with cannabis-based products. Pharmacists can play an important role in evaluating the evidence to support the use of cannabis-based products to treat psychiatric and neurologic disorders and provide patients with the necessary education to make more informed decisions about treatment.

Course Requirements

You will proceed through the following steps to satisfactorily complete this course:

  • Sign in (or create a FREE account).
  • Register for this course.
  • Review the full content of the activity and reflect upon its teachings.
  • Complete the post-test at the end of the activity no later than the closing activity date.
  • Complete the evaluation at the end of the activity.
  • If necessary, complete the post-test retest no later than the closing activity date.
  • Receive a passing grade (70%).
  • Provide the necessary details in your profile to ensure correct reporting by AAPP to CPE Monitor.

Participants in this course must complete an examination and achieve a score of 70% or greater. Successful completion of the course also requires the completion of a course evaluation. Upon successful completion, ACPE credit is reported immediately to CPE Monitor although transcripts can be retrieved by participants online at https://aapp.org/mycpnp/transcript/acpe.

Faculty Information and Disclosures

Kari Franson, PharmD, PhD, BCPP

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Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the legal variability for ordering cannabis-based products within the United States for medical purposes.
  2. Analyze the benefits of medical cannabis-based products for treating psychiatric and neurologic disorders.
  3. Recognize the potential side effects and substance interactions of medical cannabis-based products.
  4. Evaluate an individual patient case to provide relevant patient education and treatment recommendations regarding medical cannabis-based products.

Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures

Activity Dates: 05/16/2019 - 04/08/2022
ACPE Contact Hours: 1
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-19-016-H01-P (Knowledge)
Nursing Credit Reminder: Note that ACPE credit is accepted for certification renewal.

ACPEThe College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This course provides 1.0 contact hour of knowledge-based continuing education credit from CPNP approved programming.

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