(203) Continuing Professional Development Credits – Pharmacy Education’s New Continuing Education Credit Approach to Content Implementation

Objective : In January 2023, the ACPE Board of Directors approved criteria for organizations to develop a Continuing Professional Development Program (CPD). In addition, A Model for Continuing Professional Development Credit was approved. Implementation of the CPD criteria and credit framework is planned for January 2024. The poster will provide updates on CPD policies and procedures and participate in a discussion on how CPD Credits could be implemented to help with existing programs from dissemination through implementation along with existing data from early uses of the CPD providers.

Methods: ACPE along with a variety of professionals in pharmacy and other professions have been working to introduce CPD into the process of re-licensure for pharmacists. In the fall of 2022, the committee submitted a proposal that integrates CPD into the existing systems for CPE existing structures. The proposal was accepted in January 2023 with the process of CPD Provider to be launched in January 2024. At the time of this presentation, the first organizations will be applying for CPD Providership to award CPD Credits for the first time.

Results: Starting in January 2024, organizations including Colleges of Pharmacy, could apply for CPD Provider status and start issuing CPD Units. New programs are proposed. But the time of this poster, we will be able to list the early adopters of the provider status, and outcomes associated with new programs.

Conclusions: The CPD Provider status offers a new way for Colleges of Pharmacy to support practicing pharmacists. The early adoptions will help adjust and advance the use of CPD across the profession.