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Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery

›› Current open-enrollment offerings
›› Additional self-study resources (password required; password included in printed course materials)

  • Provides comprehensive immunization education
  • Provides pharmacists with the skills, resources, and materials necessary to establish and promote a successful immunization service
  • Trains pharmacists to identify at-risk patient populations needing immunizations and to maintain necessary immunization records
  • Reviews basic immunology

Program Components:

  • 12 hour (1.2 CEU) self-study modules with case studies and assessment exam
  • 8.0 hour (0.80 CEU) live seminar with final exam
  • Hands-on assessment of intramuscular and subcutaneous injection technique

For expanded information on the program curriculum and agenda, contact the Certificate Training Department by e-mailing ctp@aphanet.org or calling 202-429-7512.

Completion Information:

  • Successful completion of the live seminar component involves passing the final exam with a grade of 70% or higher and demonstrating competency in two intramuscular and one subcutaneous injections. Successful completion of this component will result in 8.0 contact hours of continuing education credit (0.80 CEU). ACPE UPN: 202-XXX-06-111-L01*
  • Successful completion of the self-study component involves passing the self-study assessment questions with a grade of 70% or higher and will result in 12.0 contact hours of continuing education credit (1.2 CEU). ACPE UPN: 202-XXX-06-118-H01*
  • To receive a certificate of achievement for the complete program, participants must successfully complete both the live seminar and the self-study components
  • CPN: 202-0007: Expires 01/11/09

Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery: A Certificate Program for Pharmacists was developed by APhA and is supported in part by an educational grant from VaxServe.

*Specific UPN under which statement of credit is issued is dependent upon the actual instance of the program completed.