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The Office of Lifelong Learning provides contemporary evidence-based programs aimed at equipping the workforce with the skills they need for advancing medicine for life. Our local, regional, and national programs are offered in a variety of formats to meet the demands of today’s workforce, including in person, online, hybrid, and self-paced. Many of our seminars, workshops, certificate programs, and residency programs also provide ACPE Continuing Pharmacy Education credit in live or home study formats. 

AVAILABLE PROGRAMS

Joint Sponsorship and Accreditation

The Office Lifelong Learning works with internal and external partners to develop, manage, and accredit programs. We are accredited by ACPE to provide Continuing Pharmacy Education credit and licensed to provide APhA Diabetes, Immunization, MTM, and Travel Health Certificates. If you are interested in partnering with us, please review the information below:

Services Offered

  • ACPE CPE Program Accreditation and Credit Upload (ACPE Accreditation standards)
  • Integration into Canvas LMS
  • Marketing Support
  • Program Landing Page and File Storage
  • Participant Registration Service and Fee Collection
  • Webinar and Recording Services 

Resources

Partner Expectations

While the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Office of Lifelong Learning may work with partners to help development and presentation of continuing education programs final authority for all areas relating to the ACPE Accreditation Standards for Continuing Pharmacy Education will be retained by the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Office of Lifelong Learning. Partners will collaborate with the office on these items and provide support with the collection and completion of required documentation.


Are You Interested in Learning More?

To learn more, please contact:

Heidi Collins

Heidi Collins

Director, Office of Lifelong Learning

heidi.collins@unc.edu

 

Barbara-Bell

Barbara Bell

Assistant Director, Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education & Research

bmbell@email.unc.edu

 

Our Partners

Many of our School faculty members and education partners lead continuing education programs through our partnership with North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC). This partnership is a collaborative effort to meet the educational and career needs of North Carolina’s healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators. Together, we aim to train a diverse workforce to support a healthy North Carolina. Please click here if you are interested in requesting one of our School faculty members to speak at your professional development program.

In addition, the Office partners with various organizations to provide contemporary, evidence-based programs, including: 

North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) 
North Carolina Association of Pharmacists (NCAP) 
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education and Research (CIPhER)
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Preceptors 
UNC Health Care Pharmacy Residency Program
UNC Lineberger Cancer Center 
Vidant Health


Are You Interested in Learning More?

To learn more, please contact:

Heidi Collins

Heidi Collins

Director, Office of Lifelong Learning

heidi.collins@unc.edu

 

Barbara-Bell

Barbara Bell

Assistant Director, Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education & Research

bmbell@email.unc.edu

Please click here if you are interested in requesting one of our School faculty members to speak at your professional development program.

 

FAQ

  • In addition to those details, the following materials must also be submitted at least 10 days PRIOR to the program taking place:
    • Completed program brochure/screenshot of the program registration page
    • Signed Speaker Letter
    • Speaker CV/resume/bio
    • Signed Conflict of Interest (COI) document
    • Completed Active Learning Plan
    • Completed GAP Analysis
    • A final copy of presentation materials
    • Signed pharmacist course coordinator attestation
  • The following items must also be received by our office after the program to upload participant credit:
    • Participant attendance/sign-in sheet
    • Learning assessment documentation
    • Completed participant evaluations
  • Completed brochures/program pages must include the following:
    • Program title
    • Date and location (city, state)
    • Co-sponsorship statement
    • Target audience (all professions should be listed if the program is interdisciplinary)
    • Knowledge-/application-based statement
    • Learning objectives (applicable to each profession)
    • Program agenda
    • Number of CE hours
    • Speaker info with title and degree
    • Registration information – how/where, format options, fees & refund policy (even if no fees collected)
    • ACPE logo and credit statement
    • Course coordinators/planning committee
    • For home-study only – initial release and expiration dates

Requests must be submitted through the above program submission link PRIOR to opening registration or at least 45 days before the program date.

Please submit final rosters in a timely manner. Ideally no more than 2-3 weeks post-program. This allows time to reach out to any participant whose credit may have been rejected to correct their information and resubmit credit. ACPE requires credit to be uploaded within 60 days of the program date. After that date, they close the program and no credit is able to be uploaded.

Please let us know of changes that occur in your program has been approved. Upon approval, you were sent an Activity Description Form (ADF) outlining the details submitted to ACPE for accreditation. If any of the details listed have changed, that information will need to be updated with ACPE as well. These changes must be made prior to the program date, but will not require a new ACPE activity number.

Each program is identified at a specific competency level, knowledge, application, and practice. There are certain expectations and verbs that should be used for each of those competencies. If an objective was updated/revised, it was most likely phrased in a way that was not associated with that competency level.

No, if a program has already been approved, and the title, objectives, number of hours are the same, then you can request the next session date be added to that activity by emailing the Office directly.

CPE Monitor Information 

 

 

 


Are You Interested in Learning More?

To learn more, please contact:

Heidi Collins

Heidi Collins

Director, Office of Lifelong Learning

heidi.collins@unc.edu

 

Barbara-Bell

Barbara Bell

Assistant Director, Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education & Research

bmbell@email.unc.edu

Pharmacy Practice Seminar

(Hybrid, Synchronous, August 24-25, 2024)

Updates and insights from experts on topics applicable to practicing pharmacists across North Carolina.

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Pharmacy Administration and Leadership

(Online, 3 Semesters)

Provides knowledge and skills in health-system pharmacy administration for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

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Pharmacy Resident Series

(Recurring 1-hour CE Programs)

Covers a wide range of topic updates and emerging ideas for practicing pharmacists. In partnership with UNC Medical Center.

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Teaching & Learning Certificate Program

(Online, Self-Paced, Asynchronous)

Designed to help educators and pharmacists improve outcomes through evidence-based teaching and learning techniques.

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Mission
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Office of Lifelong Learning seeks to contribute to the continuing professional development of state pharmacists and pharmacy technicians by providing a variety of informative and career competent programs designed to enhance skills and knowledge, and help participants become more proficient in the practice of pharmacy.

ACPE CPE Credit Statement
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. To receive CE credit, participants must complete the CE requirements outlined on the program page. Statements of credit can be viewed and printed in CPE Monitor approximately 2 to 3 weeks after the program and you have completed any needed requirements. **No partial credit will be available** Participants are responsible for checking and verifying credit appears on CPE Monitor within 60 day of the date of program completion and notifying the provider if they have not appeared PRIOR to that 60 day deadline. Credits will not be accepted by ACPE after 60 days.

Contact Us
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Office of Lifelong Learning
CB# 7574 Beard Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 | CIPhER@unc.edu