CRANBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ (PTCE), a leader in continuing education for retail, health system, managed care and specialty pharmacists, recently launched the educational video activity titled “Demystifying Medical Cannabis in Disease State Management: What Clinicians Need to Know,” announced Jim Palatine, RPh, MBA, president of PTCE.
“Our panel did such an amazing job discussing how pharmacists play a crucial role in counseling patients about medical cannabis, examining medical cannabis itself and discussing the state and federal regulations in place,” said Palatine. “We are thrilled to offer this interactive video activity to provide pharmacists with a great opportunity for education on this important topic.”
The interdisciplinary educational video activity featured Paul P. Doghramji, M.D., FAAFP, family physician, Collegeville Family Practice, medical director, Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, as the moderator; and Mary M. Bridgeman, Pharm.D., BCPS, CGP, FASCP, clinical associate professor, department of pharmacy practice and administration, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University, internal medicine clinical pharmacist, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey; and Alex Y. Bekker, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., professor and chair, department of anesthesia and perioperative care, professor, department of physiology and pharmacology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey, as the two panelists who discussed and provided an overview of medical cannabis, identified its therapeutic role, examined its regulation and established the role of health care providers in prescribing medical cannabis.
The activity is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education for 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs) for pharmacists and by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. To participate and for more information, click here.
About Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™
Pharmacy Times Continuing Education™ (PTCE) is a leader in continuing education for retail, health system, managed care and specialty pharmacists. PTCE is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education (CPE). Its print, online and live CPE activities are designed to help improve the knowledge, competence and skills of pharmacists so they are better prepared to provide the highest quality of pharmacy care to the patients they serve and to the physicians they assist as part of a multidisciplinary treatment and management team. To learn more about the educational activities sponsored by PTCE, visit its website at https://www.pharmacytimes.org/.
