APhA's Pharmacy-Based HIV Prevention Services (Self-Paced)

Pharmacy-Based HIV Prevention Services

This 16-hour certificate training program sets pharmacists up for success when providing HIV prevention and sexual wellness services to their patients. This comprehensive training program reviews HIV as a disease state, pharmacology of currently available PrEP and PEP medications, CDC guideline recommendations for provision of PrEP and PEP, and the building blocks of communication methods for discussing sexual health. In addition to HIV prevention care, this training program will discuss epidemiology and pathophysiology, screening, and pharmacotherapy of sexually transmitted infections and the importance of providing harm reduction care in your pharmacy. An optional 4-hour micro-credential titled “Implementing HIV Prevention Services” rounds out this training that reviews workflow considerations, billing and coding, and patient referrals to care. A total of 16 hours of CPE are available in this program.

Target Audience: Pharmacists

Program Cost:

• Pharmacists: $300
• PGY1/PGY2 or Intern: $275

CEUs: 16 contact hours of CPE credit (1.6 CEUs)

Activity type: Certificate Program

Course Modules

• This course contains the following content:
  • • Pharmacy-Based HIV Prevention Services ACPE Information
    • Pharmacy-Based HIV Prevention Services Contributors List
    • Pharmacy-Based HIV Prevention Services Pre-Course Knowledge Check
    • Module 1: Terms, Definitions, and Background
    • Module 2: PrEP and PEP Uptake and Disparities in Use
    • Module 3: Pharmacology
    • Module 4: Summary of PrEP and PEP Guidelines
    • Module 5: Review of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
    • Module 6: Communicating About PrEP and PEP with Cultural Humility
    • Module 7: Bringing It All Together

Development

The Pharmacy-Based HIV Prevention Services Certificate Training Program is an education activity for pharmacists developed by the American Pharmacists Association.  2024 American Pharmacists Association

Accreditation Information:

ACPE UAN: 0202-0000-24-190-H02-P
Activity type: Certificate Program
Initial release date: February 28, 2024
Expiration date: February 28, 2027- No credit can be earned after this date 

Refunds are only valid 14 days post purchase date.  A $50 processing fee will be charged to all refunds. Participants who enroll in the program using the enrollment link provided in the confirmation email will be charged a fee of $135 regardless of whether or not they complete any portion of the activity.