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On demand pharmacology CE/CME

VAPHS NP Pharmacology Update 2025 - 16 Hours

FormatSelf-paced onlineRecordedAugust 27, 2025AccessAvailable now
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About this course

Learn at your own pace.

This course provides 16 hours of on demand pharmacotherapeutics.

 It was recorded live at a two day seminar presented to the Veterans Administration for Nurse Practitioner training.

The recordings are designed to be watched on your smartphone or computer. 

 Each topic contains a recording, course slides, and a self-evaluation quiz. 



Educational information

Designed for meaningful, practical learning.

Sessions

Session
Topic 01: Updates In Pain Management and Opioid Prescribing

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Stacey Hollen Credit hours: 4 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-031-H08-P

Learning objectives
  1. Apply concepts of the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain to their clinical practice.
  2. Discuss with their patients the expected benefits and common and serious risks of opioid therapy.
  3. Discuss with their patients alternatives to opioids before initiating or continuing opioid therapy.
  4. Identify risk factors for opioid-induced respiratory depression and overdose.
  5. Employ risk mitigation strategies and screening tools to ensure safe opioid prescribing.
  6. Discuss non-opioid and safer partial opioid agonist alternatives to full agonist opioids with their patients.
  7. Utilize buprenorphine transdermal and buccal formulations in their clinical practice.
  8. List guideline directed pharmacologic and/or nonpharmacologic options to treat acute and chronic low back pain, musculoskeletal pain, osteoarthritis, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, and fibromyalgia.
  9. Explain why full agonist opioids can worsen fibromyalgia.
Topic 02: Antimicrobial Stewardship:

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Christopher M. Bland Credit hours: 2 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-031-H08-P

Learning objectives
  1. Describe best practices for prescribing antimicrobials in the transitions of care and outpatient settings.
  2. Discuss recently approved agents as well as notable new indications for previously approved agents.
  3. Describe best practices for assessing and de-labeling patients with self-reported penicillin allergy.
Topic 03: Dental Prophylaxis

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Anna Paritsky Credit hours: 1 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-033-H99-P

Learning objectives
  1. Discuss recommendations from the American Heart Association and American Dental Association regarding dental prophylaxis.
  2. Discuss which patients need dental prophylaxis need dental prophylaxis.
  3. Discuss which procedures require dental prophylaxis.
  4. Describe which antibiotics and dosages are recommended.
Topic 04: Immunotherapy and Biologics in Autoimmune Disease

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Kajal Jain Credit hours: 1 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-034-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. Describe which monoclonal antibody medications are prescribed for conditions such as psoriasis, RA, asthma
  2. Describe safety monitoring for patients being treated with monoclonal antibodies.
  3. Discuss patient education for patients being treated with monoclonal antibodies.
Topic 05: Psychopharmacology Trends

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Joshua Caballero Credit hours: 1 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-035-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. Discuss new antidepressants and antipsychotics.
  2. Discuss off label use of new antidepressants and antipsychotics.
  3. Recognize polypharmacy in mental health care management.
  4. Describe the use of psych meds in primary care.
Topic 06: Hormone Replacement Therapy Update

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Chelsea A. Keedy Credit hours: 1 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-036-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. Discuss new guidelines for hormone replacement menopause management.
  2. Discuss risks and benefits of newer formulations and delivery methods.
Topic 07: Pharmacogenomics in Primary Care

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Chelsea A. Keedy Credit hours: 1 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-035-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. Discuss personalizing drug therapies based on genetic profiles,
  2. Identify CYP450 interactions with antidepressions, statins, and other commonly prescribed medications.
  3. Describe how to interpret results of pharmacogenomic testing.
  4. Discuss how to apply results of pharmacogenomic testing to prescribing practices.
Topic 08: Electrolyte Imbalances

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Toral Patel Credit hours: 1 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-038-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. Discuss when to treat electrolyte Imbalances.
  2. Discuss treatment of electrolyte imbalances.in inpatient, outpatient, critical care and med-surg settings.
  3. Discuss the treatment of abnormal sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorous levels.
Topic 09: Cannabis and Cannabinoid-Based Therapies

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Randall L. Tackett Credit hours: 1 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-039-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. Describe medical cannabis prescribing regulations and clinical applications.
  2. Describe cannabis pharmacokinetics and interactions with other medications
Topic 10: Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Treatment from ER Through Discharge

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Randall L. Tackett Credit hours: 1 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-040-H08-P

Learning objectives
  1. Describe drug and alcohol withdrawal treatment from ER through discharge.
Topic 11: Drug induced Nutrient Depletions:

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Sandford Levy Credit hours: 1 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-041-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. Explain how common medications affect the patient nutritional status.
Topic 12: New Hypertension Guidelines

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Speaker: Dr. Joseph Saseen Credit hours: 1 ACPE UAN: 0741-0000-25-042-H01-P

Learning objectives
  1. Describe the latest updates on first line preferences for the treatment of hypertension.
  2. Discuss the recommended use of combinations therapies for hypertension.
  3. Discuss treatment guidelines for resistant hypertension.

Faculty

Portrait of Dr. Stacey Hollen, ULS faculty member

Dr. Stacey Hollen, PharmD, BCACP

Clinical Assistant Professor · University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy

A board-certified ambulatory-care pharmacist and clinical educator in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy.

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Portrait of Dr. Christopher M. Bland, ULS faculty member

Dr. Christopher M. Bland, PharmD, FCCP

Clinical Professor · University of Georgia College of Pharmacy

A clinical pharmacy educator and co-founder of Southeastern Research Group Endeavor and TeachMePharm, with a focus on practical infectious-disease pharmacotherapy.

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Dr. Anna Paritsky, DMD, DDS

Clinical Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo

Guest clinical faculty member.

Portrait of Dr. Kajal Jain, ULS faculty member

Dr. Kajal Jain, PharmD

Ambulatory Care Specialty Pharmacist · Yale New Haven Health

An ambulatory-care specialty pharmacist bringing current health-system experience and patient-centered pharmacotherapy to her teaching.

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Portrait of Dr. Joshua Caballero, ULS faculty member

Dr. Joshua Caballero, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP

Associate Professor · University of Georgia College of Pharmacy

A board-certified psychiatric pharmacist with postdoctoral training in psychiatry and pharmacotherapy and extensive experience teaching psychopharmacology.

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Portrait of Dr. Chelsea A. Keedy, ULS faculty member

Dr. Chelsea A. Keedy, PharmD, BCACP, CDTM

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care · SJ/C Medical Group – Eisenhower

A board-certified ambulatory-care pharmacist practicing under a collaborative drug-therapy-management agreement and teaching practical patient-care strategies.

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Portrait of Dr. Toral Patel, ULS faculty member

Dr. Toral Patel, PharmD, BCPS

Associate Professor · University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy

A board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and clinical pharmacy educator at the University of Colorado.

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Portrait of Dr. Randall L. Tackett, ULS faculty member

Dr. Randall L. Tackett, PhD

Professor of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy · University of Georgia College of Pharmacy

A longtime pharmacy professor and clinical educator with expertise in pharmacology and therapeutics.

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Sailboat under a bright sky off Key West

Dr. Sandford Levy, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University at Buffalo

Guest clinical faculty member.

Portrait of Dr. Joseph Saseen, ULS faculty member

Dr. Joseph Saseen, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, BCPS, BCACP

Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor · University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy

A nationally recognized ambulatory-care and cardiovascular-risk-reduction educator with nearly 200 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.

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Accreditation

Target audience

Pharmacists, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses

PHARMACISTS

  • University Learning Systems is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 
  • These programs are accredited for all pharmacists.
  • This course provides 16 hours or 1.6 CEUs.
  • Credit for this course expires on August 27, 2028.

NURSES

  • This course provides 16 hours (1.6 CEU)
  • University Learning Systems is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11409, and CE Broker Tracking #50-11357:
  • University Learning Systems is approved by CE Broker for Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Georgia, New Mexico, and West Virginia, Boards of Nursing. 
  • The same hours submitted to renew NP certification may be submitted to a State Board of Nursing for re-licensure.

OTHER PROFESSIONS

  • CONSULTANT PHARMACISTS: Some consultant pharmacist boards accept University Learning Systems courses for recertification either as is or with board approval. Please contact your board regarding course approval and ULS with any questions.

  • CANADIAN PHARMACISTS:Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy (CCCEP)accepts courses accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). 

  • CANADIAN PHYSICIANS: Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada are eligible to receive up to 16 MAINPRO-M1 credits for participation in this activity due to reciprocal agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians

  • Other healthcare professionals should confirm acceptance and reporting requirements with their licensing or certification board

Requirements and reporting

  • University Learning Systems reports pharmacy credit through CPE Monitor using the participant’s eNABPID number and date of birth.
  • University Learning Systems is approved by CE Broker, for pharmacy, medicine and nursing for participating states,  Tracking #50-11357. Participant's state license number is required for reporting.
  • Credit is based on completed evaluations for registered sessions. 
  • Credit is awarded per session; partial session credit is not available, and breaks are excluded.
  • Other eligible participants receive an applicable statement of credit after completing the required documentation.

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Course fees

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