California Pharmacy Ethics and Professionalism • PE-22

California Pharmacy Ethics

This two-day course is grounded in the premise that everyone has the potential to commit an ethical violation or violate professional expectations. With a specialized pre-course component written by a forensic pharmacist, the course addresses and remediates issues rooted in lack of adherence to laws, rules, guidelines, codes, or policies. A faculty member reviews each participant’s pre-course assignment submissions to be aware of each participant's unique background and cause(s) for referral, helping structure and personalize their facilitation of each course. Participants are guided to see where they initially went astray, gain critical insight into why it happened, and are held accountable to prevent future missteps by creating and presenting a Personalized Protection Plan©.

PBI is committed to providing interactive, individualized, impactful education. To facilitate this, our California Pharmacy Ethics (PE-22) course size is limited to 12 participants.

This course is California Board approved to meet the Title 16, California Code of Regulations (CCR) section 1773.5 requirements (or 16 CCR – 1358.1). If you are not licensed in California, see our one-day or two-day ethics courses which are applicable for all licensed pharmacists outside of California.

Participating in more than one live course?
Contact us about our multi-course discount program.

Course Agenda

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Course Format

Part One:

Pre-course assignments, 8 hours
Two-day virtual live course

Part Two (optional):

Post-course follow-up material provided to all participants at six and twelve-month intervals following their live course.

Reasons for Referral

Bending or breaking laws or rules
- Noncompliance with orders/deadlines
Driving under the influence (DUI/DWI)
Financial improprieties
- Fraud
- Inappropriate invoicing
HIPAA or confidentiality violations
Misrepresentation
- Cheating
- Falsification
- Inaccurate or inappropriate advertising
- Lying or omission of information
Practicing on an expired license
Noncompliance with orders/deadlines

Professions This Course Is Suitable For

California licensed pharmacists, PIC’s, pharmacy managers, and pharmacy executives. All licensed pharmacists outside of California should consider our one-day or two-day ethics courses.

Learning Objectives

Comply with standards of practice and codes of ethics
Improve clinical decision-making by minimizing negative influencers
Adhere to professional ethics with resultant improvements in professional-patient interaction, which can enhance clinical outcomes
Reduce potential transgressions through the development of systems that can be implemented into clinical practice
Become aware of the early warning signs indicative of ethical dilemmas and boundary problems

Accreditation

PBI Education (Provider #217) is accredited by the California Accreditation of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) as a recognized provider of continuing pharmacy education. CAPE is accredited by the California Pharmacists Association to provide continuing pharmacy education for pharmacists. The California State Board of Pharmacy recognizes CAPE accredited program units for pharmacist license renewal.

This activity is in compliance with California Assembly Bill 1195, which requires continuing medical education activities with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competency. For specific information regarding Bill 1195 and definitions of cultural and linguistic competency, please visit the CPE website at www.cpha.com/cape.

Ethics and Professionalism