The Annual Convention offers more than 60 continuing education programs. To meet various pharmacist and pharmacy technician continuing education requirements, programming on pharmacy law and pain management will be offered every day of the convention. Additionally, for pharmacists needing to fulfill the requirement of obtaining 10 hours of live PCE, the convention offers the opportunity to earn more than 19 hours of live PCE credit.

Learn more about continuing education requirements.

 

PCE Credit
The following outlines the procedures for appropriately earning pharmacy continuing education (PCE) credit according to guidelines established by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). Please review them thoroughly. Michigan Pharmacists Association will not be held responsible for individuals not adhering to these guidelines.

• Program Evaluations and Posttest Examinations—
  Continuing education program attendees will be required to complete evaluations forms and posttests for each of the programs attended online. Detailed instructions will be given to participants at the convention. Participants must pass each posttest with a score of 70 percent or greater. Individuals not able to complete this requirement online can request hard copies of evaluation forms and posttests.
• Continuing Education Attendance Form—
  Each registrant packet will contain a Continuing Education Attendance Form that you will use to record all continuing education sessions that you attend throughout the convention. Simply fill in the circles that represent the programs that you fully participated in. Your name and address are required, so please fill out this form appropriately. If programs occurring at the same time are indicated, credit will not be awarded for either program. PCE credit will not be awarded if
  the completed pink and white portions of this form is not placed in a drop box. Participants should retain the yellow portion until the official statement of credit is received in the mail.
• Drop Box—
  Just prior to leaving the convention for the weekend, place the pink and white original completed Continuing Education Attendance Form in one of the various drop boxes marked “Continuing Education Attendance Forms.” All Continuing Education Attendance Forms must be placed in a drop box by 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. Drop boxes will be located in various locations throughout the hotel. MPA will mail continuing education statements of credit to convention registrants approximately eight to 10 weeks following the convention.
  

Continuing education statements of credit will not be mailed to individuals who have not paid in full. Individuals submitting or mailing their Continuing Education Attendance Form to MPA for validation after 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, will be charged a $10 processing fee. Credit will not be granted to participants who claim to have attended programs on days for which they were not registered.

Attendance and active participation in a session are required to obtain PCE credit. Monitors stationed at the entrance to all programs will inform anyone who is more than 10 minutes late to a program that PCE credit is no longer available and will not distribute evaluation forms. This procedure will be strictly enforced, so please plan accordingly. To ensure active participation in all programs, MPA may compare Continuing Education Attendance Forms with submitted evaluations and posttest examinations. In the event an evaluation is not submitted or posttest questions aren’t answered for programs indicated on the Continuing Education Attendance Form, MPA retains the authority to deny PCE credit.

Accreditation
The Michigan Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

The Michigan Pharmacists Association is an approved provider of Pharmacy Technician Continuing Education (PTCE).