  Pharmaceutical Care
Certificate Program
Interested in providing medication therapy management services to your patients? Not sure how to begin?
Start by enrolling in our totally online Pharmaceutical Care certificate program! This program will provide instruction on the patient care process integral to medication therapy management.
During this program you will hear from Dr. Linda Strand and Dr. Robert Cipolle, best known for developing the concept and practice of pharmaceutical care. Together, they will outline the patient care process and standards for optimal patient care. In addition, they will share research data demonstrating the positive impact of this process on patients, practitioners, and the health care system.
The certificate program consists of three levels:
(Click the title to view each course description)
Level 1: An Introduction to Pharmaceutical Care
 Level 1 defines pharmaceutical care and provides a “big picture” understanding of its principle components, which include the assessment, care plan, and follow-up evaluation. The major components of a new pharmaceutical care practice and the steps required to build this type of practice are shared.
Level 2: Learning to Practice Pharmaceutical Care
 After completing the Level 1 Introduction, you can move on to this next level that prepares you to practice pharmaceutical care within a medication therapy management service. Each week, you will schedule appointments with two new patients, and learn the skills and knowledge required to take responsibility for: assessing each patient’s drug-related needs, developing care plans to meet these needs, and completing a follow-up evaluation.
Level 3: Providing and Documenting Pharmaceutical Care
 In this last level of the pharmaceutical care certificate program, you will learn how to document patients in the Assurance Pharmaceutical Care computer-based documentation system. Upon completion of the software training, you will document two patients from Level 2, and then take care of forty-eight additional patients and document their care as well.
*Minnesota pharmacists interested in receiving compensation for MTM services under the new legislation should review the MTM Legislation Requirements (.pdf)
Program Co-Sponsors
 This program is delivered by Medication Management Systems, Inc. in conjunction with Continuing Pharmacy Education at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy.
Program Support
 The development of this program was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Amgen.
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