The Prepcann Healthcare Professionals Program® prepares you for the medical cannabis management of your patients. Pharmacists have the opportunity to earn 4 hours of continuing education credits. Successful completion provides you with the tools you need to help your patients find relief and the Prepcann Certificate of Completion ®

Clinical Cannabis Considerations:              UAN: 0107-9999-19-027-H01-P             0.40 CEUs/4 Hrs.               Expiration: February 4, 2021

Lesson Plan:  Estimated time of 4 hours for completion

1: Legal Considerations

  • Federal considerations
  • State specific resources
  • Accountability

 

 

 

2: The Endocannabinoid System (ECS)

  • History
  • Receptor pharmacology
  • Ligand Synthesis and function
  • Orphan Receptors
  • Functions of the ECS

3: Phytocannabinoids (PC)

  • History
  • Extraction methods
  • Quality
  • Pharmacology
  • Synthetic cannabinoids
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Pharmacodynamics

 

4: Administration

  • Formulations
  • Storage
  • Stability

5: Consultations

  • Preparation
  • Execution
  • Documentation

 

6: Clinical Cannabis Medicine

  • Basic dosing concepts
  • Review evidence and recommendations of THC precautions
  • Management of 8 major symptoms including non-pharmacologic therapy recommendations and complementary medicine considerations.
  • Overview of 15 conditions with presentation, pathophysiology, non-pharmacological and pharmacological management, proposed mechanism and complementary medicine considerations

Course Objectives: Clinical Cannabis Considerations

Upon successful completion pharmacists should be able to:

  1. Identify the role of the Endocannabinoid system in biological homeostasis when considering the risks versus benefits in recommending cannabis based therapies for qualifying symptoms
  2. Differentiate between the safety and efficacy of major phytocannabinoids in their pharmacologic and pharmacokinetic profiles, specific to approved formulation and administration route
  3. Review methods of obtaining informed consent from patients due to the experimental nature of cannabis, and risks of dependence, addiction, and diversion when using a Schedule 1 substance
  4. Recognize warnings, precautions, potential drug and disease state interactions, including patients with known substance abuse and high potential of abuse
  5. Organize patient specific therapeutic and/or palliative recommendations for over 20 symptoms and conditions

$199 – Includes access to lesson content and updates for 6 months, 4 continuing education credits for pharmacists, and PrepCann Certificate of Completion®  following successful completion of post-assessment and program evaluation.

CEI is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 
To obtain 4.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit (0.4 CEUs), participants must participate in the on-demand activity and complete the exam (up to 2 attempts to achieve >70%) and evaluation located in your CEI Profile.
Once successfully completed, click the Submit button. The CPE Statement of Credit can then be accessed on CPE Monitor, www.MyCPEMonitor.net. 

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Course Instructor

Founder and CEO

Dr. Melani Kane, PharmD graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and returned to Minnesota as a dispensing Cannabis pharmacist. Passionate about education and evidence, Dr. Kane founded the International Society of Cannabis Pharmacists (cannabispharmacist.org) and Prepcann (prepcann.com) to support healthcare professional education and transform the stigma to support cannabis as medicine. Dr. Kane presents on clinical considerations of cannabis in local, national, and international conferences and is always excited to meet new patients and pharmacists interested in cannabis.

Disclosures & Disclaimers

Disclaimer: Cannabis extracts are NOT approved by the FDA for any condition and the information presented in Prepcann is under investigational use only.

Melani Kane reports the following conflicts of interest: consultant for C&G Management, advisor to StrainConnect, and former employee at Minnesota Medical Solutions.

CEI has taken appropriate action for conflict resolution, including external peer review.

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