Pharmacy Certificate Programs

APhA’s Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate Training Program (14th Edition) is an innovative, intensive, and practice-based continuing pharmacy education, based on national educational standards for immunization training from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This program is designed to educate pharmacists about the professional opportunities for vaccine advocacy and administration.

This practice-based curriculum represents a fusion of science and clinical pharmacy. The program, which emphasizes a health care team approach, seeks to foster the implementation of interventions that will promote disease prevention and public health.

The purpose of this certificate training program is to prepare pharmacists with comprehensive knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to provide immunization services to patients across the life span.

The November 4th offering of this program will be online only. 

Participants must obtain their own supplies and identify a healthcare professional experienced with immunizations to assess their injection technique.  Jefferson College of Pharmacy cannot provide supplies or complete the injection technique with you.

Activity Completion Requirements

To obtain credit for "Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery" complete home study activities, complete both home study and final assessments with a grade of 70% or better, attend the live seminar, successfully complete the injection technique assessment, complete the evaluations.

Course material and exams and live webinar session will be accessed online. In order to participate in this activity, registrants must have access to a computer. 

Review complete technology requirements

To participate in the live webinar, participants must:

• Join the Zoom webinar by computer, tablet, or any mobile device.
• Have a working camera and have video enabled throughout the entire program.
• Be present for the entirety of the program to be eligible for completion of the certificate training.
• Join the meeting 15-30 minutes early to test that your microphone and camera are working properly and to check-in.
• If planning to use a MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, etc., please navigate to https://zoom.us/ (using the Mac computer that will be used for the Zoom session), click on the Download link at the right side of the screen, download and install/run the installer program (named Zoom.pkg).

Please refer to the following webpages to troubleshoot any audio/visual difficulties:

How do I join or test my computer audio?

How do I test my video?

Schedule of requirements and important details:

• Complete self-study by 11/4/2024
• Attend live training on 11/4/2024
• Complete injection technique assessment by 11/11/2024
• Complete final exam and evaluation and claim certificate by 11/18/2024

Home study activities – complete modules, home study assessment, and home study evaluation before November 4, 2024

Live seminar – join Jefferson faculty via Zoom on November 4, 2024 to complete the live seminar (all participants will be provided with a link)

Injection technique assessment – You are responsible for identifying a healthcare professional who can evaluate your technique within a week of the live seminar

Your evaluator must observe you successfully give another person two intramuscular and one subcutaneous injections and complete the Injection Technique Assessment Form (instructions and form will be provided)

Completed and signed forms must be returned to the program coordinator by November 11, 2024

Requirements to serve as the evaluator: Your evaluator can be anyone who has the current scope of practice to immunize (e.g, a trained pharmacist, a nurse, etc.).

• Must assess based on the technique taught in class
• Must have had OSHA training for bloodborne pathogens within the last year
• Learners cannot assess themselves or fellow learners

You will need to acquire the assessment supplies on your own which include the following:

• Gloves (minimum 1 pair)
• Face masks and face shields and any other PPE (recommend following the standards of your state/organization)
• 1 mL or 3 mL x 25G x 1 inch safety syringes for intramuscular injections (minimum 2)
• 1 mL or 3 mL x 25G x 5/8 inch safety syringes for subcutaneous injections (minimum 1)
• Bandaids (minimum 3)
• Alcohol swabs (minimum 4)
• Cotton balls or gauze pads (minimum 3)
• Sodium chloride 0.9%, preservative free, single dose vial, 10 mL or smaller (minimum 1)
• Sharps container (1)
• Screening questions worksheet
  - Influenza Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)

Injection technique assessment verification and final exam and evaluation – Upon successful completion of the injection technique assessment and receipt of the Injection Technique Assessment Form, you will be granted access to the final exam and live seminar evaluation.  Once the exam and evaluation are completed, you can access your certificate of achievement.  These steps must be completed by November 18, 2024.

Please see Program Flyer for full details including accreditation information. 

For additional questions, please contact Gina Bellottie.

Future program dates: January 10, 2025 and May 2, 2022

APhA’s Delivering Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Services certificate training program (4th Edition) presents a systematic approach for developing, implementing, delivering, and sustaining MTM services. It includes an overview of the marketplace for delivering MTM services, guidance for implementing MTM services in pharmacy practice, a review of the essential skills and knowledge needed for performing MTM successfully, and an organized process for identifying medication-related problems. The purpose of this certificate training program is to prepare pharmacists to improve medication use through the delivery of MTM services in a variety of practice settings

This program has as three components: an online interactive self-study with assessment; the live seminar with online evaluation; and post-seminar case exercises.  Please see Program Flyer for full details including accreditation information. For additional questions, please contact Gina Bellottie.

APhA’s The Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care certificate training program (5th Edition) is an intensive educational experience designed to equip pharmacists with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to provide effective, evidence-based diabetes care. Five self-study modules provide comprehensive instruction in current diabetes concepts and standards of care. The live seminar incorporates case studies and hands-on skills training focused on the situations most likely to be encountered — as well as the services most needed — in community and ambulatory care practice settings.

Participants will gain experience evaluating and adjusting drug therapy regimens for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, counseling patients about lifestyle interventions, analyzing and interpreting self-monitoring of blood glucose results, and assessing the overall health status of patients to identify needed monitoring and interventions.

Please check back for future program dates. For additional questions, please contact Gina Bellottie.

Future Program Dates:  January 7, 2022 and May 6, 2022
More information to come