CPE Monitor Service Launched
The CPE Monitor service, a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) electronic tracking system has launched. Developed by NABP and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), this new service will provide participating state boards of pharmacy with a streamlined process to verify their licensees’ and registrants’ compliance with CPE requirements. In addition, the service will allow pharmacists and technicians to easily track their ACPE-accredited CPE credits beginning in the latter part of 2011. This new process will be particularly beneficial to pharmacists who are licensed in multiple states, which often have different CPE requirements. Boards of pharmacy that choose to participate in the service will receive reports on pharmacists’ and technicians’ completed ACPE-accredited CPE activities and the credit hours and units will be authenticated and stored in the system. The program is expected to save boards of pharmacy, pharmacists, and technicians time and money in managing CPE-compliance activities.
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are now able to set up an NABP e-Profile through the NABP Web site and obtain their permanent identification number, or NABP e-Profile ID. To set up an e-Profile, pharmacists and technicians can visit the CPE Monitor Web page, which is accessible at www.MyCPEmonitor.net. Beginning in the latter part of 2011, all pharmacists and technicians will be able to provide their NABP e-Profile ID, plus their birth date (MMDD), in order to receive credit for CPE activities taken from ACPE-accredited providers.
NABP representatives will be available at booth 1114 during the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, March 25-28, 2011, in Seattle, WA, to answer questions regarding the new CPE Monitor service. Attendees who stop by the NABP booth will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for the chance to win an Apple iPad® valued at $499, or one of six $50 American Express gift cards.