Billing In Community Pharmacy
This course is designed to improve your knowledge of the provincial prescription coverage available in Saskatchewan, as well as to provide information on available federal and third-party insurance plans. This course will also help you navigate a patient's options for prescription coverage including the following topics:
- Provincial extended benefits
- Coordination of benefits
- Common billing issues
Online course
Billing in Community Pharmacy is CPDPP accredited for 2.0 CEUs.
Target Audience: pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and students
Registration Fee: Free!
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Community Pharmacy Manager Course
The Community Pharmacy Manager Course will support managers to identify the knowledge and skills needed to operate a community pharmacy in compliance with legislation, regulations and standards while promoting a culture of patient safety, and ensuring adequate pharmacy resources for quality patient care and services.
Self-directed online course
Community Pharmacy Manager course is CCCEP accredited for 12.5 CEUs.
Target Audience: Current Community Pharmacy Managers, however, the course is available to anyone.
Registration Fee:
- Saskatchewan Residents: $400.00
- Out of Province Residents: $600.00
* Note: Existing Pharmacy Managers must completed this course before April 30, 2023
COMPASS Community Pharmacy Professionals Advancing Safety in Saskatchewan (COMPASS Training, Online)
Presenters will first provide an overview of COMPASS and SCPP by-laws on CQI. They will include a review on medication safety and its relationship to CQI in community pharmacy practice.
Participants will learn about the ISMP Canada Medication Safety Self-Assessment (MSSA), the Community Pharmacy Incident Reporting (CPhIR) Program, and the online CQI tool. Participants will also have the opportunity to learn from COMPASS Champions’ experience during the panel discussion.
Registration Fee: $115.00 + GST
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CompEX Q&A Webinar (Recorded Version)
June 15, 2022 recorded webinar
For older versions of the webinar, or for more information, visit the SCPP Compex - Compounding Excellence Page.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Cultural Safety Module
Completion of this module is mandatory for the 2023-24 licence renewal year for all practising and non-practising pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. It is also mandatory for all new licensees. The module takes approximately four (4) hours to complete.
This self directed online module consists of two parts that will review fundamental concepts of equity, diversity, and inclusion with a focus on Indigenous wellness. The first part will be an interactive module that will provide an overview of the theoretical basis to equity, diversity, and inclusion and opportunities for both personal and professional reflection. The second part will be a presentation on Indigenous wellness that will explore cultural safety and humility and provide you with strategies to ensure culturally safe environments for Indigenous patients.
This is an online learning course with recorded videos. Course information.
Target audience: All pharmacy professionals and allied health care members.
CPDPP Accreditation: 4.0 CEUs
Registration fee: $40.00 + GST
Online Resources for Pharmacists Part 1: SHIRP and U of S
This program is presented by Carmen Bell.
Online course
Online Resources for Pharmacists Part 1: SHIRP and U of S is accredited by CPDPP for 0.5 CEU.
Target Audience: pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
Registration Fee: $18.50 + GST
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Partnership to Assist with Cessation of Tobacco (PACT)
CPDPP is hosting this course for the Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan (PAS). The PACT program suppors Tobacco Cessation minor ailment prescribing, but this PACT course is NOT the training program for prescribing. You do not need to be PACT trained to prescribe tobacco cessation products. The training is CPDPP accredited and is free of charge to all Saskatchewan pharmacists and pharmacy students.
Modules include:
- PACT Level 1 (Mandatory for pharmacists to bill services to drug plan) - 3.0 CEUs
- PACT Level 2 - 1.25 CEUs
- Tobacco Cessation in the Oncology Setting Module - 1.0 CEU
- Indigenous Tobacco Cessation Module - 1.0 CEU
Registration fee (out of province pharmacists/other health professionals): $100.00 + GST
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Note: The PACT Oncology Module is for healthcare providers who are working with oncology patients. This module was created in partnership with The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency (SCA) and CPAC.
For any SCA staff who wish to take only the Oncology Module, please email the PAS Office and then register for the separate module below.
PharmaZzz: Non-Medication Therapy for Insomnia
PharmaZzz is a program for pharmacists to help patients improve their sleep and stop or reduce the use of hypnotic medication.
Online course
PharmaZzz is CPDPP accredited for 5.0 CEUs.
Target Audience: pharmacists
Registration Fee:
- $250 Regular (Begins September 1, 2021)
- $150 Refresher* (for those that previously enrolled in the course)
- $75 Out-of-Province pharmacy students* (non-uSask)
* Note: Refresher and out-of-province pharmacy student registrants will be required to enter a Sponsor Code at registration in order to receive the discounted price. If you require a Sponsor Code, contact CPDPP at cpdpp@usask.ca
Prescriptive Authority Level 1 Basics
This is a mandatory course for all pharmacists practicing in Saskatchewan. For more information, please see the SCPP bylaws. All new registrants must meet these requirements before being granted their initial license to practice.
Online course
Prescriptive Authority Level 1 Basics is accredited by CPDPP for 2.5 CEUs.
Registration Fee: $125.00 + GST
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Privacy Officer Certification/Recertification
This program has been developed to ensure privacy officers (participants) understand their obligations and responsibilities under PIPEDA and HIPA. This course now comprises much updated information to the training on special issues that have arisen since the first training sessions were presented. The course is accredited by CPDPP for 4.0 CEUs. See Course Information.
Registration Fee: $175.00 + GST
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Tobacco Cessation in the Oncology Setting Module-PACT
Note: The PACT Oncology Module is for healthcare providers who are working with oncology patients, and are employees of the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency. This module was created in partnership with The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency (SCA) and CPAC.
For any SCA staff who wish to take only the Oncology Module, please email the PAS Office and then register below.
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis Prevention and Control in Saskatchewan: An overview for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians.
Estimated 30 min reading time.
Non-accredited learning.
Registration Fee: Free!