Experiential Education
CPE Monitor

In the near future, Union University School of Pharmacy, as well as all providers of Continuing Education (CE), will no longer provide you a paper or hard copy statement of CE credit because recording and tracking of your continuing education credits will be managed online. Beginning Fall 2011, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and their providers such as Union University, will allow pharmacists and technicians to easily track their ACPE-accredited continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credits. The system will direct electronic data from ACPE-accredited providers to ACPE and then to NABP, ensuring that CPE credit is officially verified by the providers. Once information is received by NABP, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to log in to access information about their completed CPE activities. After a transition period, ACPE-accredited CPE providers will no longer be required to distribute statements of credit. It will also offer state boards of pharmacy the opportunity to electronically authenticate the CPE units completed by their licensees, rather than requiring pharmacists and technicians to submit proof of completion statements upon request or for random audits.

To prepare for the new process, pharmacists and technicians must obtain their unique NABP e-Profile identification number as soon as possible. To obtain your ID, you will need to create an NABP e-Profile using the portal in the Pharmacists section of the NABP Web site at www.nabp.net/pharmacists and click on "CPE Monitor."

Technicians can obtain their ID by creating an NABP e-Profile using the portal in the Technicians section of the NABP Web site at nabp.net/technicians. The e-Profile ID will be required to receive credit for any CPE activities taken from ACPE-accredited providers.