Integrative Health Medicine - Continuing Education Modules
Integrative Medicine; What the Health is it and How Can I Use it?
-Monika M. Nuffer, PharmD
Herbal & Non-Botanical Dietary Supplements: It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
-David Kroll, PhD
Background: Should I recommend acupuncture or an alternative therapy to my patients? Do herbal supplements, like CDB oil, have a real benefit? Americans spend upwards of $34 billion on complementary healthcare. As the alternative medicine options continue to grow, so does the confusion. Today’s consumers are looking to their pharmacist, physician, nurse, and even dentist to help them make informed decisions. The University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences developed a two-part continuing education program in Integrative Health and Medicine that addresses frequently asked topics. Integrative health and medicine (IHM) combines conventional western medicine with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as herbal medicines, aromatherapy, culinary herbs, acupuncture, massage, yoga, and stress reduction techniques. Our IHM Continuing Education Modules consist of two separate one-hour, self-paced video modules. You can register for each module separately, or combine both to receive the registration discount.
The University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education (CPE). This content has been accredited for up to 2.0 contact hours of application-based CPE for pharmacists. To receive CPE, participants must create a profile on ipharmCE.UCDenver.edu with their NABP eProfile ID number and birthdate, and complete the activity evaluation. CPE credit will be uploaded to CPE Monitor upon completion of the activity evaluation.
Integrative Medicine; What the Health is it and How Can I Use it?
Integrative Health and Medicine (IHM) has a rich history across the world, and currently holds an essential role in complementing traditional Western Medicine. Healthcare professionals are frequently approached with questions regarding the safety, efficacy, and use of herbal supplements. Unfortunately, well-designed large randomized controlled trials evaluating these products are frequently lacking. There is also a need to understand all of the various modalities within IHM and how these may affect (either complement or adversely impact) a patient’s drug therapy. Given this, there is a need for them to become familiar with the IHM field and appropriately assess the risk: benefit ratio of these modalities to provide recommendations to patients and providers.
Herbal & Non-Botanical Dietary Supplements: It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
Do you know why herbal medicines and dietary supplements continue to be regulated differently from prescription and over-the-counter drugs? Can you make rational, evidence-based recommendations on supplements and, if so, how can you know which specific products are reputable? In this module, we’ll discuss how dietary supplement regulation still presents a challenge to the practitioner and cover some more recent botanical products in the news, such as butterbur and feverfew, kratom, and cannabidiol (CBD).
CPE Accreditation
Integrative Medicine; What the Health is it and How Can I Use it?
UAN #0008-0000-20-061-H01-P, release: 06/01/2020, expiry 06/01/2023, 1.0 contact hours/0.1 CEU
Herbal & Non-Botanical Dietary Supplements: It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
UAN #0008-0000-20-069-H01-P, release: 07/07/2020, expiry 07/07/2023, 1.0 contact hours/0.1 CEU
The University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education (CPE). This activity has been accredited for 2.0 contact hours of application-based continuing pharmacy education. To receive CPE, participants must create a profile on ipharmCE.UCDenver.edu with their NABP eProfile ID number and birthdate, and complete the program evaluation. CPE will be uploaded to NABP once evaluations are completed.