Continuing Education for Pharmacy Professionals
Raabe College is committed to assuring that all students receive the finest education possible and is now offering continuing education to pharmacy professionals through distance learning methods. Our faculty members are dedicated scholars with a desire to assist student learning. We welcome your inquiries regarding the profession and our academic program. To learn more, click on any of the listings below.
NOTE: Registering for courses has changed. Once you login to pay for your course, you must remember to write down the enrolment key. You will need the enrolment key to access your course(s). If you already have an enrolment key, click here to access our new course management site.
The Ampul
Diabetic Neuropathy
Diabetic neuropathy is a heterogeneous disease state in which prevention and therapy must be individualized. Diabetic neuropathy is a complication that will continue to increase in prevalence in the future. As healthcare practitioners, we have a duty to educate patients how to minimize their risk for developing diabetic neuropathy and other complications of diabetes. More...
Pharmacist’s Role in Managing Special Patient Needs Related to Excipients
Lindsay Snyder, PharmD, Pharmacy Practice resident, Blanchard Valley Medical Associates; Teresa Hoffman, PharmD, site preceptor; and Kelly Shields, PharmD, drug information specialist, ONU preceptor. More...
Brief Review of Chronic Heart Failure
This article is designed to provide a brief review of heart failure and its major components that include pathophysiology, causes, diagnosis and testing, heart failure classifications, and treatments. The treatment options are divided into non-pharmacologic versus pharmacologic. More...
The Role of a Pharmacist in Managing Amiodarone Therapy
Mary Ann Tucker, PharmD, Pharmacy Practice resident, Blanchard Valley Medical Associates; Teresa Hoffman, Pharmd, site preceptor; and Kelly Shields, PharmD drug information specialist, ONU preceptor present and discuss Amiodarone (Cordarone®, Pacerone®), one of the most widely used antiarrhythmic medications and the pharmacist's vital role in ensuring proper use and monitoring of the drug. More...
Law & Mortar
The Business of Health Care: Discount Department Store, Warehouse Club, Food Chain Pharmacy Practice
This issue of the Law & Mortar completes the series of articles exploring the aberrant practices of businesses that develop, manufacture, and sell prescription drugs at wholesale or retail, as well as those businesses providing professional services by health care professionals. This article continues the discussion begun in the August issue regarding national and regional corporations that own and operate pharmacies in retail establishments, with focus on national and regional discount department stores, warehouse clubs and food chains. More...
The Business of Health Care: Compounding Pharmacy Practice
This issue of the Law & Mortar continues a series of articles exploring the aberrant practices of businesses that develop, manufacture, and sell prescription drugs at wholesale or retail, as well as those businesses providing professional services by health care professionals. This article focuses on compounding pharmacy practice. More...
The Business of Health Care: Wholesalers of Prescription Drugs
This issue of the Law & Mortar continues a series of articles exploring the aberrant practices of businesses that develop, manufacture, and sell prescription drugs at wholesale or retail, as well as those businesses providing professional services by health care professionals. This article focuses on drug wholesalers. More...
The Business of Health Care: The Pharmaceutical Industry
This article talks about the devastating effect that this government program currently has on state budgets, and describes how state information technology projects “are emerging as weapons to fight surging health costs.” More...
The Evolving Health Care Delivery System: Retail and Specialty Pharmacies
The goal of this CLE article is to discuss the background of retail health clinics and various models currently in operation in Ohio; the laws and rules governing the prescribing and utilization of drugs by mid-level prescribers whose professional practice occurs in retail establishments; and the scope of professional practice of these health professionals (nurses and optometrists), including prescriptive authority. More...
Specialized
Pharmacists at Risk
Two hours of taped course material describes the incidence of chemical dependency in the pharmacy profession as well as how to recognize the signs and symptoms. More...
Overview of Migraines
Dr. Bobby Shane Martin, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, discusses the definition, prevention, pharmacologic therapy, and non-pharmacologic therapy for migraine headaches. More...
Pneumonia Treatment
Dr. Andrew Roecker, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, discusses the epidemiology, at risk populations, pathogenesis, and treatment of community acquired pneumonia. More...
Principles and Concepts Regarding Dietary Supplements
Dr. Shields, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Director of The Drug Information Center, discusses the use, epidemiology, product regulation, purity, standardization, information resources, and pharmacists' role regarding dietary supplements. More...
Review of Enzymology for Pharmacists
Dr. Stockert, assistant professor of biochemistry, reviews enzyme catalysis, transition state theory, and enzyme kinetics. More...