Continuing Education

Goal: We will provide education to improve pharmacist competencies to ensure optimal patient outcomes, meet the educational requirements for re-licensure, and satisfy the long-term learning needs of pharmacists.

Mission: We will provide an expanding range of educational activities that promote problem solving and/or critical thinking to support the continuing professional development of pharmacists.

• Reach a growing number of pharmacists with a primary focus on pharmacists in Colorado
• Inform pharmacists of the latest trends in evidence-based practice
• Promote interprofessional collaborative care
• Incorporate the application and practice of knowledge, skills, and attitudes
• Facilitate the expanding scope of pharmacy practice

The CPE Advisory Committee provides input and direction to the work of the CPE office. The following people comprise the committee for 2020-2021 academic year.

Chair: Liza Claus, PharmD, BCACP, Assistant Professor, Departments of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine, University of Colorado Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine

Chair-elect: Rachel Lowe, PharmD, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences​​

Members:

• Hilda Bi Ndikum, PharmD, MPH, Senior Instructor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Cyrina Bullard, PharmD, Executive Team Lead, Part Time Pharmacist, Target Pharmacies
• Ann Froese-Fretz, MS, RN, CNS, CPNP-PC, Program Director Continuing Nursing Education, Office of Continuing Education & Professional Development, University of Colorado College of Nursing
• Shilpa Klocke, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Neurology, Kaiser Permanente
• ​Scott Pearson, PharmD, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences​
• Marilyn Siayap, RPh, MHA, Associate Director of Pharmacy, Mental Health Center of Denver

Members Ex-officio:

• Laura Borgelt, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, Associate Dean for Administration and Operations and Professor, Departments of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine, University of Colorado Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine
• Jodie Malhotra, PharmD, Director of Practitioner and International Development and Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Benton Westergaard, BA, Program Administrator, Office of Practitioner Development, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences