Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)

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Texas Pharmacy's Center for Continuing Professional Development develops, delivers and evaluates quality continuing education activities that meet the life-long professional development and practice needs of a variety of pharmacy audiences. The Center also accredits outside programs and provides project support services.

Live Conferences

Visit each conference site for additional details

A burnt orange circle contains the text "Pharmacy Practice Seminar" around the outside edges and "PPS" in the middle in white text. , accompanied by the Texas Pharmacy logo and text "The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy".

The Pharmacy Practice Seminar (PPS) equips community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with practical relevant tools and knowledge that can be immediately applied in practice to see the positive effects of patient care.

Pharmacy Practice Seminar

A navy circle contains the text "Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update" around the outside edges and "a silhouette head with a brain outlined" in the middle in white, , accompanied by the Texas Pharmacy logo and text "The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy".

The goal of the Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update is to improve the quality of care delivered to people with mental health disorders by providing timely and clinically relevant information for the practicing psychiatric clinician. 

Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update

A blue circle contains the text "Health Systems Practice Seminar" around the outside edges and "HSPS" in the middle in white text. , accompanied by the Texas Pharmacy logo and text "The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy".

The Health Systems Practice Seminar (HSPS) offers critical pharmaceutical and treatment updates for health systems-based pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other healthcare professionals. 

Health Systems Practice Seminar

A burnt orange circle contains the text "Preceptor Continuing Education" around the outside edges and a "hook 'em" hand outline in the middle in white, accompanied by the Texas Pharmacy logo and text "The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy".

The Preceptor Continuing Education Conference introduces, updates and enhances the precepting skills of UT preceptor faculty so they may serve as effective teachers, mentors and supervisors of UT Pharmacy students and residents.

Preceptor Continuing Education 

New in 2025 - Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

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The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) launched the CPD Provider program in 2024, and the UT Austin College of Pharmacy is a CPD Provider as of January 2025.

But what does this mean?

Learn about CPD, how it differs from Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE), the College of Pharmacy's approach to CPD, and how you can sign up for one of the first CPD Retreats. 

Continuing Professional Development page 


Services and Resources

Accreditation Services

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is an Accredited Provider of Continuing Pharmacy Education and partners with outside organizations or individual faculty members to accredit activities of value to pharmacy audiences.

Speaker Resources

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is a leading academic provider of continuing pharmacy education. UT CPE works closely with speakers to ensure all CE programming is high quality, evidence-based, and meets learners' needs.

Contact UT CPE

Email: UTPharmacyCE@austin.utexas.edu

Mailing Address:
College of Pharmacy Continuing Education
The University of Texas at Austin
2409 University Ave., Stop A1904
Austin, TX 78712-1116
USA

Staff

Glen Baumgart, Ph.D.
Director of Center for Continuing Professional Development
Email: gbaumgart@austin.utexas.edu

Jody M. Curtis
Event Program Coordinator
Email: jody.curtis@austin.utexas.edu

Mariana Medina
Digital Media and Marketing Coordinator
Email: mariana.medina@austin.utexas.edu

logo of ACPE accreditation council

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.