Organizations seeking ACPE-approval for educational activities from the Office of Continuing Pharmacy Education (OCPE), must complete the online application documents. Below is the information you will need to submit your CE Application.

If you have questions at any time throughout the process, contact continuinged@rx.umaryland.edu for assistance.

1. Before Submitting Your Application

  1. If you do not already have a Joint Providership agreement with the CE Office, email continuinged@rx.umaryland.edu with details regarding your activity. Please include the title and date of the activity along with the delivery format (i.e., live (in-person, virtual),  or online (home study, asynchronous)).

    If you are submitting an application for a Pharmacotherapy Round, you must use the Pharmacotherapy Round Application. Pharmacotherapy Round applications submitted via the wrong form will be returned.
  1. Review the CE Office’s Activity Planning Tools and Resources.
  1. Prepare the information necessary to complete the CE Event Form and Activity Application. Preview documents for the online forms are available on the Activity Planning Tools and Resources page.

2. Submitting Your Application Documents

  1. Submit the CE Event Form.
  2. Submit the Activity application. Both submissions are due at least 45/40 days prior to the activity date.
  3. The CE Administrator will review these documents and guide the proposal through the approval process. Once approved, an activity description form (ADF) will be created and a universal activity number (UAN) will be assigned and sent via email.

3. Prior to Your Activity

  1. Prior to your activity date, send the remaining activity materials to continuinged@rx.umaryland.edu; including slides, educational materials, handouts, assessments (if applicable), and promotional materials.
  2. Activity announcements and promotional materials must meet the ACPE Guidelines. Final announcements must be approved by OCPE prior to dissemination. View the Activity Announcement Guidance Document for additional information.
  3. If applicable, OCPE will prepare an activity evaluation in an online survey and will send the link prior to your activity date.
  4. Prepare a sign-in sheet for activity attendees.
  5. OCPE will prepare the activity evaluation via SurveyMonkey. The link and deadline for participants to complete the survey will be sent to you via email.

4. After Your Activity

  1. Provide attendees with the link to the activity evaluation (this link should only be supplied to those who meet the requirements for activity completion). 
  2. Send the activity sign-in sheet to continuinged@rx.umaryland.edu. For home study activities (asynchronous), completion reports should be sent monthly.
  3. OCPE will upload credits to CPE Monitor typically within 3-4 weeks after the activity evaluation deadline. Per ACPE policy, all credits must be uploaded to CPE Monitor within 60 days of the activity date.
  4. After completing the CPE Monitor upload, an invoice will be generated and sent to you via email. Review and processing fees are based on the number of credit hours, number of participants, and number of uploads to CPE Monitor.

For any questions or assistance submitting your application, contact continuinged@rx.umaryland.edu.