Course Dates and Deadlines

CPS II
Summer 2011
July 25 - September 16, 2011
Final exams: September 19 - September 23, 2011

CPS I
Fall 2011
October 24 - Dec 16, 2011
Final exams: January 3 - January 9, 2012
Application Deadline: August 22, 2011
Fee Deadline: September 26, 2011

CPS II
Winter 2012
January 30-March 23, 2012
Final exams: March 26 - 30, 2012

CPS I
Spring 2012
April 23- June 15, 2012
Final exams: June 18 - 22, 2012
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
Fee Deadline: March 26, 2012

Successful completion of CPS I is required for promotion to the
next level, CPS II.

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CPS I ONLINE
Summer 2011
July 9 - Oct 14, 2011
Final Exams: Oct.8-14, 2011
Application deadline: June 27, 2011
Fee deadline: July 4, 2011

CPS II ONLINE
Fall 2011
Oct.29, 2011-Feb.17, 2012 Final Exams: Feb.11-17, 2012

CPS I ONLINE
Summer 2012
July 9 - Oct 15, 2012
Final Exams: Oct.9-15, 2012
Application deadline: May 25, 2012
Fee deadline: June 15, 2012


Overview | Workshop | CPS I Online | CPS II Online


CPS II Online - Topic Schedule

Week 1

  • Therapeutics: Introduction to Therapeutics II #1 & 2
  • PC Skills: Introduction to patient counseling skills
  • PPPM: Introduction to Professional Practice and Pharmacy Management
  • PPPM: Professional Judgment
  • PPPM: Calculations tutorial

Week 2

  • Therapeutics: Adverse drug reactions II
  • PPPM: Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
  • PC Skills: Advanced interviewing skills
  • Self Care: Introduction to Patient Self Care

Week 3

  • Therapeutics: Schizophrenia
  • PPPM: Opioids and Methadone Maintenance
  • PC Skills: Topic#1
  • Self Care: Common Cold and Fever

Week 4

  • Therapeutics: Seizure disorder
  • Therapeutics: Diabetes Type 2
  • PPPM: Hospital Pharmacy Management
  • PPPM: Managed Care
  • Self Care: Self care assessment seminar #1

Week 5

  • Therapeutics: Community acquired pneumonia
  • PPPM: Community Pharmacy Management
  • PC Skills: Advanced Interviewing Skills #2
  • Self Care: Tension Headache and Gastroenteritis

Week 6

  • Therapeutics: Pain Management
  • PPPM: Midterm and Calculations tutorial
  • PC Skills: Topic #2
  • Self Care: Self care assessment seminar #2

Week 7

  • Therapeutics: Midterm exam
  • PPPM: Midterm exam
  • PPPM: Exploring Culture and Organization
  • Self Care: Traveler’s diarrhea and head lice

Week 8

  • Therapeutics: Dementia
  • Therapeutics: Parkinson’s disease
  • PPPM: Manufacturing and Compounding
  • PC Skills: Topic #3
  • Self Care: Self care assessment seminar #3

Week 9

  • Therapeutics: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • PPPM: Ontario Drug Benefit/Opening and Closing a Pharmacy/Advertising and Medication Records/MedsCheck
  • PC Skills: Topic #4
  • Self Care: Written assignment review #1

Week 10

  • Therapeutics: Heart Failure
  • Therapeutics: Post Myocardial Infarction
  • PPPM: New drug development/ADR reporting
  • PPPM: Contraception/Emergency contraception
  • Self Care: Written assignment review #2

Week 11

  • Therapeutics: Oral anticoagulation
  • PPPM: Ethical Dilemmas
  • PPPM: Medication safety
  • Self Care: Written assignment review #3

Week 12

  • Therapeutics: Milestone exam/written Assignment tutorial and Milestone exam
  • PPPM: Current topics
  • PPPM: Interviewing strategies
  • PPPM: Successful strategies for finding work

Week 13

  • Therapeutics: Final milestone exam
  • PPPM: Final milestone exam and calculations milestone

Week 14

  • CPS workshop III

The academic modules are very intensive and consist of a combination of online and classroom didactic, problem-based, practical and simulated course work. All courses in Canadian Pharmacy Skills I (CPS I) must be successfully completed and a minimum average of 60% must be achieved prior to beginning the CPS II module.
An examination period follows each module. Results are made available to participants, following review and approval by the IPG Examinations Committee.


Find out more about:

  • CPS I - Canadian Pharmacy Skills I course descriptions
  • CPS II - Canadian Pharmacy Skills II course descriptions
  • CPS Workshops
  • CPS I ONLINE – Canadian Pharmacy Skills I Online schedule
  • CPS II ONLINE - Canadian Pharmacy Skills II Online schedule
  • CPE - Canadian Practical Experience
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