Key Features

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Designed for today’s clinical environment, this course bridges the gap between cannabis science and patient care. It provides a clear, evidence based foundation to help clinicians confidently counsel patients on cannabis use, evaluate therapeutic applications, and recognize risks. Key topics include how cannabinoids work in the body, cannabinoid pharmacology, clinical effects, risks and contraindications of cannabis use, and cannabis-related disorders. A state-specific module is also included in this bundle.

Topics Covered

• Review the structure and function of the endocannabinoid system including its role in physiologic homeostasis
• Describe the major phytochemicals of the cannabis plant, including cannabinoids and terpenes, and their proposed biologic effects
• Compare the legal landscape of cannabis at the state level to the federal level
• Contrast the regulatory landscape of cannabis at the state level to the federal level
• Describe the pharmacokinetic profile of cannabinoids for several modes of administration, including inhalation, oral, sublingual, transdermal and rectal
• Identify clinically significant drug interactions that may occur between cannabinoid-based drugs and medications
• Discuss the acute and chronic cognitive and physiologic effects of cannabinoids
• Discuss the therapeutic use of cannabinoid-based drugs across a range of disease states
• Discuss the use of cannabinoid-based drugs in a variety of vulnerable populations
• Define cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, including its clinical features and general management principles
• Define cannabis use disorder, including its diagnostic features and general treatment approaches

Target Audience

The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program Required Course Bundle has been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and satisfies the Pennsylvania educational requirements to become a practitioner with the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program. All healthcare providers including doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists.

Additional credit info

Content provides Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME – AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)