Pharmacist Advanced Training Menopause/Perimenopause | Microcredentials On-Demand 8 credit hours

This course prepares pharmacists to support patients navigating perimenopause and menopause through evidence-based education, symptom management strategies, and individualized patient care.

Designed as a microcredential program, this course awards a digital badge upon successful completion and focuses on the pharmacist’s expanding role in women’s health and hormone-related care.

The program explores the physiologic changes associated with perimenopause and menopause, common symptoms and treatment options, and counseling strategies to support informed, patient-centered decision-making.

Topics covered include:

  • Physiology and hormonal changes associated with perimenopause and menopause
  • Common symptoms, including vasomotor, mood, sleep, and genitourinary concerns
  • Hormone therapy options, benefits, risks, and monitoring considerations
  • Non-hormonal and lifestyle-based management strategies
  • Patient assessment and individualized treatment considerations
  • Counseling approaches to support adherence, education, and shared decision-making
  • Special considerations for patients with chronic conditions or contraindications
  • Strategies for incorporating menopause-related care into pharmacy practice

Pharmacists will also develop skills in evaluating symptom burden, identifying appropriate treatment options, counseling patients on therapeutic expectations and safety, and supporting ongoing follow-up care.

This course is designed to help pharmacists expand women’s health services, improve patient access to evidence-based menopause care, and support patients during a significant stage of life and health transition.

Earn your microcredential and strengthen your role in menopause and women’s health care – enroll today.

Perimenopause and Menopause - Pharmacist

Claim Your Badge

You will receive an email from Credly (our credential partner), after you complete the course, inviting you to claim your digital badge for Perimenopause and Menopause - Pharmacist. This will allow you to easily share your achievement with colleagues, managers, and your professional network on LinkedIn and other platforms. When you receive the email, please click the button and create an account on Credly.com so that you can “accept” the badge.

Need help? Find a step-by-step tutorial video at this link.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this application-based CPE course, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Define perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause.
2. Differentiate between perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause.
3. Identify characteristic symptoms of each reproductive stage.
4. Explain hormone fluctuations during menopause.
5. Use the orchestra analogy to describe hormone changes.
6. List common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.
7. Recommend evidence-based management strategies for menopause symptoms.
8. Analyze lifestyle changes for managing menopause symptoms.
9. Discuss non-pharmacological self-care for symptom relief.
10. Evaluate the efficacy of supplements for symptom management.
11. Assess the safety of supplements in menopause care.
12. Discuss the benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
13. Analyze risks associated with HRT.
14. Compare different HRT forms and their indications.
15. Recommend appropriate HRT based on patient needs.
16. Identify pharmacist strategies for menopause education.
17. Develop symptom management plans with patients.
18. Utilize practical counseling techniques for individualized care.
19. Provide support to patients during menopause transitions.
A20. Promote individualized care plans for menopause symptom management.

Faculty

Anna Garrett, PharmD, BCPS, AFMCP

Disclosures:

Anna Garrett has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

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