The importance of vitamin B status in health and wellbeing (AJP August 2018)

Accredited CPD
Group 2

Provider: Australian Journal of Pharmacy
Author: Andrew Scholey

CPD Credits: 3

Overview 

Designed to given an overview of the 8 B group vitamins, daily requirements, and their various roles and effects of deficiency.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, pharmacists should be able to:

  1. list the eight B vitamins;
  2. describe the estimated average requirement (AER), recommended daily intake (RDI) and adequate intake levels (AI) for the B vitamins;
  3. discuss the various roles of the B vitamins and effects of deficiency.

The 2010 Competency Standards addressed by this activity include:  6.1, 6.2, 6.3

The 2016 Competency Standards addressed by this activity include:  1.5, 3.2, 3.6

Accreditation number:  A1808AJP1    Accreditation expires: 1/8/2020
This activity has been accredited for 1.5 hours of Group One CPD (or 1.5 CPD credits) suitable for inclusion in an individual pharmacist’s CPD plan, which may be converted to 1.5 hour of Group Two CPD (or 3.0 CPD credits) upon successful completion of the associated assessment activity.