Date: Friday, February 11, 2022

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 

Location: Attend online or in person

  • Online - Zoom Webinar  
  • In Person - On campus Randall Visitors Center 24760 Stewart Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354. Free parking is available in LOT X (highlighted in yellow on map.) 

ACPE Credit: Accredited for 1.0 contact hour (see below for instructions on how to claim credit)

This course will guide you through a thoughtful discussion of the intersections between health equity and mental wellbeing. The goal of this talk is to increase awareness around these topics and equip attendees with a toolkit to pursue enhanced culturally competent encounters with patients, colleagues, and team members and become stronger advocates of mental wellness.


Frank Tillman, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP

Frank Tillman, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP

Academic Detailer, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Mental Health/Substance Use Disorders

Durham Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

Frank Tillman is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill with a BA in Communication Studies in 2015 and Doctorate in Pharmacy in 2019. After completing pharmacy school, Dr. Tillman completed acute care and psychiatric pharmacy residencies at UNC Medical Center. He currently works as an Academic Detailer and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Mental Health/Substance Use Disorders. His professional interests include severe and persistent mental illness, addiction medicine, harm reduction, clinical research/education, health equity, and professional wellbeing. Frank is extremely passionate about serving underserved patient populations and advocating for social/healthcare equity. His diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts have led to his recognition as the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Graduate Student Diversity Recipient as well as a 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Alumni Diversity Recipient. He is excited to join Loma Linda for an exciting and very important discussion!


Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this application-based course pharmacists and pharmacy technicians should be able to:

  1. Identify social and cultural influences that promote health inequity
  2. Analyze the association between mental health stigma and adverse health outcomes
  3. Discuss pitfalls and opportunities in the intersection of health equity and mental wellbeing
  4. Develop a framework for enhanced cultural competency and comprehensive mental health advocacy
  5. Recognize the potential role of sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) for mortality and morbidity benefit in patients with HFrEF

Claim your CPE Credit

To obtain 1.0 contact hour of continuing pharmacy education credit (0.1 CEU), participants must participate in the live activities, and logon to the CEimpact website to complete the exam and evaluation.

  1. Go to https://learn.ceimpact.com
  2. If you are new to the site, click on Create an account before logging in.
  3. Enter the course code (provided at the end of the lecture) in the text box on the left of the screen and click Submit.
  4. Click on My Courses (on the left of the screen) to locate the course.
  5. Click on the course title to access the course.
  6. Complete the exam and evaluation as prompted and click Submit.
  7. The course will move to the Completed tab under My Courses.
  8. The CPE Statement of Credit will be available on CPE Monitor, www.MyCPEMonitor.net.

ACPELOGOCEimpact is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 

UAN:  0107-9999-22-048-L04-P  | 0.1 CEUs/1.0 Hrs., 0107-9999-22-048-L04- T| 0.1 CEUs/1.0 Hrs.



Live Date:  February 11, 2022

Live Expiration:  March 13, 2022

Faculty Disclosure: Dr. Tillman does not report any actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this continuing pharmacy education course.  

Activity Format: Live

Financial Support: None

Course Fee: None

Dean's Forum - ACPE credit offered to Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians