Course Director’s Welcome
We welcome you to The DC Center for Rational Prescribing (DCRx)! This resource is sponsored by the DC Department of Health to provide evidence-based information about prescribing behavior, medications, and other therapeutic options. The instructional material presented here addresses important issues related to medication prescribing in a non-commercial and independent fashion. Program modules represented here are certified for continuing medical and pharmacy education and are free of charge to DC licensed physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals; and, at minimal cost to those not licensed in Washington, DC. We hope that you enjoy these learning experiences and that they bring you opportunities for personal growth and learning in your practice.
Gregory J. Downing, DO PhD
DCRx Course Director
To get started, click on a link below for instructions on how to enroll in the course:
Course Director
Gregory J. Downing, DO, PhD
Founder
Innovation Horizons, LLC
Adjunct Professor of Practice
Georgetown University
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A virtual module on Gender Affirming Care for transgender and nonbinary patients, including conversation about hormone prescribing best practices. This module will fulfill the DC requirement for 2 credits of LGBTQ Cultural Competency Continuing Education.
Available Modules
The Opioid Crisis and Public Health Experiences in the District of Columbia in 2020
Taking a Sexual History to Reduce HIV Risk
Non-Opioid and Alternative Approaches To Pain
Counseling Patients About Family Planning
Tight Control in Type 2 Diabetes: More Harm than Good?
Prescribing Naloxone in the District of Columbia
DCRx is presented on behalf of DC Health under contract to Innovation Horizons LLC which is solely responsible for its content.