Live CE should not be a requirement for license renewal. I am licensed in Maryland and DC as well, so I would be well over the limit of 5 CE hours but I am already struggling to get the live CE for these regions. I am finding that I have to pay to get live CE, I have to travel far to get live CE, and I have to take time off an already full time job to get live CE. Live CE does not provide anything additional than self-study. Some of the free CE online is a video of an instructor (pharmacist, professor, MD, etc.) teaching the CE course with a powerpoint, but that is not registered as live CE with NABP it is still self-study.  There is usually a quiz to make sure you get the main points of the presentation through these online courses. At live CE I would say 95% of the attendees don't speak to or interact with the instructor. You sit and listen. There is no difference whether we are face to face or through a computer. Content and takeaway is the same. Don't strain your pharmacists who I already working hard.