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Board Certification Of Pharmacists

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Board Certification helps “to increase opportunities to optimize direct patient care outcomes, and … to provide more opportunities for recognizing pharmacists as direct care providers…With the era of healthcare reform upon us, those who decide to become board certified will excel in the complex, changing market we face in the future.”- Jill A. Rebuck. Becoming board certified increase the complexity and pace of change in health care, expands patient-centered services within pharmacy. There is a growing trend toward specialization in pharmacy practice; documenting pharmacist’s ability to provide specialty care. This assures the public, employers, payers and other health provers (and other pharmacists) that practitioners are qualified in their …show more content…

The Mission of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties is to improve patient care by promoting the recognition and value of specialized training, knowledge, and skills in pharmacy and specialty board certification of pharmacists. The BPS board of directors functions as Governing body that constantly strives to accomplish BPS’ mission and vision. Each board is composed of 11 members: 5 members are Board certified pharmacists from different specialties, 3 are At-Large Pharmacist members, 2 Non-pharmacist health profession member, 1 public member, and 2 ex-officio members: an APhA representative and the BPS Executive Director. Currently the avalibel specialties include Ambulatory Care Pharmacy (BCACP), Nuclear Pharmacy (BCNP), Nutrition Support Pharmacy (BCNSP), Oncology Pharmacy (BCOP), Pharmacotherapy (BCPS), Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP), Critical Care Pharmacy (BCCCP), and Pediatric Pharmacy (BCPPS). To sit for a BPS exam you must be a graduate from an accredited school or college of pharmacy, have a current, active license to practice pharmacy, have 3-4 years of practice experience in the specialty area or completed PGY1 residency plus 1 year of practice OR completed PGY2 residency in specialty area, each speciality my also have additional …show more content…

With in the hospital, there are many different roles a pharmacist can take. There are point of care pharmacist, operations managers, clinical pharmacist, interdisciplinary committees, IT pharmacist, clinical coordinators in the director of pharmacy. Point care pharmacist deal mostly with central pharmacy activitie, such as, pulling and checking narcotics, checking Pyxis/Omnicell/ Accudose batches, checking code trays and code carts, checking IV compounds typically prepared by techs, verifying medication orders, checking units dose meds according to patient’s med orders, and drug information. The operations manager supervises operations within the pharmacy, provides training and ensures competency, ensures timely and effective workflow, oversees narcotics, schedules pharmacists, recommends improvements to department procedures and intra/inter departmental processes, demonstrates a constructive approach during all interactions with staff, supervisors, and managers both inside and outside

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