Each competency includes learning objectives, a study guide, and a competency assessment exam. Highlights of the new center include:
- Coverage of 54 key skills assessments for pharmacists and technicians
- Updated <USP 800> and <USP 797> accreditation standards
- Competency modules for specialized patient population
- Expanding the roles for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
- 40+ hours of CE
- Content is widely vetted and derived from 90 in-field expert contributors across the country
The Pharmacy Competency Assessment Center-SINGLE is available for individual use only. PCAC is available for institutional use and by annual subscription. Lean more about PCAC for institutions.
List of current competencies:
Updated Modules
- Adult Enteral Nutrition
- Adult Parenteral Nutrition
- Advanced Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Aminoglycoside Dosing and Monitoring
- Anticoagulation Management
- Antifungal Agents
- Compounded Sterile Products
- Compounding Aseptic Technique and Handwashing
- Compounding Nonsterile Preparations USP 795 & Prepacking
- Compounding Sterile Hazardous Preparations USP 800
- Confidentiality & Patient Rights
- Controlled Substances Accountability
- Drug Information Resources, Literature, Evaluation, and Application to Practice
- Drug Shortages Management
- Emergency Preparedness
- Essential Pharmacy Technician Competencies
- General Antimicrobial Stewardship
- General Psychiatry
- Improving Medication Safety
- Intravenous to Oral Therapy Conversion
- Investigational Drug Services Management
- Concepts in Medication Administration: Intravenous Administration
- Concepts in Medication Administration: Routes Requiring Dermal Penetration
- Concepts in Medication Administration: Procedures for Non-Invasive Medication Administration
- Concepts of Medication Administration: Safety, General Administration Procedures, and Documentation Requirements
- Medication Area Inspections
- Medication Management in Renal and Hepatic Impairment
- Medication Safety Basics
- Neonatal and Pediatric Nutrition Support Management
- Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacokinetics: A review of ontogeny and special populations with a focus on antibiotics
- Obstetric Care
- Older Adult Medication Management
- Pain Management and Opioid Stewardship
- Pediatric and Neonatal Medication Management
- Pharmacist Professional Development
- Psychiatry - Major Substance Use Disorders and Related Drug Therapies
- Suicide Awareness and Prevention
- Vancomycin Dosing and Monitoring
NEW modules
- Alphabet Soup of Accreditation and Regulatory Organizations
- Hematology and Blood Products
- Infection Prevention
- Medication Waste Disposal
- Oncology Patient Management for Adults
- Oncology Patient Management for Pediatrics
- Patient Communication
- Pharmacy Calculations (Advanced)
- Pharmacy Calculations (Basic)
- Physical Assessment
- Repackaging Medications
- Specialty Pharmaceuticals and Specialty Pharmacies
- Specialty Pharmacy Operational Considerations
- Specialty Pharmacy Patient Care and Educational Services
- Specialty Pharmacy Payor, Manufacturer, and Accreditation Relationships
- Tubes, Lines, and Drains Basics