Accreditation for Pharmacists
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Target Audience
These recertification activities are intended for board certified pharmacists seeking to update their knowledge and skills in critical care pharmacy.
Activity Overview
This course is intended for BCCCPs in need of recertification credit and is designed based on the content outline developed by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) to provide an overview of recent standards and guidelines that specialists should be familiar with in practice. The course uses a case-based approach to discuss patient care issues. In this series, faculty will:
- Review pertinent clinical topics and practice skills
- List valuable resources for further self-study
This online course consists of 14 activities (see tables below) and provides up to 19 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit and/or recertification credit.
Recertification Credit*
Board certified pharmacists are eligible to receive up to 19 contact hours of recertification credit for completing this course. To earn recertification credit, learners must review the course content and successfully complete the online assessments by the deadline. Only completed assessments will be eligible for credit; no partial or incomplete assessments will be processed. You are allowed only one attempt to successfully complete this assessment.
This course is not intended for those preparing to take the BPS Critical Care Pharmacy Specialty Examination for Certification. To prepare for the examination, please see courses here: http://elearning.ashp.org/catalog/Crit-care-review
These activities are part of the ASHP professional development program for BCCCP recertification approved by the BPS.
* Please note: Review Course for Recertification may only be completed for recertification credit up to two times, in nonconsecutive years, during the 7-year recertification cycle.
Learning Activity |
ACPE # |
Contact Hours |
Complex Case: Complications after Cardiac Surgery - Glucose, Sedation, and Thrombocytopenia |
0204-0000-22-633-H01-P |
1.50 ACPE |
Complex Case: Acute Coronary Syndrome |
0204-0000-22-634-H01-P |
1.50 ACPE |
Complex Case: Antithrombotic-Associated Intracerebral Hemorrhage |
0204-0000-22-635-H01-P |
1.50 ACPE |
Complex Case: Sepsis |
0204-0000-22-636-H01-P |
1.50 ACPE |
Recertification Assessment Group 1 (76% passing score required) |
6.0 BPS |
Complex Case: Hyperglycemic Emergency and Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
0204-0000-22-637-H01-P |
1.50 ACPE |
Complex Case: Pneumonia |
0204-0000-22-638-H01-P |
1.50 ACPE |
Complex Case: Oncologic Emergencies: Febrile Neutropenia, Tumor Lysis Syndrome, and Hypercalcemia of Malignancy |
0204-0000-22-639-H01-P |
1.50 ACPE |
Complex Case: GI Bleeding and Acute Kidney Failure |
0204-0000-22-640-H01-P |
1.50 ACPE |
Recertification Assessment Group 2 (76% passing score required) |
6.0 BPS |
Statistics, Evidence-Based Medicine, and Clinical Trial Design |
0204-0000-21-985-H04-P |
2.00 ACPE |
Practice Administration and Development Part 1 |
0204-0000-22-641-H04-P |
1.00 ACPE |
Practice Administration and Development Part 2 |
0204-0000-22-642-H04-P |
1.00 ACPE |
Recertification Assessment Group 3 (75% passing score required) |
4.0 BPS |
Core Therapeutic Modules
The Core Therapeutic Modules for Recertification Package consists of 3 activities (see table below). In each activity, faculty review clinical topics and practice skills using a case-based approach. This package is intended for board certified pharmacists in need of recertification credit; the activities were designed based on the content outline developed by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS).
Learning Activity |
ACPE # |
Contact Hours |
Select Topics in Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Patients |
0204-0000-22-643-H01-P |
1.00 ACPE |
Select Topics in Pulmonary Disorders |
0204-0000-22-644-H01-P |
1.00 ACPE |
Fluid, Electrolytes, and Nutrition |
0204-0000-22-617-H01-P |
1.00 ACPE |
Recertification Assessment (75% passing score required) |
3.0 BPS |
Methods and CE Requirements
Activities can be completed in any order. Each activity consists of audio, video, and/or PDFs and evaluations. Learners must review all content and complete the evaluations to receive continuing pharmacy education credit for each activity.
Follow the prompts to claim, view, or print the statement of credit within 60 days after completing the activity.
System Technical Requirements
Learning activities are delivered via your Web browser and Acrobat PDF. For all activities you should have a basic comfort level using a computer and navigating web sites.
View the minimum technical and system requirements for learning activities.
Development
These activities were developed by ASHP.