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 with Commendation.

Target Audience
These Literature Studies are designed to help board-certified pharmacists who are seeking recertification contact hours to maintain their Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS).

Activity Overview
The Literature Study Module is intended for board certified pharmacists in need of recertification credit and is designed based on the content outline developed by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS). This module consists of 3 online home study activities (see table below). Each activity is designed to assess the learners’ ability to analyze and apply peer-selected contemporary articles to practice and includes a short video for enhanced learning and understanding.

Module 2A: Pain – This module focuses on current issues in the management of pain. Topics include guidelines for preventing diversion of controlled substances and prescribing opioids for pain, as well as pain management in the emergency department.

Module 2B: Guideline Updates – This module focuses on updates to guidelines and reviews. Topics include hypercalcemia of malignancy, pharmacologic interventions for obesity, use of complementary and alternative medicine in heart failure, the role of pharmacists in rapid sequence intubation, and the risks and benefits of long-term use of proton pump inhibitors.

Module 2C: New drugs and therapeutic updates – This module includes updates on new drugs and dosing considerations. Topics include tirzapetide, osteconazole, lenacapavir and administration of antibiotics via subcutaneous route, as well as the implications of obesity with subcutaneous and intramuscular injections.

Learners will be required to review the content and complete the associated online assessments. The learner must be able to correctly answer the questions based upon their interpretation of the content, as well as “baseline specialty specific knowledge and/or easily retrievable information.” For purposes of this Literature Study, “baseline specialty specific knowledge and/or easily retrievable information” is defined as product labeling and well-established standards of practice in the specialty practice.

These activities are part of the ASHP professional development program for BCPS recertification approved by the BPS.

Recertification Credit*
Board certified pharmacists are eligible to receive up to 15 hours of recertification credit for completing this module. To earn recertification credit, learners must review the activity 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.

For full program information, please visit: http://elearning.ashp.org/catalog/ptherapy-recert.

Development
These activities were developed by ASHP.