Activity Overview
This online course provides a robust preparatory curriculum for the pharmacy professional preparing for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Critical Care Specialty Certification Examination. Designed based on the domains, tasks, and knowledge statements developed by the BPS for the certification examination, this course will help you prepare for the exam by identifying areas needed for in-depth review of critical care issues by:
- Reviewing pertinent clinical topics and practice skills
- Providing exam practice questions
- Listing valuable references for further study
This course is NOT intended for those obtaining recertification credit. To earn recertification credit, please see courses here: https://elearning.ashp.org/catalog/Crit-care-recert
These activities are part of the ACCP and ASHP professional development program.
Accreditation

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

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 activities are intended for pharmacists who are seeking to update their knowledge and skills commensurate with a board certification examination in the areas listed below.
Review Course
This course consists of 5 activities containing a total of 20 topics (see table below) and provides up to 21.50 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit The Review Course includes case-based presentations for application to real-life scenarios, a practice exam along with correct answers, and links to the reference sources, and domains, tasks, and knowledge statements. To help you further prepare, this package includes a compilation of practice questions in the same format and rigor to help you prepare for the BPS Specialty Examination.
Learning Activity |
ACPE Number |
Contact Hours |
ACPE Expiration Date |
Evolution & Validation of Practice Standards Training, & Prof. Dev. Research Design, Biostats, & Lit. Eval Fluids, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Disorders, & Nutrition Support Protocol Dev. & QI |
0217-9999-24-174-H04-P |
4.5 ACPE |
09/17/2027 |
Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use Infectious Diseases I Infectious Diseases II Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics |
0217-9999-24-175-H01-P |
4.25 ACPE |
09/17/2027 |
Acute Kidney Injury and Kidney Replacement Therapy in the Critically Ill Patient Neurocritical Care Cardiovascular Critical Care I Cardiovascular Critical Care II
|
0217-9999-24-176-H01-P |
4.25 ACPE |
09/17/2027 |
Hepatic Failure/GI/Endocrine Emergencies Supportive & Preventive Medicine Shock Syndromes I: Intro, Vasodilatory, & Sepsis, Shock Syndromes II: Hypovolemic, Critical Bleeding, & Obstructive |
0217-9999-24-177-H01-P |
4.25 ACPE |
09/17/2027 |
Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, Sleep Disruption, and Neuromuscular Blockade Pulmonary Disorders I Pulmonary Disorders II Toxicology |
0217-9999-24-178-H01-P |
4.25 ACPE |
09/17/2027 |
System Technical Requirements
Courses and 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
ACCP and ASHP collaborate on clinical pharmacy activities.