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Practice and Research Networks
The PRNs represent focused interest groups of ACCP members. They provide a means for clinical pharmacists with common practice and research interests to gather for professional interaction, networking, and continuing education. Activities within individual PRNs may vary depending on the interests and perceived needs of their members. All PRNs conduct educational programs within their interest areas at the ACCP Annual Meeting and the Spring Practice and Research Forum.
To subscribe to a PRN, change your subscriptions or edit the e-mail address used for PRN e-mail lists, click here.
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Adult Medicine PRN
The Adult Medicine PRN is is comprised of pharmacists practicing in all settings. The PRN provides a forum for addressing acute and chronic health care issues for individual patients and on an organizational level. Objectives of the PRN include facilitating information exchange to optimize patient care and collaboration for scholarly activities.
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Ambulatory Care PRN
The Ambulatory Care is dedicated to improving patient care and clinical practice in ambulatory and family practice settings.
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Cardiology PRN
The Cardiology PRN advances the pharmacotherapy of cardiovascular disorders through the promotion of excellence in education, research, and clinical practice by enhancing the knowledge, skills, and productivity of its members. The PRN's objectives are to: provide a means for communication and networking among members; provide quality educational programming at national meetings; use the Internet to facilitate access to information, expertise, and professional opportunities available through the PRN; and provide opportunities for collaborative research.
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Central Nervous System PRN
The Central Nervous System provides a forum to encourage networking among pharmacists specializing in disorders of the central nervous system, increase high-quality programming on CNS diseases, and foster an arena where young professionals can develop leadership and presentation skills.
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Clinical Administration PRN
The Clinical Administration is a forum for addressing practice and academic issues related to clinical administration.
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Critical Care PRN
The Critical Care optimizes drug therapy outcomes by promoting excellence and innovation in clinical pharmacy practice, research, and education. The main objectives of the PRN are to: provide timely educational updates to members and other pharmacists; participate in multicenter research in partnership with critical care pharmacists who are members of other organizations; use the Internet to facilitate information exchange among critical care pharmacists, for example to develop a database of critical care practice guidelines; and to provide a means for informal networking among critical care pharmacists.
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Drug Information PRN
The Drug Information is a forum for addressing practice and academic issues related to drug information.
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Education and Training PRN
The Education and Training PRN is a forum for addressing practice and academic issues related to education and training.
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Emergency Medicine PRN
The members of the Emergency Medicine PRN are clinical pharmacists who primarily practice in an emergency department setting or have an interest in the treatment of patients in the emergency department. This PRN provides a means to network among members; provides educational opportunities; and uses the Internet to facilitate information exchange.
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Endocrine and Metabolism PRN
The Endocrine & Metabolism PRN is comprised of members from a variety of practice settings. The PRN was formed to achieve the following goals and objectives:
1) Provide an opportunity for pharmacists with an interest in endocrine and metabolism disorders to promote practice, research and education in these areas;
2) Provide a mechanism for members with similar interests to meet during ACCP meetings to network, problem solve, and discuss professional issues and opportunities; and
3) Promote practice involvement, educational needs of health care professionals, students and patients, and research activities in the areas of endocrinology and metabolism that may be favorably impacted upon by this ACCP PRN effort.
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Geriatrics PRN
The Geriatrics PRN is composed of clinical pharmacists who are dedicated to the care of older persons as well as related issues involving aging. The PRN's membership crosses a broad spectrum of interests, ranging from clinical practice to basic and clinical research. Practice settings also run the full spectrum of health care including home health care, ambulatory care, nursing homes, and community, Veterans Administration, and University-affiliated sites. The PRN's goals include providing programing on topics in geriatrics and aging of importance to its members and to provide the opportunity for PRN members to network for purposes of sharing information and develop collaborative research. The PRN features a newsletter and coordinates activities for its members to gather at other professional meetings.
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GI/Liver/Nutrition PRN
The GI/Liver/Nutrition PRN is composed of clinical pharmacists who are interested in gastrointestinal/liver diseases and nutrition to promote practice, research, and education in these areas.
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Health Outcomes PRN
The Health Outcomes PRN provides an opportunity for ACCP members to network in the area of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes assessment. The primary goals of the PRN are: to facilitate communication between ACCP members regarding developments in the application of outcomes and economics techniques in clinical practice, research, and educational environments; and to enhance the knowledge of ACCP members in the field of outcomes and economics. The main activities of the PRN include organization of educational sessions at ACCP meetings, production of a quarterly newsletter for PRN members, and development of a membership network that links people of similar clinical, research, and academic interests.
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Hematology/Oncology PRN
The Hematology/Oncology PRN facilitates the timely dissemination of information related to the clinical practice, research, and teaching of hematology and oncology among its members, and serves as a resource for hematology and oncology expertise to others. The PRN provides a forum for hematology/oncology pharmacists to network and collaborate on scientific, educational, and political issues affecting clinical practice, teaching, and research. Communication is through newsletters, the Internet, and networking sessions at ACCP meetings.
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Immunology/Transplantation PRN
The Immunology/Transplantation PRN promotes quality research, clinical practice, innovation, and education in the areas of immunology, and solid organ transplantation. The PRN represents a diverse group of professionals who share the common goal of improving patient outcomes as a result of the efforts in their field. The PRN is dedicated to achieving this goal by promoting information exchange in a cooperative, supportive atmosphere.
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Infectious Disease PRN
The Infectious Diseases PRN facilitates the dissemination and sharing of information on infectious diseases pharmacotherapy practice, teaching, and research among its members. The PRN's objectives are to: provide a means for communication and networking among members; provide quality educational programming and networking opportunities at national meetings; use the Internet to facilitate access to relevant information, expertise, and professional opportunities; and provide opportunities for collaborative research.
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Nephrology PRN
The Nephrology PRN is a group of pharmacists interested in practice and research related to patients with renal disease. The main goals of the group are: to advance the scope of nephrology pharmacotherapy through excellence in education, clinical practice, research, and involvement in professional nephrology organizations; and to ensure optimal patient outcomes. Current activities of the PRN include fostering a growing relationship with the National Kidney Foundation in terms of pharmacist membership; programming and committee involvement; communicating the role of pharmacists in the care of dialysis patients to those working with the ESRD program at the Health Care Financing Administration; providing a network for research collaboration among PRN members; and establishing a communication link among pharmacists working in this area.
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Pediatrics PRN
The Pediatrics PRN provides a forum for professional interaction and networking that leads to opportunities for collaborative research, problem solving, and professional discussion of issues relevant to the practices of all members. The primary goal of the PRN is to support the development and promotion of excellent and innovative pediatric clinical pharmacy practice, research, and education that will positively influence the total pharmaceutical care of the patient. Activities of the PRN include collaborative research, organization of a business meeting and networking forum at the ACCP Spring and Annual meetings to promote networking, and organizing continuing education sessions and PRN focus sessions to keep in touch with cutting-edge drug therapies in the area of pediatrics.
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Pharmaceutical Industry PRN
The Pharmaceutical Industry PRN supports members working in the pharmaceutical industry and provides awareness and education to members who do not work in the industry by: providing educational and developmental programs, and networking opportunities, for clinical pharmacists practicing in all aspects of industry; providing information about pharmacy practice in industry to the general membership of ACCP; and developing and facilitating research, educational, and pharmaceutical care collaborations between clinical pharmacists in pharmaceutical industry and academic or other clinical settings.
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Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics PRN
The Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics PRN was created for ACCP members to provide a mechanism for networking and collaboration, educational programming, and a high-quality forum where members with similar interests can discuss PK/PD research and methods. The PRN is a forum designed to present and discuss a variety of current topics including: population PK/PD analyses, innovative modeling, clinical PK research, drug metabolism studies, and concentration-effect relationships.
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Women's Health PRN
The Women's Health PRN consists of members whose interest range from pregnancy and prenatal care to the aging issues of osteoporosis and heart disease to gender-related pharmacokinetics. The PRN's purpose is to provide ACCP members with an interest in Women's Health a smaller community for exchange of practice ideas and opportunity for collaborative research. Multiple and varied practice sites are represented. The PRN's most exciting current endeavor is participating in the development of a women's health care module for the Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program (PSAP). Our goals are to provide innovative and practical education at ACCP meetings, and a newsletter that serves as a journal watch for current women's health literature.
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