ACCP’s Clinical Reasoning Series returns in 2015 with two new programs designed to advance the knowledge and skills of the board-certified specialist. Held on Saturday, October 17, in conjunction with the Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy in San Francisco, California, these live educational programs will explore cutting-edge topics relevant to everyday practice and employ active learning exercises to enhance clinical reasoning skills. Nationally known faculty with expertise in their respective fields will examine the latest scientific findings and clinical evidence that help inform patient care. Each program will provide 6.0 continuing pharmacy education credit hours that can be used toward recertification.
From Theory to Practice: Clinical Reasoning Series in Ambulatory Care Pharmacy and, new in 2015, From Theory to Bedside: Clinical Reasoning Series are approved by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) for the recertification of Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialists (BCPSs) and Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacists (BCACPs). Clinical pharmacists who hold certifications in both the pharmacotherapy and the ambulatory care pharmacy specialty and successfully complete either of the two 2015 programs will earn dual recertification credit applied toward both specialties.
From Theory to Bedside: Clinical Reasoning Series – Heart Failure: Current and Emerging Management Strategies will include the following sessions:
- Patient Assessment and Clinical Outcomes
- Current and Emerging Options for the Management of Chronic Heart Failure
- Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
- Kidney Disease and Implications on Medication Management
- Transitions of Care and Pharmacist Services
- Patient Case(s)
From Theory to Practice: Clinical Reasoning Series in Ambulatory Care Pharmacy – Novel Agents and Management Strategies in Endocrinology will include the following sessions:
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Critical Review of the Evidence and Application to Patient Care
- First-in-Class, Novel, and New Drugs and Delivery Systems for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Obesity: New Management Strategies
- Practice Management and Pharmacist Services
- Patient Case(s)
To be eligible for specialty recertification credits, the specialist must attend the pertinent live program and successfully complete the program’s corresponding web-based posttest by November 30, 2015. Complete information on the agenda, learning objectives, faculty, and registration is available at www.accp.com/meetings/gc15/index.aspx.