The ACCP Professional Resources page has undergone a significant refresh! This page, located on both the Policy, Practice, and Government Affairs tab and the About tab, will take users to links for resources containing over 200 tools, videos, and articles divided into 3 major categories: Clinical Resources, Practice Management Resources, and Education and Training Resources for Faculty, Preceptors, Students, and Residents. A brief summary is provided for each resource together with the source and frequency of updates. The resource links are open access except for the ACCP papers that require logging in to the journals through your ACCP or institutional account.
The Clinical Resources section includes links for clinical practice guidelines, stewardship programs, and comprehensive medication management (CMM) tools. Opening the Clinical Practice Guidelines will lead you to the repository from Guideline Central of over 2500 medical guidelines from governmental agencies or medical associations; a link to the website from the McMaster GRADE Center and the Guidelines International Network (GIN), which offers an extensive library of presentations, publications, and tools for initiating, writing, and publishing guidelines; and a white paper from the 2022 ACCP Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines providing an overview of guideline development and application. The Stewardship section provides links to the National Quality Partners playbooks, including the anticoagulation stewardship playbook developed in conjunction with members of the Anticoagulation Forum, in addition to the Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship from the CDC. CMM Tools highlights 2 websites providing extensive resources for implementing, assessing, and improving a CMM practice. The Optimizing Medications for Better Health platform from the University of North Carolina introduces users to CMM and guides them through implementing and maintaining a high-quality CMM practice site. Users can access resources like the CMM practice management assessment tool (PMAT) to assess fidelity to the process and track improvement. Some tools, like the PMAT, require users to register so that they can follow their progress over time. The site also includes a large resource library. The second link takes users to the Get the Medications Right Institute (GTMRx) webpage. This site provides more than 400 resources created by GTMRx members, including the CMM use cases from a wide range of practice settings as well as publications, including the annual summary of research demonstrating the value of CMM in achieving improved quality of care, improving the patient and care team experience, reducing costs, and achieving health equity.
The Practice Management section provides an additional link to the ACCP Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Toolkit as well as links to the National Collaborative for Improving the Clinical Learning Environment (NCICLE) Pathways to Excellence document and the first 2 resource compendia based on the Teaming and Well-being pathways. Additional resources from NCICLE will be added each year for the remaining 4 pathways. This section also includes a selection of ACCP papers on optimal pharmacist-to-patient ratios.
The Education and Training Resources section includes links to the 2023 update to the ACCP Didactic Curriculum Toolkit and a new toolkit from the Board of Pharmacy Specialties to introduce students to the value of board certification. This section also provides a collection of ACCP papers on best practices and guidance on student and residency research. Development of the Professional Resources page is an ongoing process to incorporate more readily accessible tools for clinical pharmacists. If you have suggestions for other resources, please send them to [email protected].