One of three new options for obtaining BCACP recertification credit, the “Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course” provides a comprehensive overview of Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, current practice and management options, and guidelines of common patient care problems dealt with by the Ambulatory Care Pharmacist on a regular basis. Similarly, the “Pharmacotherapy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course” is one of three ways to obtain BCPS recertification credit. This course provides a comprehensive overview of pharmacotherapeutics, current management options, and guidelines of common patient care problems within the scope of services provided by pharmacotherapy specialists.

Both courses will be presented at ACCP Updates in Therapeutics^® 2012 in Reno, Nevada, from April 27 to May 1, 2012. Registration is available at www.accp.com/ut. Updated annually, both review and recertification courses offer a minimum of 21 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit toward either BCPS recertification (Pharmacotherapy Course) or BCACP recertification (Ambulatory Care Course). Both BCPS and BCACP recertificants may complete the relevant course for recertification credit up to two times during their 7-year recertification cycle. Neither the Ambulatory Care course nor the Pharmacy course may be completed for recertification credit in 2 consecutive years. To earn recertification credit for the preparatory and recertification courses, recertificants must attend the live program or complete the instructional materials for home study (available in June 2012) and successfully complete the Web-based posttest for the relevant course by September 1, 2012. Recertificants must complete the entire relevant course to be eligible to earn recertification credit. Partial credit is not available.