In 2013, ACCP will launch the new Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Program (ACSAP). This home study program will provide the Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) the latest evidence-based information to improve and advance patient care.

The 3-year ACSAP series will release six books in focused therapeutic areas. The first book in the series will be Pulmonary and Preventive Care. More information on the specific content and structure of the ACSAP series will be released later this year.

Leading the ACSAP series are coeditors Betty J. Dong, Pharm.D., FCCP, FASHP, AAHIVE, professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Family and Community Medicine, University of California Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine; and David P. Elliott, Pharm.D., FCCP, FASCP, CGP, AGSF, professor and associate chair for the Charleston Division, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Charleston, West Virginia.

ACSAP is part of ACCP’s Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS)-approved professional development program for BCACP recertification. The credit opportunities provided by the ACSAP series, together with other ACCP specialty recertification products for the ambulatory care pharmacist, will offer substantially more than the 100 hours of credit required by BPS for recertification as a BCACP. Visit the ACCP Web site for more information on ACCP’s BPS-approved recertification offerings in ambulatory care pharmacy: http://www.accp.com/careers/boardbcacp.aspx.