ACCP’s new home study program for the Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) will release its first book on January 15, 2013.

The Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Program (ACSAP) is designed to provide the BCACP with the latest evidence-based updates in focused therapeutic areas. ACSAP releases are online books with interactive features such as intra-document links from the table of contents; external links to official guidelines, tools, and resources; and in-text citations linked to the major research compilers. Pharmacists using ACSAP to obtain BCACP recertification will be pleased that the window to submit posttests for credit is 4 months.

Pulmonary and Preventive Care is the first release in the ACSAP series. Faculty Panel Chair Dennis M. Williams, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, and a team of authors have prepared chapters on New Therapies in Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Otitis Media and Pharyngitis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Tobacco Cessation Strategies, Preventive Medicine and Wellness Promotion, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Solid-Organ Transplant Medication Therapy, Clinical Immunizations, and Implementing a Pharmacy-Based Immunization Program. The complete schedule of ACSAP 2013–2015 releases is as follows:

As it becomes available, information on the pricing of ACSAP releases, as well as continuing pharmacy education credits, will be posted on the ACSAP home page.