Overview of the PRN
The Perioperative (Periop) Care Practice and Research Network (PRN) was formally approved by the Board of Regents in 2014. A critical need for a perioperative PRN was identified and confirmed by more than 200 ACCP members expressing interest in its formation. The Periop Care PRN is focused on meeting the practice, education, and research needs of the clinical pharmacy workforce in addressing perioperative issues. Its mission is to incorporate interdisciplinary collaboration through academia, research, and practice development while ensuring the safe and effective perioperative treatment of all patient populations.
Opportunities and Resources
The Periop Care PRN offers many opportunities to engage in clinical practice that supports its mission. Members collaborate on research, teaching, and practice advancement. The most recent research collaboration among the PRN members is perioperative use of skeletal muscle relaxants. In addition, the Periop Care PRN features webinars, informal roundtables, and information sessions on a monthly basis to keep members at the forefront of practice within perioperative, surgical, and anesthesia arenas. Members have over 200 publications related to perioperative medicine together with 25 retrospective reviews and have served in best practice advisory roles for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society Guidelines, CHEST Perioperative Antithrombotic Therapy Guidelines, and Ariadne Labs Operating Room Crisis Checklist. The Periop Care PRN also sponsors student and resident travel awards to the ACCP Annual Meeting.
Current Clinical Issues of Importance to Periop Care PRN Members
Clinical issues the Periop Care PRN highlighted in 2026 were related to its virtual webinars, which focused on local anesthetic systemic toxicity prevention and medication safety best practices; a roundtable on Epic Go Live and optimization for perioperative workflows; postoperative nausea and vomiting guideline updates; a roundtable on starting/expanding perioperative clinical pharmacy services; a roundtable on perioperative medication formulary, shortage, and restrictions; a joint webinar with the Cardiology PRN focused on KCentra and Balfaxar panel; use of perioperative direct thrombin inhibitors in cardiothoracic surgery; and a trainee roundtable on careers in perioperative clinical pharmacy.
Stay Connected
Follow us on the ACCP Community and stay in contact with us online to hear about updates, events, and programming being offered. We are so glad you’re here and would love to have you join and participate in one of our committees. Each committee has formal and informal leadership opportunities, which is a great start to your professional service and networking. Our committees are Education and Research, Communications, Scholarship, and Nominations and Membership. The Education and Research Committee helps plan the Periop Care PRN focus session, webinars, posters, presentations, and more. The Communications Committee develops quarterly newsletters to inform members of new updates within the field of perioperative pharmacy and celebrates PRN member accomplishments, promotions, and awards. The Scholarship section of education and research is focused on reinforcing the scholarly base; deepening the quality, breadth, and specificity of the Periop Care PRN; and targeting research agendas with the goal of developing PRN focus sessions, manuscripts, and peer-reviewed products. The Nominations and Membership Committee welcomes new members to the Periop Care PRN, devises methods to enhance member experience, recommends and nominates members for awards, and plans the Periop Care PRN business event at the ACCP Annual Meeting. If interested, please scan the QR code to learn more and join!
