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2020 Updates in Therapeutics®: Critical Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course


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Program Overview

Updates in Therapeutics®: Critical Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course is ideal for pharmacy professionals who are preparing for the Critical Care Pharmacy Specialty Certification Examination administered by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) and for those seeking a self-paced review and refresher of disease states and therapeutics.

Developed by Board Certified Pharmacists and clinical experts the course content is based on the domains, tasks and knowledge statements outlined in the BPS Critical Care Pharmacy content outline. The course content provides a comprehensive review of the knowledge domains covered in the specialty certification examination. The course uses a case-based approach, with strong emphasis on the thought processes needed to solve patient care problems in each therapeutic area.

The course is available for continuing pharmacy education and recertification credit.

 

ACPE Release date: June 15, 2020
ACPE credit expiration date: June 15, 2023

BCCCP Release date: June 15, 2020
BCCCP credit expiration date: June 15, 2021

 

Technical Requirements
Commercial Support

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy does not solicit or accept external commercial/financial support for its continuing pharmacy education activities. No commercial/financial support has been solicited or accepted for this activity.

 

Pricing Options

 

What type of credit are you interested in?

CPE Credit Recertification Credit

The Updates in Therapeutics®: Critical Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course includes the following components:

  • An online workbook as a collection of PDFs or a print workbook. The workbook includes:
    • Chapters offering a comprehensive review of the full scope of Critical Care Pharmacy.
    • Over 200 patient cases with explained answers to enhance your case based learning.
    • Over 200 self-assessment questions with explained answers.
    • Current and relevant references at the end of each chapter.
  • Audio-synchronized slide presentations available online. View slide presentations and listen to faculty as they review each presentation, slide by slide. The audio-synchronized slide presentations include:
    • Downloadable/printable PDFs of presentation slides.
    • Downloadable mp3 audio files that can be put onto a portable listening device or burned onto an audio CD.
    • Downloadable mp4 video files.
  • Continuing Pharmacy Education Credit
    • 20.0 hours continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit
  • Recertification Credit - Available with recertification package.
    • 20.0 hours BCCCP recertification credit

     

    Standard Package

    Standard Package is available for ACPE continuing pharmacy education credit.

    Updates in Therapeutics®: Critical Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course includes:

    • online workbook - downloadable/printable PDFs
      or print workbook
    • streaming audio/slide synchronized presentations
    • downloadable mp3 audio files
    • downloadable mp4 video files
    • downloadable/printable PDFs of presentation slides
    • 20.0 hours continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit available

     

    Recertification Package

    Recertification Package is available for BCCCP credit.

    Updates in Therapeutics®: Critical Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course includes:

    • online workbook - downloadable/printable PDFs
      or print workbook
    • streaming audio/slide synchronized presentations
    • downloadable mp3 audio files
    • downloadable mp4 video files
    • downloadable/printable PDFs of presentation slides
    • Recertification Posttests
    • 20.0 hours BCCCP recertification credit available

Continuing Pharmacy Education Credit

 

ACPE

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

 

The Universal Activity Numbers (UAN) for Updates in Therapeutics®: Critical Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course are:

  • Cardiovascular Critical Care, Practice Administration and Development: Pharmacoeconomics and Safe Medication Use, Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption and Neuromuscular Blockade in Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients
    Activity Number: 0217-0000-20-072-H01-P
    3.50 contact hours
  • Research Design, Biostatistics, and Literature Evaluation, Supportive and Preventative Medicine, Neurocritical Care, Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy in the Critical Ill Patient, Acute Cardiac Care
    Activity Number: 0217-0000-20-073-H01-P
    4.75 contact hours
  • Fluids, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Disorders, and Nutrition Support, Infectious Diseases I, and Infectious Diseases II
    Activity Number: 0217-0000-20-074-H01-P
    3.25 contact hours
  • Hepatic Failure/GI/Endocrine Emergencies, Shock Syndrome I: Introduction, Vasodilatory, and Sepsis, Shock Syndromes II: Hypovolemic, Critical Bleeding, and Obstructive, Toxicology, and Pulmonary Disorders
    Activity Number: 0217-0000-20-075-H01-P
    4.75 contact hours
  • Critical Care Pharmacy Evolution and Validation, Practice Standards, Training, and Professional Development, Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics, Practice Administration and Development: Protocol Development and Quality Improvement
    Activity Number: 0217-0000-20-117-H01-P
    3.75 contact hours

All continuing pharmacy education activities associated with the Updates in Therapeutics®: Critical Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course are application-based activities.

Methods and CE Requirements

Continuing Pharmacy Education Credit

Activities consist of audio/video/PDF files, attestation statements, and activity evaluations. Learners must review all content and complete the attestation statements and course evaluations to receive continuing pharmacy education credit for each activity. You must submit the attestation statements and course evaluations associated with each module within the course by June 15, 2023.

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy - CPE Monitor Service

Provided through the collaborative efforts of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and ACPE-accredited providers, the CPE Monitor Service allows you to electronically keep track of continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credits from ACPE-accredited providers. ACPE-accredited providers, like ACCP, are responsible for transmitting this information to NABP to be stored in the CPE Monitor system. Statements of credit will be available at CPE Monitor, nabp.pharmacy/cpe-monitor-service/, within 2–3 business days after completion of this activity. For more information on CPE Monitor please visit nabp.pharmacy/cpe-monitor-service/.

To transfer these credits to CPE Monitor on your behalf your NABP e-Profile ID Number and date of birth must be listed on your ACCP account. To verify or update this information in your ACCP account, visit Licensure/Certification. Be sure to save your changes at the bottom of the page.

Some international pharmacists do not use the CPE Monitor service. To verify or update this information in your ACCP account, visit Licensure/Certification. Check the box “I am an international pharmacist or I am not licensed to practice in the United States, and do not have an NABP e-Profile ID.” Be sure to save your changes at the bottom of the page.

 

BCCCP Credit
Recertification Credit

 

To be eligible to earn BCCCP recertification credit for this course you must purchase the recertification version and submit and pass the web-based posttest associated with each module within the course by June 15, 2021. The passing point to earn BCCCP recertification credit is based on an expert analysis of the assessment items in each posttest module. Any posttest submitted before the BCCCP posttest deadline that meets this passing point will earn BCCCP recertification credits. These credits will be assigned as of the date of test submission. For statements of recertification credit, visit www.bpsweb.org.

All participants must have a Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) board certification credential number, BPS ID Number, and a BPS expiration date on file with ACCP for reporting purposes. To verify or update this information in your ACCP account, visit Licensure/Certification. Be sure to save your changes at the bottom of the page.

Questions regarding the number of hours required for BCCCP recertification should be directed to BPS at (202) 429-7591 or www.bpsweb.org.

The ACCP Recertification Dashboard is a free online tool that can track recertification credits as they are earned through ACCP and schedule new opportunities for credits from upcoming ACCP professional development programs.

Faculty

Jerry Altshuler, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Manager
Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Hackensack Meridian JFK Medical Center
New York, New York
Stephanie Bass, Pharm.D., BCPS
Medical ICU Clinical Specialist
Department of Pharmacy
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Grace E. Benanti, Pharm.D., BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Medical ICU
Banner University Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Scott T. Benken, Pharm.D., BCPS-AQ Cardiology
Clinical Pharmacist
Medical ICU
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
Chicago, Illinois
Bradley A. Boucher, Pharm.D., FCCP, FNAP, MCCM, BCPS
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Operations
The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy
Memphis, Tennessee
Gretchen M. Brophy, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM, BCPS
Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Neurosurgery
Virginia Commonwealth University
Medical College of Virginia Campus
Richmond, Virginia
Mitchell S. Buckley, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Medical ICU
Director of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
Department of Pharmacy
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Aaron Cook, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Coordinator Neuroscience-Pulmonary/Critical Care
Associate Adjunct Professor, Pharmacy
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
James C. Coons, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCCP
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy;
Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology
UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mitchell J. Daley, Pharm.D., BCPS
Market Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Critical Care
Dell Seton Medical Center
University of Texas
Austin, Texas
Erin Frazee Barreto, Pharm.D., BCPS
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy
Mayo Clinic
College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, Minnesota
Curtis E. Haas, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS
Director of Pharmacy
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York
Lisa Hall Zimmerman, Pharm.D., BCCCP, BCPS, BCNSP, FCCM, FCCP
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Wayne State University
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Detroit, Michigan
Simon Lam, Pharm.D., FCCM, BCCCP
Medical ICU Clinical Specialist
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Ishaq Lat, Pharm.D., FCCM, FCCP, BCPS, BCCCP
Chicago, Illinois
Eric W. Mueller, Pharm.D., FCCM, FCCP
Assistant Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services and Research
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Adjunct Associate Professor
Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Megan E. Musselman, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
North Kansas City Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri
Gretchen Sacha, Pharm.D., BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Joanna L. Stollings, Pharm.D., FCCM, FCCP, BCPS, BCCCP
Medical Intensive Care Unit Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Joseph M. Swanson, Pharm.D., FCCM, FCCP, BCPS
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy
Memphis, Tennessee
Diana Wells Mulherin, Pharm.D., BCNSP, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Nutrition Support
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Adrian Wong, Pharm.D., M.P.H., BCPS, BCCCP
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
MCPHS University
Boston, Massachusetts