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BCPS Recertifica—Wait, where are you going? Come back!

By Rena Gosser posted 03-11-2015 21:44

  
Hello, world!  I will be serving as an ASHP Pharmacotherapy Ambassador for the next year.  What is that you ask?  It basically allows me to try out ASHP’s suite of online Pharmacotherapy recertification modules and share my thoughts with members.  The modules will vary in clinical content, but overall will focus on the knowledge domains developed by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties.

You might be thinking, “I’m jazzed to study biostatistics. Said no one ever.”  But really, I am.  As a Drug Policy Pharmacist, I’m pretty sure this is the ultimate volunteer experience.  Biostatistics can be fairly dry to some, but having a firm understanding of basic principles adds worth to clinical recommendations.

I’m anticipating that the online format will be ridiculously handy.  When studying for the BCPS exam, I lugged around lots of paper review material to my ideal study location for the day.  As you can imagine, by the week of my exam date the pages were pretty gnarly.  

I was granted access to Literature Study Modules 1A-D and Intensive Studies Module A & B.   The Literature Modules include literature evaluation of cardiology and pulmonary clinical topics. Intensive Studies Module A provides translation of pharmacogenomics to practice, while Intensive Studies Module B focuses on evaluating clinical trials in hypertension and dyslipidemia.  See a recurring theme here?

Check back in a few weeks for my thoughts on the content and functionality of the online modules.  Additionally, I’ll be posting updates via my Twitter account (@renagosser), so feel free to follow me!


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