Pharmacy Roles in an Institutional Setting

Question 1

What pharmacy milestone happened in 1957?

Answer 1

Pharmacists became part of the rounding team at the University of Kentucky

Question 2

What pharmacy milestone happened in 1964?

Answer 2

The “unit dose” was created instead of always having to pull medication from a large bottle

Question 3

What pharmacy milestone happened in 1985?

Answer 3

ASHP’s Hilton Head Conference articulated that pharmacy is a clinical profession

Question 4

What is important about the 1980s and pharmacy practice?

Answer 4

This was a major season of growth from practice areas within pharmacy

Question 5

What pharmacy milestone happened in 1988?

Answer 5

The concept of “pharmaceutical care” was expanded by Hepler and Strand

Question 6

What is the definition of “pharmaceutical care”?

Answer 6

a covenantal relationship between the pharmacist and the patient in which the pharmacist’s primary responsibility was to identify, prevent, and resolve drug-related problems and articulated responsibility of the pharmacy to work directly with the patient to optimize drug therapy

Question 7

What is ACCP’s definition of clinical pharmacy?

Answer 7

“an area of pharmacy concerned with the science and practice of rational medication use”

Question 8

What are all the sections of the PPCP wheel? What does PPCP stand for?

Answer 8

Collect, Assess, Plan, Implement, Follow-up/Evaluate

-Pharmacist Patient Centered Plan

Question 9

What are some examples of common clinical pharmacist specialty areas in clinical settings?

Answer 9

• critical care
• oncology
• infectious disease
• psychiatric
• emergency medicine
• internal medicine
• health system administration and leadership
• solid organ transplant
• cardiology

Question 10

What is a PGY1 generalist?

Answer 10

this is a clinical pharmacist that focuses on a wide variety of diseases and patients

Question 11

What is a PGY1 generalist with a focus?

Answer 11

this is a clinical pharmacist that focuses on a wide variety of diseases but focuses on a unique setting or patient population

Question 12

What is a PGY2 Advanced Practitioner Generalist?

Answer 12

this is a clinical pharmacist that focuses on a wide variety of diseases and patients that has more experience/skill than a PGY1

Question 13

What is a PGY2 Advanced Practitioner Soecialist?

Answer 13

this is a clinical pharmacist that focuses on a wide variety of diseases that has more experience/skill than a PGY1 but focuses on a certain type of care like oncology for example

Question 14

What is the board certification for a nuclear pharmacist?

Answer 14

BCNP

Question 15

What is the board certification for a pharmacotherapy specialist?

Answer 15

BCPS

Question 16

What is the board certification for a nutrition support pharmacist?

Answer 16

BCNSP

Question 17

What is the board certification for a psychiatric pharmacist?

Answer 17

BCPP

Question 18

What is the board certification for a oncology pharmacist?

Answer 18

BCOP

Question 19

What is the board certification for a geriatric pharmacist?

Answer 19

BCGP

Question 20

What is the board certification for a ambulatory care pharmacist?

Answer 20

BCACP

Question 21

What is the board certification for a pediatric pharmacy specialist?

Answer 21

BCPPS

Question 22

What is the board certification for a critical care pharmacist?

Answer 22

BCCCP

Question 23

What is the board certification for a cardiology pharmacist?

Answer 23

BCCP

Question 24

What is the board certification for an infectious disease pharmacist?

Answer 24

BCIDP

Question 25

What is the board certification for a sterile compounding pharmacist?

Answer 25

BCSCP **Coming in Fall 2019**

Question 26

What are the three areas of specialty that do not have BCPs available? Which one might get approved soon?

Answer 26

- organ transplant - internal medicine - emergency medicine (this one might get approved soon!!)

Question 27

Is there currently a board certification for sterile compounding pharmacists?

Answer 27

No, but there is one coming in fall 2019

Question 28

What happens to the need for Board Certified Pharmacists as the number of beds in a hospital go up?

Answer 28

The amount of pharmacists needed goes up.

Question 29

Can you be double board certified?

Answer 29

yes, but one is impressive enough a lot of people do not do two

Question 30

What are the roles of a pharmacist in an institutional setting?

Answer 30

- clinical problem solving, judgement, and decision making - communication and education - medical information evaluation and management - management of populations - therapeutic knowledge areas