A podcast about advancing pharmacy practice by transforming knowledge into action.
Episodes
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Brandon Shank, PharmD, BCOP - Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - talks to us about credentialing & privileging from a front-line clinician's point of view.
Key Lessons:
- Building rapport and trust with your team is an essential first step from which clinical privileges follow.
- State laws vary. Some authorize privileging of pharmacists at the institutional level.
- Obtaining and maintaining clinical privileges requires additional training ... and paperwork.
- Pharmacists have a unique understanding of the dosing and available dosage forms of drugs - this brings value to the patient care team.
- Privileging pharmacists to take on advanced clinical responsibilities can increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Julie Groppi, PharmD - National Program Manager, Clinical Pharmacy Practice Policy and Standards, Department of Veteran's Affairs and Todd Nesbit, PharmD, MBA - Director of Pharmacy Patient Care Services, the Johns Hopkins Hospital - discuss the credentialing and privileging of pharmacists.
Key Lessons
- Credentialing is the process of verifying someone education, training, certifications, and experience.
- Privileging is the process of determining an appropriate scope of practice based on the practitioner's credentials and granting authority to carry out specific patient care services/decisions.
- All health systems should credential the pharmacists they employ.
- Pharmacists can be privileged to initiate, modify, continue, or discontinue medication therapies as well as order tests and referrals as needed to achieve treatment goals.
- A pharmacist's privileges may be restricted to specific drugs and disease (e.g. collaboratory drug therapy management agreement) or may be service-specific (e.g. all patients enrolled in or assigned to a specific clinical service unit).
- The credentials necessary to be privileged to carry out advanced patient care services typically include residency training and board certification.
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Wednesday Mar 13, 2019
Joseph Saseen, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCACP, CLS - Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - discusses the various credentials pharmacists can earn following graduation and licensure.
Key Lessons
- Credentials include degrees, licensure, post-graduate training, and board certification.
- Earning a certificate is not synonymous with becoming board certified.
- Board certification requires candidates to meet specific eligibility criteria and pass a comprehensive examination to validate the breadth and depth of knowledge in the area of specialization.
- Board certification can give pharmacists a competitive advantage for employment and open doors to new opportunities.
- Candidates should consider preparing for a board certification exam either through a formal, structured program or forming a study group ... or both.
- Obtaining advanced credentials is ultimately about improving the quality of care pharmacists provide to patients.