Instructional materials are now available for the 2009 edition of the Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course for home study, cosponsored by ACCP and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
The Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course is designed to assist oncology pharmacy practitioners who are preparing for the Oncology Specialty Certification Examination administered by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) and oncology pharmacists who are seeking to remain current in all aspects of their practice. The course also has been approved by BPS for recertification of board-certified oncology pharmacists (BCOPs). The course content provides a comprehensive review of the domains and knowledge areas encompassed by the oncology pharmacy specialty.
The course also has been approved by BPS for recertification of BCOPs. Board-certified oncology pharmacists who wish to earn recertification credit for the 2009 Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course must purchase access to one of the course formats available for BCOP recertification credit and then successfully complete and submit the post-test by November 30, 2009. The course must be taken in its entirely to earn recertification credit. Partial credit is not available.
The full course is available in two formats for home study: (1) a Web-based online course and (2) a CD-ROM and workbook package. Both formats offer continuing pharmacy education credit upon successful completion of online post-tests. Instructional components also are priced for individual sale. For full information on the home study version of the course and to place an order, visit the ACCP Web site at http://www.accp.com/bookstore/opc09.aspx or order by phone at (913) 492-3311 or fax to (913) 492-0088.
The American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as providers of continuing pharmacy education. The program is approved for 28.0 contact hours; Program Numbers:
- 217-999-09-066-H01-P 2009 Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course for Home Study – Symptom and Pain Management (Symptom Management, Parts I, II, and III; Disease-Related Symptoms: Hypercalcemia, SVC, Malignant Effusions; Pain Management & Bone Metastases, Spinal Cord Compression; Pharmacology – a review of the major classes of chemotherapy)
- 217-999-09-067-H01-P 2009 Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course for Home Study – Blood Cancers and Bone Marrow (Bone Marrow Transplantation I and II; Acute Leukemia/Tumor Lysis Syndrome; Chronic Leukemias; Lymphomas/Multiple Myeloma)
- 217-999-09-068-H01-P 2009 Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course for Home Study – Other Cancers (GI Cancers, Esophageal, Liver, Stomach; Melanoma and Skin Cancer, Sarcomas, Lung; Head and Neck and Brain Cancer; Pediatric Malignancies; Colon)
- 217-999-09-069-H01-P 2009 Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course for Home Study – Women’s and Men’s Cancers and Genitourinary (Breast, Parts I and II; Ovarian and Gynecologic Malignancies; Genitourinary Cancers, Renal, Testicular, Bladder; Prostate)
- 217-999-09-070-H04-P 2009 Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course for Home Study – Developments, Guidelines and Research (Drug Information and Guidelines; The Anticancer Drug Development Process; Oncology Drug Literature, Biostatistics and Study Design).
To receive continuing education credit, the Web-based post-test must be successfully completed and submitted to ACCP. Statements of credit for continuing pharmacy education will be available on the CE Center (www.accp.com/ce) to participants within 4–6 weeks of successful completion of the Web-based post-test learning objectives. Faculty disclosures, target audience, program goals, technical requirements, and samples of the Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Course are available at http://www.accp.com/bookstore/opc09.aspx.