Leadership Blog

Promoting and Protecting the Value of Certification by William Ellis, MS, RPh Executive Director Board of Pharmacy Specialties     BPS is involved in many activities to promote and protect the value of certification. One of the lesser-known activities is

Psyched for Psych on Rotation: Board Certification and the Psychiatric Pharmacy Specialty—as told by an APPE Student Pharmacist by Aisa Mrkulic BPS Student Pharmacist Intern PharmD Candidate, Class of 2022 St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences  

More than occasionally I am asked, by individuals who are sincere, yet uninformed, why healthcare needs a psychiatric pharmacy specialist or why the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) recognizes psychiatric as a clinical specialty.
A board certified pharmacist’s commitment to career-long learning and continuing competence is an important differentiator of a certification program compared to a pharmacy degree, a pharmacy residency program, or a practice-based continuing education certificate of completion. The knowledge and skills

Recognizing Board-Certified Pharmacists and the Organizations that Support Them with Two New Awards by Ruth E. Nemire, PharmD, EdD, FCCP, FNAP, CRQM Chair, BPS Board of Directors       It is hard to believe June 2023 is here already.

Jerry McKee Pharm. D., M.S., BCPP Medical Affairs Director of Pharmacy Community Care of North Carolina   Mental illness is common throughout the United States, affecting tens of millions of people each year, and overall, only about half of those

Reflections on Life Long Learning in Pharmacy and the Role of Board Certification by Brian Lawson, PharmD, ICE-CCP BPS Associate Executive Director       Every two years, the International Life Long Learning in Pharmacy (LLLP) Conference meets to discuss

I am writing this edition of the BPS Leadership Blog as the 50th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in New Orleans concludes. While the growth of this meeting from its humble beginnings in 1966 with less than a 1000 attendees to
This is the season that many new Doctor of Pharmacy graduates are accelerating their careers by entering a Residency program or many existing Residents are completing their PGY1 or PGY2 Residencies.

Safety with a capital “S” – it’s everyone’s responsibility! by Sheri Herner, PharmD, MHSA, CPPS, BCPS, FCCP Chair of BPS Pharmacotherapy Specialty Council Medication Safety and Quality Coordinator Kaiser Permanente Colorado   Patient Safety Awareness Week™ is March 14 –

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