The company is using the modules as part of an education and training program that is available to its nearly 1800 pharmacists. We started using ASHP's program because we knew our pharmacists needed additional education to take them to the next level of practice. Participants who complete all three levels of the PCAP, will have completed all five CSP pharmacotherapy modules. Staff at more than 100 hospitals and ambulatory care sites will be completing the modules in 1997. We will utilize the CSP modules to help our pharmacists establish a consistent baseline of medication therapy assessment skills that will allow them to improve patient care.
Staff are very excited to pursue completion of the program.
The Clinical Skills Program is part of ASHP's Project Catalyst, a landmark initiative designed to speed the implementation of pharmaceutical care. ASHP believes that the mission of pharmacists is to help people make the best use of medications. Assisting pharmacists in fulfilling this mission is ASHP's primary objective. The Society has extensive publishing and educational programs designed to help members improve their delivery of pharmaceutical care, and it is the national accrediting organization for pharmacy residency and pharmacy technician training programs.