Journal article
The 2016 ACCP Pharmacotherapy Didactic Curriculum Toolkit
Pharmacotherapy, Vol.36(11), pp.e189-e194
11/2016
DOI: 10.1002/phar.1846
PMID: 27791276
Abstract
The 2016 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Educational Affairs Committee was charged with updating and contemporizing ACCP's 2009 Pharmacotherapy Didactic Curriculum Toolkit. The toolkit has been designed to guide schools and colleges of pharmacy in developing, maintaining, and modifying their curricula. The 2016 committee reviewed the recent medical literature and other documents to identify disease states that are responsive to drug therapy. Diseases and content topics were organized by organ system, when feasible, and grouped into tiers as defined by practice competency. Tier 1 topics should be taught in a manner that prepares all students to provide collaborative, patient-centered care upon graduation and licensure. Tier 2 topics are generally taught in the professional curriculum, but students may require additional knowledge or skills after graduation (e.g., residency training) to achieve competency in providing direct patient care. Tier 3 topics may not be taught in the professional curriculum; thus, graduates will be required to obtain the necessary knowledge and skills on their own to provide direct patient care, if required in their practice. The 2016 toolkit contains 276 diseases and content topics, of which 87 (32%) are categorized as tier 1, 133 (48%) as tier 2, and 56 (20%) as tier 3. The large number of tier 1 topics will require schools and colleges to use creative pedagogical strategies to achieve the necessary practice competencies. Almost half of the topics (48%) are tier 2, highlighting the importance of postgraduate residency training or equivalent practice experience to competently care for patients with these disorders. The Pharmacotherapy Didactic Curriculum Toolkit will continue to be updated to provide guidance to faculty at schools and colleges of pharmacy as these academic pharmacy institutions regularly evaluate and modify their curricula to keep abreast of scientific advances and associated practice changes. Access the current Pharmacotherapy Didactic Curriculum Toolkit at http://www.accp.com/docs/positions/misc/Toolkit_final.pdf.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The 2016 ACCP Pharmacotherapy Didactic Curriculum Toolkit
- Creators
- Terry L Schwinghammer - American College of Clinical PharmacyAndrew J Crannage - American College of Clinical PharmacyEric G Boyce - American College of Clinical PharmacyBridget Bradley - American College of Clinical PharmacyAlyssa Christensen - American College of Clinical PharmacyHenry M Dunnenberger - American College of Clinical PharmacyMichelle Fravel - American College of Clinical PharmacyHolly Gurgle - American College of Clinical PharmacyDrayton A Hammond - American College of Clinical PharmacyJennifer Kwon - American College of Clinical PharmacyDouglas Slain - American College of Clinical PharmacyKurt A Wargo - American College of Clinical Pharmacy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pharmacotherapy, Vol.36(11), pp.e189-e194
- DOI
- 10.1002/phar.1846
- PMID
- 27791276
- ISSN
- 0277-0008
- eISSN
- 1875-9114
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2016
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacy Practice and Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984365889702771
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