Continuing Pharmacy Practice Competency (Resolution No. 99-7-03)

May 8, 2003 2:59 pm Topics: Resolutions

Resolution No. 99-7-03
Title: Continuing Pharmacy Practice Competency

Whereas, colleges, faculties, and schools of pharmacy educate and boards and colleges of pharmacy license pharmacists who are qualified to provide “patient centered pharmacy care” to the public; and

Whereas, the respect given to and enjoyed by pharmacists depends on pharmacists maintaining their knowledge and contemporary practice protocols for various patient needs;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that NABP endorse and encourage structured programs of continuing professional development; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that NABP encourage colleges, faculties, and schools of pharmacy and boards and colleges of pharmacy to collaborate on providing seminars to further pharmacist continuing professional development; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the boards of pharmacy encourage, endorse, and support the efforts of NABP, the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE), and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) to instill and perpetuate the concepts of continuing professional development in students and pharmacists.

(Resolution passed at NABP’s 99th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA)