title: Proposed revision to the existing specialty and specialist certification framework for pharmacy practitioners.
abstract: Consistent with the American College of Clinical Pharmacy's vision that future clinical pharmacy practitioners who provide direct patient care should be board-certified specialists, a new framework for pharmacist specialty board certification is proposed. This White Paper describes the current and projected needs of the pharmacy profession regarding board certification, provides a rationale for the new framework, and discusses the potential ramifications of changes in the current board-certification process.
authors.affiliation: American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 13000 W. 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa, KS 66215, USA. accp@accp.com
authors.forename: Melissa M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.forename: Renee T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Freitag
authors.forename: Darcie L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Tyree H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kiser
authors.forename: Joel C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Marrs
authors.forename: Melissa Somma
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: McGivney
authors.forename: Rima A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mohammad
authors.forename: Elaine L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Twedt