Factors influencing performance on the Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist Examination: Passing rates and domain-level scores.

The Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP) specialty certification was launched by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties in 1994. Candidates for the BCPP can qualify for the examination through 3 possible pathways: practice experience (4 years) in the specialty, completion of a PGY-1 residency plus an additional 2 years of practice experience, or completion of a PGY-2 specialty residency in psychiatric pharmacy. Recent fluctuations in the passing rate raised questions as to explanatory factors.

The continued evolution of the ambulatory care pharmacy specialty: Results and analysis from the 2019 Role Delineation Study.

Objectives: Consistent with certification best practices, update the board-certified ambulatory care pharmacist (BCACP) certification content outline and examination blueprint.

Methods: Qualitative (i.e.

The Perceived Value of Certification in Nonsurgical Pain Management.

Chronic pain is a growing epidemic in America. Challenges in patients' access to care, and in reimbursement to Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) who provide pain services, have resulted in a voluntary subspecialty certification in nonsurgical pain management (NSPM) for CRNAs. An evaluation was conducted of perceptions of CRNAs toward the value of certification in NSPM.

Exploring the relationship between examination pass rates and eligibility pathways among pharmacist candidates for initial board certification.

Objectives: To compare examination pass rates among different eligibility cohorts for initial board certification in 6 recognized pharmacy practice specialties.

Design: Retrospective observational cohort study.

Setting And Participants: Practicing U.

Reference Resource Usage Among Nurse Anesthetists: A Survey.

The National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) references all questions on its examinations. Because examination questions should be clinically applicable, the NBCRNA is interested in knowing what reference resources clinicians rely on in their work, so that questions can be based on those or similar resources. In October 2016, the NBCRNA sent an email blast for a survey on reference usage to a weighted random selection of 14,993 student and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists from its database.