Clinical Pharmacology Education: Pearls for Practice® Program

Clinical Pharmacology Education: Pearls for Practice®

Why is this Program important to you? 

The Clinical Pharmacology Education: Pearls for Practice® Program is based on the Core Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) identified by The Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Faculty and Academic Societies for medical students and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) for pharmacy students. ACCP developed a set of standards representing the Core EPA in clinical pharmacology based on a series of published articles in The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. The program, which includes a series of pre-recorded courses, translates foundational clinical pharmacology content from these articles into short vignette-based teaching scenarios that appeal to the preferred learning style of current medical and pharmacy students. They are also written at a level that challenges the advance 4th year medical/pharmacy students. 

ACCP’s Pearls for Practice Program is a mechanism to reintroduce didactic clinical pharmacology education into the schools of pharmacy and medicine which have reduced some of these basic sciences in favor of early clinical rotations.

Target Audience:

4th year medical/pharmacy students. In addition, students of graduate and professional doctorate programs.

Instructions: In order to earn the Pearls for Practice® Electronic Badge, please complete 5 of the 8 courses available.

  • Contains 6 Component(s), Includes Credits

    This is an article in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology’s Core Entrustable Professional Activities in Clinical Pharmacology series that discusses druginduced proarrhythmia and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Pearls for Practice® Course 1: How to Prescribe Drugs With an Identified Proarrhythmic Liability

    Why is this Program important to you? 

    This is an article in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology’s Core Entrustable Professional Activities in Clinical Pharmacology series that discusses drug induced proarrhythmia and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Target Audience:

    4th year medical/pharmacy students. In addition, students of graduate and professional doctorate programs.

  • Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    This is an article in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology’s Core Entrustable Professional Activities in Clinical Pharmacology series that discusses the pitfalls associated with drug interactions between commonly used antibiotics and anticoagulants and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Pearls for Practice® Course 2: Common Problem Drugs and How to Prescribe Them

    Why is this Program important to you? 

    This is an article in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology’s Core Entrustable Professional Activities in Clinical Pharmacology series that discusses the pitfalls associated with drug interactions between commonly used antibiotics and anticoagulants and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Target Audience:

    4th year medical/pharmacy students. In addition, students of graduate and professional doctorate programs.

  • Contains 11 Component(s), Includes Credits

    This is an article in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology’s Core Entrustable Professional Activities in Clinical Pharmacology series that describes opioid therapy in acute and chronic pain and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Pearls for Practice® Course 3: Opioid Therapy in Acute and Chronic Pain

    Why is this Program important to you? 

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that describes opioid therapy in acute and chronic pain and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Target Audience:

    4th year medical/pharmacy students. In addition, students of graduate and professional doctorate programs.

  • Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that seeks to bring attention to effective communication between patient-centered care teams and patients in order to optimize care and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Pearls for Practice® Course 4: Value of Interprofessional Healthcare Teams in Medication Prescribing and Medication Error Prevention

    Why is this Program important to you? 

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that seeks to bring attention to effective communication between patient-centered care teams and patients in order to optimize care and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Target Audience:

    4th year medical/pharmacy students. In addition, students of graduate and professional doctorate programs.

  • Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that studies drug-drug and drug-food interactions and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Pearls for Practice® Course 5: Drug-Drug and Food-Drug Interactions

    Why is this Program important to you? 

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that studies drug-drug and drug-food interactions and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Target Audience:

    4th year medical/pharmacy students. In addition, students of graduate and professional doctorate programs.

  • Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that reviews the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics models and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Pearls for Practice® Course 6: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics for Medical Students: A Proposed Course Outline

    Why is this Program important to you? 

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that reviews the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics models and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Target Audience:

    4th year medical/pharmacy students. In addition, students of graduate and professional doctorate programs.

  • Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that reviews medication adherence and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Pearls for Practice® Course 7: Medication Adherence

    Why is this Program important to you? 

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that reviews medication adherence and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Target Audience:

    4th year medical/pharmacy students. In addition, students of graduate and professional doctorate programs.

  • Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that discusses common alterations in medication use and dosage that are required in the pediatric age group, in the elderly, and in patients with renal or hepatic disease and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Pearls for Practice® Course 8: Dosage Adjustment Related to Young or Old Age and Organ Impairment

    Why is this Program important to you? 

    This is an article in the Core Entrustables in Clinical Pharmacology series that discusses common alterations in medication use and dosage that are required in the pediatric age group, in the elderly, and in patients with renal or hepatic disease and is offered as a teaching aid for medical students and residents.

    Target Audience:

    4th year medical/pharmacy students. In addition, students of graduate and professional doctorate programs.

  • Contains 2 Component(s)

    Learners need to complete a minimum of 5 courses to earn the Pearls for Practice®-Electronic Badge Award.

    Learners need to complete a minimum of 5 courses to earn the Pearls for Practice®-Electronic Badge Award.