Specialty practice Training

Once a specialty has been recognized, a number of actions are required before a certification exam can be implemented. This relatively intensive and costly process includes conducting a role delineation study to analyze the specialty practice area, which results in a comprehensive list of knowledge, skills and functions. " Prom this, an examination content outline a bank of test questions criteria for candidates, including education, training and practice experience and a process for recertification are esfablished before testing... 

International and U.S. agencies recognize the seriousness of this problem and have taken initial steps to reverse the trend. This textbook was written to contribute to these efforts. First, it provides a newly prepared text for expanded programs in teaching students the fundamentals of radioanalytical chemistry. Secondly, it attempts to preserve and transmit the practical aspects of this specialty for training professionals that are newly assigned to radioanalytical chemistry tasks. 

Tolling presents a special consideration that can make the training step easier. Typically a toller s technical staff, operators and mechanics are knowledgeable in the basic operations and tasks related to the toller s specialty. For example, experienced operators may know operations of the reactors, columns, exchangers, and packaging equipment quite well. The mechanical personnel may be very familiar with the required safe work practices, equipment cleaning procedures and maintenance tasks for standard vessels and piping. 

Specialization will continue to grow in pharmacy as it has in medicine. An area of specialization in pharmacy that requires special skills and typically additional training is compounding, a specialization grounded in pharmaceutics. Some very successful pharmacy practices have been built around and grounded on this specialty area, and, as noted in Table 4, it leads the other patient care services that are evolving. 

There was also another reason for my decision. For too long, I had deferred taking the Specially Board Certification Exam in Psychiatry. Normally, this is something that clinicians try to get out of the way as soon as they become eligible - usually two years after completion of residency training. For almost twelve years, I had only occasionally done any clinical psychiatry. Without practicing a specialty, much of what one learns during residency rapidly fades away. I knew it would take several months of intense study to prepare for the written exam in May. 

Most off-spec paint is generated by small shops manufacturing specialty paints. Better operating practices are useful in reducing off-spec products. These practices include better operator training, closer operator supervision, more rigorous equipment inspection and maintenance, and, where feasible, increased use of automated manufacturing systems. 

In 1997, BPS implemented an added-qualifications program to recognize focused practice areas within the currently recognized specialties. The added-qualifications designation may be granted to a BPS-certified pharmacist specialist who can document a level of focused training and experience in an area. Candidates for added qualifications submit a structured portfolio, which is assessed relative to published standards. Infectious diseases and cardiology are currently approved added qualifications within pharmacotherapy. 

A well-trained frontline response will reduce the impact of an emergency event. While nurses in all specialties of practice are a considerable part of this response, PHNs in particular will need to make critical on-site... 

Cardiology within pharmacy is not a stand-alone specialty. Rather, it is viewed as a subspecialty of sorts within the umbrella specialty of clinical pharmacy (or pharmacotherapy). In 2000, the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties designated a process whereby a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist may apply for added qualifications in cardiology pharmacotherapy practice. The applicant must submit a portfolio that documents training, clinical practice, educational efforts, and scholarly activities (among other details) specifically within cardiology. 

The majority of pharmacists who pursue residency training do so in the area of pharmacy practice. These residencies sometimes focus on a particular practice setting, such as ambulatory care. Pharmacists may also pursue specialty training in a certain topic (e.g., pharmacokinetics), in the care of a specific patient population (e.g., pediatrics), or in a specific disease area (e.g., oncology). 

The preferred education for a health system pharmacist is the doctor of pharmacy degree. A general practice residency is also preferred. Some clinical pharmacist practices prefer pharmacists with a specialty residency. The American Society of Health System Pharmacists for the past 25 years has adopted policies and provided programs to support these preferred education and training programs. When the criteria can be met for board certification, many health systems support clinical pharmacists in becoming board certified. 

Infectious diseases pharmacists have typically been awarded either a postbaccalaureate or entry-level Doctor of Pharmacy degree. In addition, most have completed 2 to 3 years of postdoctoral training that consists of a 1-year residency in pharmacy practice, followed by either 1 year in an infectious diseases specialty residency or a 2-year infectious diseases fellowship. It should be noted, however, that a select number of motivated practitioners have not completed these postgraduate training programs, but instead have become proficient in infectious diseases through on-the-job training. ... 

Pharmacists who have been practicing for more than 3 years and/or have completed postgraduate training may become certified in pharmacotherapy (BCPS) through the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS). This certification is achieved via examination. In addition, as of the year 2000, BCPS awardees could be granted Added Qualifica-... 

This textbook was written to teach radioanalytical chemistry in the classroom and support its application in the laboratory. Its emphasis is on the practical aspects of the specialty, notably setting up the laboratory, training its staff, and operating it reliably. The information presented herein, outlined in Section 1.4, is the accumulated product of a century of nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry practice. 

The NRC and Agreement States have specific license requirements for RSO education, training and experience. To practice this specialty, the RSO must meet the requirements of 10 CFR 35.900 series Subpart J—Training and Experience Requirements. Three different sets of experience can qualify an individual to become an RSO ... 

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