BCACP 2023 - Managing a Clinical Practice Exam

Policy & Procedures Review - ANSWER-- Review yearly >> assign reviewing responsibility to those who perform the functions in the policies Minimum Current Standards of a Pharmacist Ambulatory Care Practice - ANSWER-1. Collect: Gathering patient information from the medical record and interviewing patients or caregivers to obtain pertinent information needed for patient care 2. Assess: Assessing the legal and clinical appropriateness of the medication regimen to identify, resolve, and prevent medication-related problems 3. Plan: Participate with health care team members and the patient in medication and disease-state therapy decision-making and development of patient goals and plans of care. 4. Implement: Initiate the plan, including educating patients and caregivers on disease, medication therapy, adherence, and preventive health 5. Follow up, monitor, and evaluate: Monitoring the effect of medication therapy on patient health outcomes 6. Documenting and communicating services provided, as well as creating and maintaining medication profiles, medication-related plans of care, and other needed patient care documentation Collaborative Practice Agreement Review/Update - ANSWER-Yearly or as dictated by state laws, rules & regulations Features of effective teams - ANSWER-1. Team leadership. Team leaders coordinate tasks of team members, plan daily work, are concerned with team member development, motivation, and establishing a positive atmosphere. Team leaders are usually physicians. 2. Mutual performance monitoring. Team members all require sufficient understanding of the environment within the workplace in order to monitor other team members such that any member is able to step in and assist when task overload or lapses are identified. 3. Backup behavior. Team members have sufficient understanding of others' tasks to enable effective redistribution of workload or needed support with the variances in service demand.