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Welcome to the Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board
Certification is more than an examination or an assessment – it is a process.
It is independent verifiable proof of proficiency in specialty pharmacy management duties in a variety of practice settings.
Specialty pharmacists must have transferrable skills to compete for the best jobs.
The Certified Specialty Pharmacist Credential is designed to:
- Validate your professional expertise
- Elevate the status of the specialty pharmacy profession
- Differentiate yourself in a competitive job market
- Position yourself for handling limited or exclusively distributed drugs
- Position yourself to better serve payer requirements
- Protect the public by improving their health outcomes and reducing medication errors.
What does the Credential do for Pharmacists?
- Ensures that pharmacists are receiving the correct balance of specialty pharmacy educational programming to improve their performance and knowledge
- Answers the unmet needs of the specialty pharmacy industry by responding to the rapidly changing needs of the specialty pharmacist to serve their patients
- Recognizes pharmacists for their educational achievements
- Provides a career-long learning path that recognizes, as well as tracks proficiency areas
Announcements
Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board™ (SPCB™) Partners with Heuristic to Launch CSP™ Credentialing Management System
Tampa, FL, June 17, 2013 -- The Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board™ (SPCB™) is pleased to announce that they have contracted with Heuristic Solutions to implement the LearningBuilder™ credentialing management system for the Certified Specialty Pharmacist™ (CSP™) program. Heuristics’ LearningBuilder application will provide CSP applicants with a user friendly online application process as well as online continuing education tracking to support certification maintenance requirements.
Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board (SPCB) Announces Board Officer Election Results
Tampa, FL, June 10, 2013 -- The Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board™ (SPCB™) announced today that it has elected Board of Director Officers:
- Gary Rice, RPh, MBA, President
- Nick Calla, RPh, Vice President
- Donald Filibeck, PharmD, MBA, Secretary/Treasurer
The CSP credential demonstrates leadership, authority and prestige. It blends practice with academics, and supports the role of standard bearer.
Certify your organization's Specialty Pharmacists. The Credential will provide independent verification of their knowledge and competency, as well as lead to increased productivity, efficiency, and a higher quality of work.
Specialty Pharmacy is creating a new path for improvement in patient outcomes with serious, lifelong, life threatening diseases. 