美国肿瘤专科临床药师认证考试分析及其思考与启示

Analysis of board certified oncology pharmacist certification in the United States of America and its thinking and enlightenment

目的:分析美国肿瘤专科临床药师(BCOP)认证考试,为我国临床药师培养与考核提供建议。方法:基于对美国专科药师委员会(BPS)考试项目分析,以BCOP认证为例,详细阐述和分析其认证机构和所设项目,申报资格、考试安排、考试大纲,认证复审及费用等内容,并列举BCOP考试知识点及模拟试题。结果:BCOP认证对药师工作经验和教育背景要求较严,认证考试涉及药物治疗和管理、科研与教学、管理实践、公众健康和宣传4大领域,包含能力要求20项,知识点42处,考试形式为以案例为基础的单选题,采取全国统考。结论:笔者认为,BCOP全面综合考查肿瘤药师,注重考核药师药物治疗能力,其对药师能力要求、考试内容和考试形式值得我们借鉴,可结合我国实际情况,不断改进现有临床药师培训与考试。

OBJECTIVE To analyze the Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist （BCOP） certifiation in the United States of America, and provide suggestions for the training and examination of clinical pharmacists in our country.METHODS Based on analysis of examinations by Board of Pharmacy Specialties （BPS）, BCOP certification was adopted as an example to explain and analyze the certification bodies and the specialties, application qualifications, examination arrangements, exam outline, certification review, cost and other contents, and list exam points and sample questions.RESULTS BCOP certification has strict requirements for pharmacist work experiences and educational backgrounds. The exam involves four domains：patient management and therapeutics, research and education, practice administration and development, public health and advocacy, covering 20 items of ability requirement and 42 items of knowledge. The examination is a national case based single choice examination.CONCLUSION The author believes that the BCOP certification test can examine oncology pharmacists comprehensively, mainly focusing on pharmacists＇ drug treatment capacity, the requirements of pharmacist ability. The contents and forms of the examination are worthy for us to draw lessons, and we can combine with the actual situations in our country, continuous improve the existing clinical pharmacist training and examination.