Pharmacotherapy - Most Wanted List

HIGHEST PRIORITY

Note: Domain 03 includes 8 distinct tasks, while the same 10 knowledge statements are applicable to each task (knowledge statements are listed in the content outline). Questions are needed for ALL task/knowledge statement categories in this domain. The relative priority of the task statements are listed below from the highest to less high priority.

• Educate appropriate audiences on results of health system-related pharmacotherapy problem assessment and recommended solutions
• Collaborate to implement the plan
• Monitor the plan and implement appropriate modifications
• Design measures to monitor the success of the plan during and following implementation
• Develop justification for and garner support for the implementation of the plan
• Interpret data to characterize health system-related problems
• Collect data to characterize/identify health system-related problems in providing optimal health care
• Design a plan to improve the delivery and quality of pharmacotherapy

DOMAIN 02: RETRIEVAL, GENERATION, INTERPRETATION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN PHARMACOTHERAPY

There is a general need for Domain 02 questions for all task/knowledge categories. Listed below are the highest priority areas. We do NOT need any pharmacoeconomic questions.

• Knowledge of granting agencies and their application procedures
• Knowledge of survey procedures
• Knowledge of data management
• Knowledge of components of well written research abstracts, reports, and monographs
• Knowledge of structure and interrelationships within an organization for a practice setting (e.g., interdepartmental and intradepartmental) in adverse drug event reporting
• Knowledge of process/procedures for reporting to USP problems observed with medical devices and laboratory products
• Knowledge of how to define a research hypothesis
• Knowledge of process/procedures for reporting in the biomedical literature adverse drug reactions, and problems observed with drug products, medical devices and laboratory products
• Knowledge of principles and methods of educating health care students and professionals

LOWER PRIORITY

Overall Domain 01 has a robust pool of items, however, items are lacking in the following task/knowledge categories.

• Identify appropriate documentation methods
• Select the relevant information to document patient care outcomes consistent with the therapeutic plan
• Recognize patient education barriers
• Interview patient, family, and health-care team members to augment patient's medical history, medication history and review of systems
• Supervise administration of medicine by technical personnel
• Perform relevant physical assessment
• Perform laboratory tests (e.g., venipuncture, pulmonary function testing or point of care testing)
• Document the recommended therapeutic plan in a manner appropriate for the medical record, health professionals, patients, lay people, and health-care managers
• Communicate with and educate health-care practitioners in a manner appropriate to the training, skills and needs of that health professional.
• Order laboratory tests
• Administer drugs or biologicals (e.g., immunizations, parenteral contraceptives)
• Request additional pertinent data
• Assess patient's knowledge/skill acquisition
• Select and utilizes appropriate methods to educate patients regarding drug therapy

Therapeutic Areas in need of contemporary items testing Pharmacotherapy of patients with

Diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 ***new oral drugs and insulins	Dementia
End stage renal disease/dialysis ***managing Ca, Phos, anemia, etc	Urinary tract infections
ADHD obesity	Post menopausal symptoms Allergic rhinits
Schizophrenia	Rheumatoid arthritis
Metabolic syndrome	Peripheral arterial disease
pain	Epilepsy (including status epilepticus)
Lifestyle modifications	Abdominal infections
Smoking cessation	Stress ulcer prophylaxis
Urinary incontinence	ICU sedation
Infertility	Menstrual disorders
Contraception	Psoriasis
Constipation/diarrhea	Anemias
Ophthalmic problems (glaucoma, infection)	Sleep disorders
Parkinsons disease