Board specialty certifications for pharmacists in Arab countries: current needs and recommendations

For more than three decades, the American Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) has provided specialty-level certification programs for pharmacists – both nationally and internationally. This qualification certificate has been established to “Improve patient care through recognition and promotion of s...

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Main Authors:	Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim, Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
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Language:	English
Published:	Archives of Global Professionals 2017
Subjects:	RM300 Drugs and their action RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-555222017-04-04T07:41:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55522/ Board specialty certifications for pharmacists in Arab countries: current needs and recommendations Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod RM300 Drugs and their action RS Pharmacy and materia medica For more than three decades, the American Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) has provided specialty-level certification programs for pharmacists – both nationally and internationally. This qualification certificate has been established to “Improve patient care through recognition and promotion of specialized training, knowledge, and skills in pharmacy practice and through board certification of pharmacists.”[1] Since its inception, about 25,227 pharmacists have been certified. Statistics showed that the vast majority of the certified pharmacists (n = 23,184, 92%) were from the USA, whereas the rest (n = 2043, 8%) were pharmacists from other countries. A list of the first seven countries in terms of the number of certified pharmacists is shown in [Table 1]. It is noticeable that three of these countries are Arab countries (ACs). The rest of countries have <100 of certified pharmacists.[2] Archives of Global Professionals 2017-02-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55522/1/Board%20Speciality%20Certification%20in%20Arab%20Countries.pdf Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan and Jamshed, Shazia Qasim and Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod (2017) Board specialty certifications for pharmacists in Arab countries: current needs and recommendations. Archives of Pharmacy Practice, 8 (1). pp. 1-2. ISSN 2045-080X http://www.archivepp.com/article.asp?issn=2045-080X;year=2017;volume=8;issue=1;spage=1;epage=2;aulast=Elnaem
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spellingShingle	RM300 Drugs and their action RS Pharmacy and materia medica Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod Board specialty certifications for pharmacists in Arab countries: current needs and recommendations
description	For more than three decades, the American Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) has provided specialty-level certification programs for pharmacists – both nationally and internationally. This qualification certificate has been established to “Improve patient care through recognition and promotion of specialized training, knowledge, and skills in pharmacy practice and through board certification of pharmacists.”[1] Since its inception, about 25,227 pharmacists have been certified. Statistics showed that the vast majority of the certified pharmacists (n = 23,184, 92%) were from the USA, whereas the rest (n = 2043, 8%) were pharmacists from other countries. A list of the first seven countries in terms of the number of certified pharmacists is shown in [Table 1]. It is noticeable that three of these countries are Arab countries (ACs). The rest of countries have <100 of certified pharmacists.[2]
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author	Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
author_facet	Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod
author_sort	Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan
title	Board specialty certifications for pharmacists in Arab countries: current needs and recommendations
title_short	Board specialty certifications for pharmacists in Arab countries: current needs and recommendations
title_full	Board specialty certifications for pharmacists in Arab countries: current needs and recommendations
title_fullStr	Board specialty certifications for pharmacists in Arab countries: current needs and recommendations
title_full_unstemmed	Board specialty certifications for pharmacists in Arab countries: current needs and recommendations
title_sort	board specialty certifications for pharmacists in arab countries: current needs and recommendations
publisher	Archives of Global Professionals
publishDate	2017
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Board specialty certifications for pharmacists in Arab countries: current needs and recommendations

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