
Education and Training
In the Education and Training section of the resource center you will find a curated list of education offerings focused on pediatrics from ASHP include webinars and podcasts, a collection of high-quality blogs written by experts and practitioners in pediatrics, a directory of websites that serve as valuable references for pediatric professionals and an assortment of engaging and educational podcasts dedicated to pediatrics.
Featured ASHP Resources
- Pediatric Certificate: The Pediatrics Certificate is self-guided, with online learning activities that are intended for pharmacists and designed to provide focused education on pediatrics, beginning with the unique approach to caring for and assessing a pediatric patient, then progressing to greater depth into the most commonly treated pediatric conditions and disorders seen in acute care and outpatient settings. Upon completion of all the modules, learners should be proficient in caring for a pediatric patient.
- Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Self Assessment: This is a practical learning tool for all levels of proficiency. Cases are designed as beginner (level 1), intermediate (level 2), or advanced (level 3), which allows for students, residents, and practitioners alike to strengthen their knowledge and analytical skills through 31 cases involving varying degrees of diagnostic complexity. This professional development tool for all areas of concern and levels of practice that can benefit you and your youngest patients for years to come.
- Emergency Preparedness Assessment Tool for Health-System Pharmacy Departments: ASHP's Emergency Preparedness Assessment Tool for Health-System Pharmacy epartments is intended for a single site hospital or health system to provide pharmacy teams with a resource to assist in development and optimization of an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for all local, regional, or national emergency scenarios including Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI), natural disasters, and CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear) events.
- Pediatric Pharmacy Board Certification Preparation Program: Board certification program offerings that combine interactive and scenario-based learning with traditional didactic learning for a well-rounded experience.
- Pediatric Pharmacy Specialty Review Course Practice Exam: The Pediatric Pharmacy Specialty Review Course Practice Exam is a compilation of practice questions to help you prepare for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Pediatrics Pharmacy Specialty examination. The practice exam questions are based from content discussed in the Pediatrics Pharmacy Specialty Review Course. The course is designed based on the domains, tasks, and knowledge statements developed by BPS for the examination, and provides in-depth review of patient care issues for practitioners in pediatrics.
- Research Skills Certificate: This certificate is designed for participants to increase the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and conduct credible research. The certificate addresses the basic foundational skills needed to facilitate research including leadership, time management, and project management.
- Teaching Certificate: The Teaching Certificate for Pharmacists includes three distinct tracks that offer a well-rounded learning experience. The Core Track covers the fundamentals of teaching practice, the Academic Teaching Track concentrates on traditional didactic instruction, and the Experiential Teaching Track focuses on teaching in practice environments.
- NICU Primer for Pharmacists, 2nd Edition: The NICU Primer for Pharmacists, 2nd Edition is an essential resource for pharmacists working in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or treating pediatric patients in adult ICUs. Whether you're a student on a neonatal rotation, a resident, or a practicing pharmacist without NICU-specific training, this comprehensive guide provides foundational knowledge to enhance your understanding of neonatal pharmacotherapy.
Featured ASHP Podcasts
- Alternative Routes of Administration for Acute Pain Management
- Another Ouchie: Unintended Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic on Pediatric Pain Management
- Treatment of Vaccine Preventable Diseases: Measles (CE)
- Ketamine Use in Pediatrics (CE)
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus: What You Need to Know about the New RSV Vaccines
- Pediatric Surviving Sepsis – The Pharmacist’s Role
- Overview of Vaping in Pediatrics
- Career Pearls for Students: Pediatric Pharmacy
- Excipients, Preservatives, and Dyes in Children’s Medications
- A New Frontier: Establishing Clinical Pharmacy Services in the Pediatric Emergency Department
- HPV Vaccination: Changing Landscapes and New Challenges
- Pediatrics: Overcoming Challenges in Parenteral Nutrition Taking Care of Small Patients in Big Places Small Patients and their PN Challenges
- Pharmacogenomic Testing in Children: Which Tests and What Comes After Testing?
- What you might have missed in 2021? Highlights from the New Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Pediatric Patients with Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis
- Clinical Highlights from the 2020 Midyear: Using the KIDs List and Checking It Twice!
- Clinical Highlights from the 2020 Midyear: The Effects of Augmented Renal Clearance on Antibiotics in Critically-ill Adult and Pediatric Patients: The Need for Exposure Guided Dosing
- Pediatric Surviving Sepsis – The Pharmacist’s Role
- Measles Outbreaks: What’s a Pharmacist to Do?
Featured ASHP Webinars
Clinical Webinars
- Addressing Weight Management in Pediatrics (2024)
- Off-Label Medication-Use and Safety (2024)
- Delirium in the PICU and NICU (2023)
- New Drugs for Kids: 2023 Update (2023)
- Leveraging Medication-Use Evaluations to Optimize Care: Treatment Options for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the ED (2023)
- Gene Therapy in Sickle Cell Disease (2023)
- Coming Around the Bend: The Management of Pain in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (2023)
- What's the Risk? Updates on the Safe Use of Medicines in Patients with G6PD Deficiency (2022)
- The Dos and Don'ts of DOACs in Pediatrics (2022)
Professional Development
Residents and Students
- Office of Experiential Education Best Practices on Well-Being & Resilience Initiatives for Preceptors and Experiential Learners (2023)
- Incorporating Learners into Research Projects (2023)
- Precepting Generation Z (2022)
- How to Promote Residency Growth and Advance Clinical Pharmacy Practice (2021)
Calculators
- Acetadote (Acetylcysteine) Dosing Calculator
- WHO Growth Charts: for infants and children ages 0 to 2 years of age in the U.S.
- CDC Growth Charts: for children age 2 years and older in the U.S.
- ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group
- Immunization Schedules
- KIDSMEDS: A public consumer source for pediatric medication and health information
- Safe Kids Worldwide: Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit organization working to help families and communities keep kids safe from injuries including medication errors.
- Pediatric Kidney Foundation Calculator
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Toolkit for Pharmacists
Webinars, Blogs and Podcasts
- Charting Pediatrics (Children's Hospital Colorado)
- JAMA Pediatrics Editors Summary
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Podcasts
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine Podcast (Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh)
- JAMA Pediatrics Author Interviews
- Pediatric Emergency Playbook
Journals
- Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- JAMA Pediatrics
- Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Neonatalogy in Review
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Pediatric Neurology
- Pediatrics in Review
Professional Societies
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Society for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- World Federation of Pediatric Intensive Care and Critical Care Societies
- Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society
- American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Board of Pharmacy Specialties
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