The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists offers members all the specialized services and products they need to succeed. Here’s a sample of the bottom-line value you’ll receive through your ASCP membership.

Knowledge and Skills

• Stay up-to-date on the latest geriatric and clinical developments and practice management strategies with a subscription to ASCP's award-winning, peer-reviewed monthly journal, The Consultant Pharmacist®.
• Use pharmacy’s best Web site www.ascp.com, offering the latest geriatric and clinical and practice management information, legislative and regulatory updates, information on ASCP products, meetings, and membership, and direct links to other pharmacy and health care Web sites – plus online conference rooms where pharmacists share information and get answers to questions.
• Refresh your geriatric pharmacotherapy knowledge and skills through the www.GeriatricPharmacyReview.com web site, while also preparing to earn the Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (CGP) credential, administered by the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy.
• Participate in learning opportunities at ASCP’s annual meeting and exhibition, midyear geriatrics conference and other regional and chapter-sponsored meetings, seminars, and workshops which provide ACPE-accredited continuing education.Benefit from in-depth coverage of clinical topics in geriatric pharmacotherapy with the Clinical Consult newsletter.
• Receive inside information on federal and state legislative and regulatory issues, pharmacy news and the latest on products, services, and member programs from ASCP Update, a bi-monthly, members-only newsletter.
• Enjoy unparalleled networking opportunities at ASCP meetings where you can learn secrets of success from thousands of innovative colleagues around the nation and around the world.
• Obtain valuable, timely information 24 hours a day through ASCP’s members-only automated fax-on-demand system, FastFAX.
• Expand your skills and knowledge through patient-centered traineeship programs from ASCP’s Research and Education Foundation.

Tools

Gain the inside track in a fast-paced, information-rich world with ASCP manuals, texts, videotapes, and software. Resources include:

• Medication Guide for the Long-Term Care Nurse, a compilation of useful reference information for medication nurses, including a list of medications not to be crushed, generic-brand name index, excerpts from the HCFA interpretive guidelines, and much more
• Medication Policy and Procedure Manual for Assisted Living, providing guidance on all aspects of appropriate medication management in assisted living settings
• MDS-Med Guide, an innovative pharmaceutical care tool to promote the integration of Minimum Data Set (MDS) resident assessment data with the monitoring of medication therapy
• Nursing Home Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidelines, the essential guide for long-term care pharmacists striving to comply with the Health Care Financing Administration’s nursing home survey, certification, and enforcement rules
  ASCP provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources for the new innovators in senior care pharmacy practice.

Advocacy for Patient and Pharmacist

• Protect your interests and those of your patients through professional representation on Capitol Hill, with regulatory agencies, and in state legislatures.
• Learn the latest legislative and regulatory developments in senior care pharmacy from the e-mail newsletter, Senior Care Advocate.
• Make an impact on the legislative process through contact with Members of Congress at the Annual Conference on Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, an intensive three-day forum in Washington, D.C.
• Get answers to your questions on specific technical issues and details on regulations or other topics through access to ASCP’s professional staff.
• Benefit from the Fleetwood Project, ASCP’s landmark three-phase research initiative, which demonstrates the impact of consultant pharmacist services on patient outcomes and health care costs.
• Participate in the 100% Immunization Campaign, an ambitious initiative spearheaded by ASCP to ensure that all seniors are immunized against influenza and pneumonia.