What is the accreditation for residencies?
The American Society for Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is a pharmacy organization that grants accreditation status to residency programs. ASHP has a process that requires each site to demonstrate compliance with established standards of practice and offer a program that meets requirements for training. On ASHP’s website, there is a list of accreditation standards, as well as a list of the outcomes, goals, and objectives that residency programs must fulfill in order to become accredited. Although traditionally, most residencies were offered in institutional setting such as hospitals, there has been a trend towards the accreditation of residency programs in other settings, including community practice sites and long-term care facilities. It is important to note that even in non-health-system residencies, ASHP sets accreditation standards. Frequently, however, this is done in conjunction with other pharmacy organizations (e.g. Community Pharmacy Residency accreditation with APhA). Drak
