To begin your preparation in an informed and organized manner, you should know what to expect from the actual examination in terms of the content.  The content outline will give you a general impression of the examination and can give you specific study direction by revealing the relative importance given to each category on the examination.

• Patient Specific Activities
• Disease Specific Activities
• Population Specific Activities

POPULATION SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES (21 items, 15%)

A. Research (8 items)

• Design and conduct medication use evaluations (MUE) and drug use review (DUR)
• Apply MUE/DUR results to improve the quality of care
• Evaluate and apply quality improvement data (e.g., patient safety, medication utilization/safety, root cause analysis)

B. Economics and Access (3 items)

• Interpret Pharmacoeconomic Data

C. Health Policy (3 items)

• Communicate with healthcare professionals to improve quality of care
• Ensure that privacy and confidentiality standards are maintained
• Optimize the Continuum of Care process (e.g., reconciliation, medication delivery systems)
• Interpret and apply geriatric practice guidelines
• Develop and implement clinical protocols, policy and procedures, etc.

D. Education (7 items)

• Identify educational needs for target audiences
• Design and/or implement educational activities for target audiences
• Evaluate outcome of educational activities