Pharmacist Business Cards for PharmD RPh Licensed Pharmacy Professionals

Pharmacists are the medication management experts and healthcare professionals who ensure that patients receive safe, effective, and appropriate drug therapy — dispensing medications (prescription and OTC), counseling patients on proper medication use and side effects, reviewing prescriptions for drug-drug interactions and contraindications, monitoring drug therapy outcomes, managing chronic disease states through clinical pharmacy services, and collaborating with physicians and other clinicians as essential members of the healthcare team.

What Pharmacist Cards Include

Your Credentials

Primary degree and license:

• PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy) — the entry-level professional degree for all pharmacists entering the profession after 2004; a 4-year doctoral program post-undergraduate (or accelerated programs); all pharmacists practicing today or entering practice hold a PharmD
• R.Ph. (Registered Pharmacist) — the state professional designation for a licensed pharmacist; combined with PharmD, the card reads "Jane Smith, PharmD, R.Ph."
• State Pharmacist License # — some pharmacists include their state license number
• NABP (National Association of Boards of Pharmacy) — administers the NAPLEX (North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination) required for state licensure
• e-Profile ID (NABP) — NABP maintains a pharmacist's credential profile

BPS (Board of Pharmacy Specialties) board certifications:

• BCPS (Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist) — the most commonly held BPS certification; broad clinical pharmacotherapy; widely held in hospital and ambulatory care pharmacy
• BCACP (Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist) — ambulatory/outpatient care specialty; MTM, chronic disease management
• BCIDP (Board Certified Infectious Diseases Pharmacist) — antimicrobial stewardship and infectious disease specialty
• BCOP (Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist) — oncology pharmacy specialty; chemotherapy management
• BCCCP (Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacist) — critical care/ICU pharmacy
• BCPPS (Board Certified Pediatric Pharmacy Specialist) — pediatric pharmacy specialty
• BCGP (Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist) — geriatric pharmacy
• BCNP (Board Certified Nuclear Pharmacist) — nuclear pharmacy; radiopharmaceutical preparation
• BCSCP (Board Certified Sterile Compounding Pharmacist) — sterile compounding specialty

Other pharmacy credentials:

• AAHIVP (Credentialed HIV Specialist) — AAHIVM; for HIV pharmacy specialists
• CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator) — now CDCES (Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist); for pharmacists providing diabetes management services
• MTM (Medication Therapy Management) Certified
• APhA (American Pharmacists Association) member — primary professional organization

Residency:

• PGY1 (Post-Graduate Year 1 Pharmacy Residency) — general clinical pharmacy residency; increasingly required for hospital and clinical positions
• PGY2 (Post-Graduate Year 2) — specialty residency in oncology, critical care, ambulatory care, ID, psychiatry, etc.
• "Residency trained" or "PGY1 + PGY2 [specialty] residency"

Your Pharmacy Specialties and Practice Settings

Community pharmacy:

• Prescription dispensing and verification
• Patient medication counseling
• Immunizations (pharmacist-administered vaccines; flu, shingles, COVID, travel vaccines)
• MTM (Medication Therapy Management) services
• Comprehensive medication review (CMR)
• Adherence packaging (blister packs)
• Compounding (specialty preparation of customized medications)
• Point-of-care testing (glucose, A1c, cholesterol, COVID, flu)
• Travel health consultation

Hospital and health system pharmacy:

• Inpatient pharmacy — order verification, compounding, dispensing
• Clinical pharmacist services — rounding on medical/surgical/ICU units
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Pharmacokinetic dosing services (vancomycin, aminoglycosides)
• Anticoagulation management (warfarin, DOAC)
• Parenteral nutrition (PN) management
• Drug information services
• Formulary management

Ambulatory care / clinic-based:

• Chronic disease management clinics (diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart failure)
• Anticoagulation clinic management
• MTM and comprehensive medication reviews (CMS recognized)
• Collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) — pharmacist prescribing protocols

Specialty pharmacy:

• Oncology pharmacy (chemotherapy preparation and dispensing, biosimilars)
• Infusion pharmacy (home infusion, IVIG, biologics)
• Transplant pharmacy
• HIV specialty pharmacy
• Rare disease and orphan drug management

Compounding pharmacy:

• Sterile compounding (BCNP/BCSCP)
• Non-sterile compounding (custom topical formulations, veterinary compounds, hormone compounds)
• Pediatric compounding (flavored suspensions, custom doses)
• Pain management compounds

Design for Pharmacists

Color palette:

• Navy + white: healthcare professional authority
• Teal + white: clinical care
• Dark green + white: community pharmacy, wellness
• Charcoal + white: hospital/clinical

Back of Card

1. "Pharmacist | PharmD, R.Ph. | BCPS | BCACP | BCIDP | BCOP | [State] Licensed"
2. "Clinical pharmacy | Ambulatory care | Hospital | Community | Oncology | ID | Compounding"
3. "MTM | Anticoagulation | Antimicrobial stewardship | Immunizations | Diabetes CDCES"
4. "PGY1 + PGY2 [specialty] residency trained | APhA member"
5. "[Practice name / hospital / pharmacy] | [phone] | [email] | [LinkedIn] | [address]"

Checklist

• [ ] PharmD degree
• [ ] R.Ph. designation
• [ ] State license number
• [ ] BPS board certification (BCPS, BCACP, BCOP, BCIDP, etc.)
• [ ] PGY1/PGY2 residency training
• [ ] CDCES (if diabetes management)
• [ ] APhA membership
• [ ] Primary practice setting (community, hospital, ambulatory, specialty)
• [ ] Clinical specialty (oncology, ID, critical care, geriatric)
• [ ] Immunizations (if community pharmacy)
• [ ] Compounding (if applicable)
• [ ] MTM services (if applicable)