A program only works if the team knows how to run it.

APP Academy gives your team a shared ASC pharmacy foundation, prepares one Pharmacy Lead, and creates the competency records leadership needs to show the program is taught, refreshed, and maintained.

Ambulatory Pharmacist Partners pharmacist leading a medication safety training session with surgery center staff
One Academy · three lanes

Training for every role in the pharmacy program.

Leadership learns what to oversee. Every nurse shares the same pharmacy foundation. One Pharmacy Lead builds deeper ASC pharmacy expertise. Open each lane to see the full curriculum.

Leadership

Leadership Essentials

Leadership knows what to oversee.

The pharmacy program and operations essentials administrators and DONs are accountable for, but were never trained on.

What leaders learn
  • DEA registration and power of attorney
  • CSOS setup and order signing
  • Controlled-substance program oversight
  • State pharmacy and licensing requirements
  • Survey readiness for leaders
  • Pharmacy financial operations: purchasing, waste, shortages
  • Reading the quarterly program report
  • What to expect from your pharmacist

Administrators and DONs do not need to become pharmacists. They need to know how to oversee the program, ask better questions, and recognize whether it is being maintained.

All nurses

Pharmacy 101

Every nurse shares the same pharmacy foundation.

The shared ASC pharmacy foundation every nurse is expected to have, so no nurse starts from zero.

What nurses learn
  • Medication management process
  • Pharmacology basics: why these drugs
  • Storing medication safely
  • Labeling & look-alike / sound-alike (LASA)
  • High-alert medications
  • Safe injection practice
  • USP 797 immediate-use
  • USP 800 hazardous drugs
  • Pharmaceutical waste & DSCSA
  • Controlled substances & preventing diversion
  • Clinical emergency management
  • When something goes wrong: ADR, ADE, error
  • Survey-ready: the 20 questions

Every module

  • A short, asynchronous lesson
  • A quiz and a completion record
  • Refreshed annually

The goal is not just training completion. The goal is a shared ASC pharmacy foundation, so daily medication work is not learned only through habits, memory, or whoever happens to train the next nurse.

Pharmacy Lead

Pharmacy Lead Certificate

One nurse builds deeper ASC pharmacy expertise.

Deeper ASC pharmacy expertise for one nurse, who keeps the day-to-day program moving between pharmacist visits.

What the Lead learns
  • Running an ASC pharmacy
  • Medication safety systems
  • Infection prevention in medication handling
  • Controlled substances & DEA compliance
  • Preventing drug diversion
  • Pharmacology for nurses
  • Survey-ready pharmacy program
  • State-specific pharmacy rules
  • Mock drill facilitation (train-the-trainer)

Capstone & toolkit

  • Lead a live drill end to end, then a final competency check
  • Take home the APP Drill Facilitator Kit: scripts, role cards, scoring sheets, debrief guides, and an annual drill calendar
  • Renewed each year through the APP Pharmacy Lead Network

The Pharmacy Lead does not replace the pharmacist. The certificate gives one nurse deeper ASC pharmacy expertise so they can recognize issues, organize the daily medication management routine, support staff training, prepare better pharmacist reviews, and keep the program moving between visits.

How the Academy reinforces the program

Mock drills and live reinforcement

Virtual training can be paired with live or on-site mock drills for high-risk areas like diversion response, DEA readiness, malignant hyperthermia, and medication safety events.

Completion records for leadership

Leaders can see what was assigned, who completed it, and which competencies were reinforced, giving training a visible place in the pharmacy program.

Training tied to pharmacy findings

We perform hundreds of pharmacy audits and designed APP Academy to reinforce the exact behaviors, processes, or documentation gaps we see in practice.

Curriculum built for ASC reality

Focused training your team can complete without leaving the surgery center. Lessons are designed around real ASC medication workflows, not hospital pharmacy theory.

Pharmacy Lead Certificate

Build the Pharmacy Lead every ASC pharmacy program needs.

In-depth ASC pharmacy training for one nurse: medication management, safety, pharmacy operations, DEA compliance, diversion prevention, team training, and accreditation readiness. Applied assignments benefit the ASC within 90 days. This is not a replacement for a pharmacist. It is the bridge between pharmacist oversight and the day-to-day work happening inside the surgery center.

Who it is for

  • Directors of nursing
  • Clinical nurse leaders
  • Pharmacy and medication nurses
  • Staff nurses preparing for expanded responsibility

The outcome

  • The pharmacy program has an owner who makes sure things get done
  • A workspace and toolkit that organize the regular medication-related tasks
  • A capstone applied assignment that benefits the center within 90 days: assess the biggest gaps, then close them during the program
  • Leads live trainings and drills end to end, with a final competency check

We will reach out to get your Pharmacy Lead and team enrolled.

Who APP Academy is for

Nurses and clinical leaders

For the people who handle medication work every day and need practical, ASC-specific training.

Administrators and Directors of Nursing

For leaders who need visibility into training, competency, readiness, and pharmacy program follow-through.

Consultant pharmacists

For pharmacists who want a structured education layer to support the facilities they serve.

Management companies

For organizations that want one training framework across multiple surgery centers.

APP Academy

Join the Academy

Tell us about you and your center, and we will reach out to get your team started.

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Build a stronger pharmacy program by building a stronger team.

APP Academy helps surgery center teams understand, teach, and sustain the medication and controlled substance practices their pharmacy program depends on.