Future clinical pharmacy practitioners should be board-certified specialists.

The vision of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is that, in 20–30 years, most clinical pharmacy practitioners will be boardcertified specialists. 2 This White Paper develops a rationale for this position, describes specialty board certification in pharmacy, and articulates recommendations for attaining the vision. The justification of the need for board certification as a part of future quality assurance and professional privileging processes, the rationale for the argument that most future clinical faculty and residency preceptors should be board certified, and the identification of obstacles that hinder achieving this vision are also discussed.