ACT Pharmacy Collaborative
This is an operational learning and ACTing collaborative between colleges/schools of pharmacy and community pharmacy practices, including clinically integrated networks of community-based pharmacies. The Collaborative goal is to support the transformation of community-based pharmacy practice from a product-based care model to a community-based pharmacy care delivery model. The operations of the Collaborative are now run through AACP within the AACP Transformation Center.
The ACT Pharmacy Collaborative will:
Engaged Colleges/School of Pharmacy
A total of 116 colleges/schools of pharmacy are currently committed to and engaged in the ACT Pharmacy Collaborative. Each schools/colleges has a designated ACT Champion, serving as the main community pharmacy contact person.
Partners
Founding Partners: Community Pharmacy Foundation, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, CPESN, and AACP
Collaborative Partners: National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), and American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
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Collaborative Culture
The ACT Pharmacy Collaborative culture is focused on networking highly engaged faculty with community pharmacy leaders nationwide to mobilize efforts and amplify the collective work to advance community pharmacy practice. The Collaborative works “in the moment” with agility to meet the needs of practice advancement by connecting faculty and students to projects and programming that are needed in practice. The Collaborative focuses on both “short-term wins” to accelerate awareness of issues (i.e. COVID-19 intern match program, map of pharmacy closures), and long-term development of tools and resources (i.e. 50 stories from 50 states, ACT research group). The Collaborative further focuses on supporting the work of the national associations by connecting and encouraging faculty expertise to needed association committees, working groups, and leadership (i.e. development of the ACCP Community-based PRN).
Signature Programs
Community Pharmacy Centers of Excellence Program
This program recognizes colleges and schools of pharmacy based on work they are doing to lead community pharmacy transformation through teaching, service/advocacy, scholarship, and leadership support.
Community Pharmacy Practice Transformation Badge Program
This program aims to provide a fun, contemporary way to connect community pharmacy practice leaders and educators, ultimately leading to recognition of educators with proven competencies in community-based pharmacy practice transformation.
Community Pharmacy Student Scholar Leaders Program
This program engages student pharmacists nationwide who aspire to be leaders in community pharmacy practice.
Featured Resources and Initiatives
Pharmacy Closures Map
Pharmacies are often the most accessible point of healthcare in a community, and the alarming rate at which both corporate and independent pharmacies are closing poses a grave public health risk. This map from the ACT Pharmacy Collaborative highlights only a fraction of these closures across the country, providing media stories where available about how each closure is affecting local communities.
50 Stories from 50 States Challenge & Multimedia Library
The 50 Stories from 50 States Multimedia Library, an initiative from the ACT Pharmacy Collaborative, showcases the vital patient care services that community pharmacies are providing nationwide. The written narratives, videos and photos can be used in educational and advocacy efforts to showcase pharmacists’ increasingly complex and crucial role in healthcare.
ACT Curricular Framework
The ACT Pharmacy Collaborative developed a consensus Community Pharmacy Practice Transformation Curricular Framework for colleges/schools of pharmacy to utilize as they revise courses and curricula to meet the changing expectations for delivery of patient care services in community pharmacies nationwide. This document presents a curricular framework for community pharmacy practice transformation as a recommendation to all colleges and schools of pharmacy. We invite you to use this Framework to engage faculty and administrators on curricular design and outcomes to help drive practice transformation.
ACT Patient Casebook Challenge
Colleges and schools of pharmacy nationwide were invited to participate in the 2020 ACT Patient Case Challenge. The goal of this Challenge was to collect and share impactful cases that demonstrate enhanced patient care provided by pharmacists and student pharmacists in community pharmacies. Collected cases were compiled into an online workbook available for use by colleges and schools of pharmacy. Key components of the cases include that they are based on an actual patient encounter, represent enhanced patient care services in a community pharmacy, integrate documentation using eCare Plan Standard language, and that they demonstrate value.
Access the ACT Patient Casebook
Access the Challenge Participants
To learn more on the background of the ACT Pharmacy Collaborative, please download the ACT Blueprint here. For any questions, please contact aacpcenter@aacp.org.
