Engaging Students in Advocacy Efforts

June 06, 2024
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. ET
Meeting attendees gathered in a spacious sunlit hall.

Hosted by the AACP Strategic Engagement Committee

This panel will discuss how students can be involved in advocacy efforts. Panel members will give examples where students have actively been involved in advocacy through courses and co-curricular activities and developed their leadership skills. They will highlight the successful outcomes students can have in advocacy. Participants will leave the program with ideas on how they can formulate a plan to strengthen advocacy within their pharmacy programs.

Objectives:

  • Outline ways that advocacy can be included in the curriculum.
  • Discuss ways co-curricular activities can promote advocacy.
  • Explain how advocacy can be included in leadership development.
  • Formulate a plan to strengthen advocacy skill development in your college or school’s curricular, co-curricular, and leadership development activities.

Moderator and Panelist:

Brian Kawahara
Chapman University

Linda Tyler
Professor
University of Utah

Speakers:

Brian Kawahara
Chapman University; 

Elizabeth Unni
Associate Professor
Touro University, College of Pharmacy, New York, New York

MD Omar Khan
Professor
University of Charleston

James Scott
Dean and Professor, College of Pharmacy
Touro University, College of Pharmacy, Vallejo, California

Kyle Turner
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Vice Chair of Clinical Practice
Associate Professor
University of Utah

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