Dear Colleagues - December 2018

Dear Colleagues:

At the Ready

The recently launched Pharmacists For Healthier Lives campaign will promote the message that pharmacists are fully qualified, capable and willing to positively impact patients’ health.

2019 National Conference of Pharmaceutical Organizations

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy is honored to host the 2019 National Conference of Pharmaceutical Organizations (NCPO) in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. The conference will provide a forum for NCPO members to discuss the challenges and opportunities for pharmacy in the current health care landscape, featuring dynamic speakers, open networking sessions, and roundtable discussions.

An Eye-Opening Experience

A student hotspotting program gives future pharmacists and healthcare providers insight into how to care for patients with complex needs and encourages interprofessional collaboration.

By Jane E. Rooney

Embedding Pharmacists with Physicians

New tools connect physicians and pharmacists to build stronger collaborative relationships. The American Medical Association wants to help physicians improve patient care. Through its STEPS Forward initiative, the AMA has broken down practice transformation into 50 strides, or modules in this Web-based, how-to, toolkit for physicians, each addressing a common practice challenge, offering solutions and implementation strategies.

INvolve 2019

Join Your Colleagues at INvolve 2019, the AACP Interim Meeting, in Tampa! Insightful speakers, dynamic microsessions and enlightening peer discussions will involve current and future leaders during four days of collaboration and hands-on learning. Attendees will return to their schools with new strategies to lead. Stay tuned for more detailed programming information!

Happily Ever After…At Work

Annie McKee, Ph.D., has always been passionate about experiences in the workplace.

By Maureen Thielemans

Stage, Screen, and Story

A Novel Approach to Pharmacy Instruction

By Jane E. Rooney

Schools of pharmacy are incorporating the arts and humanities into the curriculum to give students more insight into patients’ experiences, foster greater empathy and strengthen the patient-provider connection.

Pharmacy Education 2018 Registration

Join your colleagues in Boston, July 21–25.

The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE) Leadership is dedicated to its role in publishing high-quality and impactful research advancing pharmaceutical education.

The AJPE Leadership also remains committed to serving AACP members in advancing their ability to publish their scholarship of teaching and learning as the foundation for advancing pharmaceutical education.

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