Registration now open! Join your colleagues in Orlando, Feb. 18–21, where you’ll cultivate new ideas and develop innovative strategies to solve some of today’s most pressing challenges facing pharmacy educators and practitioners. Expert speakers and industry thought leaders will address critical topics such as faculty workload, student enrollment decline, community-academic partnerships, and much more.

Institutions and Programs

• As of December 2023, there are 142 U.S.-based colleges and schools of pharmacy with accredited (full or candidate status) professional degree programs.

Join your colleagues at Pharmacy Education 2023, July 22-25, in Aurora, Colorado for multiple action-packed days of learning, networking and professional development. Set in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains, the Annual Meeting provides the perfect backdrop for attendees to share knowledge, sharpen skills and cultivate relationships with leaders from pharmacy education and practice.

An Implementation Science Virtual Training Session

Pharmacy practice and science faculty interested in learning about or applying implementation science to advance their practice or education-based research or scholarship are encouraged to attend this interactive, 90-minute virtual session on Thursday, January 26, 2023.

The Bridging Pharmacy Education and Practice Summit was the first major initiative of the AACP Transformation Center that was held simultaneously at six campus locations regionally across the U.S on June 2–3, 2022.

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Conference Registration

Intent on growing the next generation of pharmacists to provide care to rural communities, some schools are focused on creative approaches to building the pipeline. Being a pharmacist often means fulfilling duties that aren’t traditionally part of the job description. Nowhere is that more evident than in rural areas, where healthcare resources can be scarce and the pharmacist may be the sole access point for patients.

An Implementation Science Virtual Training Session

Pharmacy practice and science faculty interested in learning about or applying implementation science to advance their practice or education-based research or scholarship are encouraged to attend this interactive, 90-minute virtual session on Thursday, November 3. The session will present implementation science frameworks, theories and models in the context of pharmacy research, using presentation and case discussions to introduce key concepts and engage participants in active learning centered on the design of implementation

It is my great pleasure to introduce this issue of Academic Pharmacy Now, my first as CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. I have spent the past several months learning about AACP, meeting our leaders and members and getting to know our amazing staff.