ACT Pharmacy Collaborative Community Pharmacy Practice Transformation Educators Badge
Application Deadline: Dec. 13, 2024
Please note: If accepted into the program, a required fee of $149 will be charged.
Badge Competencies
- Recognize opportunities and challenges within the evolving health care system to advance pharmacy services within community pharmacy.
- Demonstrate evidence-based change practices that drive implementation of pharmacy services.
- Support community pharmacy practice transformation through the application of educational resources and collaborative knowledge.
- Persuasively communicate the value of advanced pharmacy services in the community pharmacy to relevant stakeholders.
Participants in the first cohort shared feedback on reasons to participate in the program. Here are some of their perspectives:
- “[This program is a] primer on practice transformation efforts in community with opportunities to apply and share your learning to make an impact on community partners and academic colleagues.”
- “Regarding community pharmacy, it gives you a space to talk about things that matter with people who (1) care about the problem (2) have tools to address it and (3) can assist you with your goals.”
- “Great way to identify others who are doing similar services and look for ways to collaborate and/or learn from each other.”
Eligibility
Currently employed as a faculty/staff member at a college/school of pharmacy or serving as a preceptor for a college/school of pharmacy.
Timeline
Participants will be given notice of acceptance into the program by Dec. 31, 2024 at the latest. Upon acceptance into the program, participants will be given access to AACP Learn where all program information and resources will be housed. All required activities must be completed between January 1, 2025 and June 30, 2025, unless otherwise noted below (e.g., engagement/implementation and dissemination activities). All evidence must be uploaded on AACP Learn by June 30, 2025. Digital badges will be disbursed by mid-July 2025.
Required Activities and Evidence
Required Activities | Evidence of Completion |
Knowledge and Training | |
ACT Foundational Modules in Community Pharmacy Transformation
| Self-attestation + session evaluation Participants will be invited to submit alternate evidence of this knowledge (e.g., presenting or lecturing on topics covered in the modules), if desired. Please contact the program coordinator, Miranda Steinkopf (msteinkopf@aacp.org), if you would like to pursue this option. |
Attend at least 4 ACT Pharmacy Collaborative Monthly Webinars
If a participant is unable to attend 4 webinars during the allotted time period, they will have the opportunity to replace up to 2 webinars with attendance at a Networking/Office Hours Session (1 webinar = 1 networking/office hours session). | Attendance tracked via Zoom. |
| Complete at least one elective learning activity. Suggestions TBD, but will include activities like listening to a podcast, reading a news/journal article, or watching a video. | Self-attestation Answer: Do you recommend adding your elective to the “Suggested Electives” list? Why or why not? |
Engagement/Implementation | |
| Complete a site visit to a community pharmacy and use the Flip the Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Self-Assessment Tool | Upload a photo from visit and a brief reflection statement about the impact of the visit on you and/or the pharmacy. |
Complete at least one of the following*:
*Engagement/Implementation activities listed above that were completed July 2024 – June 2025 can be used as evidence to achieve these requirements. | Please upload a brief description (100-250 words max) of the additional engagement/implementation activity you completed, including its impact, and the date it was completed. |
Dissemination* | |
Complete at least two of the following:
| Upload a poster, manuscript, meeting agenda, reflection, or web link, as appropriate based on your activity choices. |
*Evidence of dissemination within 3 years prior to the time of Badge application will be accepted.
NEW: Optional Networking & Office Hours Sessions
In response to participant feedback, we are offering more ways for you to connect with others participating in badge program. A total of 3 Networking & Office Hours Sessions will be offered every other month between January and June 2025 (dates/times TBD). During these sessions, participants will have a chance to connect with others in the program on timely community pharmacy practice topics to ask questions, solve problems, and find opportunities to collaborate. Program advisory group members (see list below) will also be available during these sessions to answer questions about the program, assist in making connections to help get requirements done, and provide advice on current work.
Note: If a participant is unable to attend 4 ACT Pharmacy Collaborative Monthly Webinars during the program period, they will have the opportunity to replace up to 2 webinars with attendance at a Networking/Office Hours Session (1 webinar = 1 networking/office hours session).
Badge Verification Review
AACP staff will review and determine that all badge requirements have been met. Once eligibility requirements are verified, a digital badge will be awarded.
Program Advisory Group
Megan Smith (Lead), Radhika Devraj, Gale Garmong, Sarah Oprinovich, and Traci Poole
