Community Pharmacy Student Scholar Leaders Program Overview
2025-2026 Cycle: Launching in July 2025
Program Goals
- Develop leadership skills through the process of self-discovery and reflection.
- Cultivate a network of colleagues interested in community-based pharmacy practice.
- Apply concepts and theories of billing, patient-care service sustainability, and success stories within community-based pharmacy practice.
- Create a practice transformation philosophy that can guide your community-based pharmacy practice.
- Create your own career development plan to drive community-based pharmacy practice.
Timeline/Expectations
Students selected to participate in this program will be expected to attend the following sessions.
- February 2026 Monthly Virtual 2-hour Session (Date/Time TBD)
- March 2026 Monthly Virtual 2-hour Session (Date/Time TBD)
- April 2026 Monthly Virtual 2-hour Session (Date/Time TBD)
- May 2026 Monthly Virtual 2-hour Session (Date/Time TBD)
- June 2026 2-half day workshop (Date/Time TBD)
- July 2026 - Networking at the 2026 AACP Annual Meeting (Date/Time TBD)
Students will be responsible for communicating unavoidable conflicts during these sessions with program faculty and completing a makeup plan for any content that was missed. Also note, some individual and group work will be assigned outside of these sessions.
Student Eligibility
Qualified applicants will meet the following requirements. Applicants must:
- Be enrolled in a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree program at an AACP member institution
- Be enrolled during the 2025-2026 Academic Year as one of the following:
- A P2 Pharm.D. student in an accelerated 3-year program, OR
- A P3 Pharm.D. student in an accelerated 3-year program, OR
- A P2 Pharm.D. student in a 4-year program, OR
- A P3 Pharm.D. student in a 4-year program, OR
- A P4 Pharm.D. student in a 4-year program
- Be in good academic standing in the Pharm.D. program without any current or pending academic/professional sanctions/warning/probation
- Have an interest to explore and/or pursue a career in community-based pharmacy practice
- Submit a completed application by the deadline
- Agree to attest to the following terms if accepted in the ACT Collaborative Student Scholar Leaders Program:
- Active engagement in the program or timely request for release.
- Sharing of any accommodations/considerations needed or requested, including proactively notification of conflicts.
- Work collaboratively and contribute to group work.