American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)

🪴 Gain a downloadable workbook for ongoing reflection

🪴 Allows for full customization to your schedule and goals

Bulk purchase discounts of 5–25% are available for institutions. Contact education@aacp.org for bulk purchase details.

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The program aims to first develop the individual, then allows this progress to influence learners, team members & communities.

Other details include:

🪴 Earn up to 15 accredited #CE credits

🪴 Complete through flexible, short modules (15 min–1 hr)

🌱🥾 Spring is the season for growth: including professional growth!

With AACP Learn's "Choose Your Own Adventure" certificate program, move at your own pace through a reflective journey in personal and #ProfessionalDevelopment.

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"Conversations That Mattered": Recapping the 2026 AACP Interim Meeting This week saw the end of the 2026 AACP Interim Meeting in Puerto Rico, focused on "Conversations That Matter." Against the backdrop of San Juan's rich culture and vibrant energy, deans, faculty, depar...

🌴💬 This past week saw the end of #Interim26, the 2026 AACP Interim Meeting in Puerto Rico, focused on "Conversations that Matter."

📚👇 Read our latest LinkedIn article for a few highlights, including from attendees themselves.

#PharmacyEducation | #HigherEducation | #Academia

Mastering billing is critical to modern pharmacy practice, and academic pharmacy can help prepare students to not only provide care, but also navigate the financial and operational aspects of real-world practice.

Learn how: ow.ly/jWSM50YiVYX

AACP members can follow the bi-weekly E-lert and AACP social channels for upcoming opportunities, including webinars on student support and recruitment strategies, the 2026 Experiential Education Institute (April 15–17), and #PharmEd26 in Grapevine, Texas (July 18–21).

🌴💬 Thank you, attendees! #Interim26 may be winding down, but that doesn't mean the end of the "Conversations That Matter"! We hope you maintain the discussions and connections, and utilize the lessons and resources gained on-site in San Juan until we see you next.

Highlights from the day included:

📷: Jonathan Wolfson, chief legal officer and policy director at the Cicero Institute, leads ALFP fellows in prep for their upcoming debates.

We can't wait to continue the "conversations that matter" with Sunday's programming!

Highlights from the day included:

📷: EVP & CEO Lee Vermeulen addresses the Leadership Forum following discussion on AACP's Strategic Plan.

📷: The social media admin. took a quick walk outside 😎

Highlights from the day included:

📷: Continuing the “conversations that matter” with new connections at the Opening Reception.

📷: Leadership Forum participants answer the question: “What type of vehicle would AACP be?”

Touching upon the annual funding process for federal agencies, changes to federal student aid and more, Spreizter then sat down with Dr. Brookie Best, AACP treasurer and dean and professor at @ucsdpharmacy.bsky.social, to answer questions from the audience and forecast the year ahead.

"It's important to be flexible. [There's no need to] immediately react."

🌴💬 What’s Next: Sarah Spreitzer, @aceducation.bsky.social, kicked-off an #Interim26 focused on important discussions with an exploration of the 1st year of federal higher education policy under the 2nd Trump administration.

Artificial Intelligence in Managed Care Pharmacy The PhRMA Foundation and the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy (JMCP) are partnering on Challenge Award competition that will award trainees for outstanding manuscripts on AI in manage care...

💰🤖📚 Grad Students, Residents & Fellows:

@phrmafoundation.bsky.social & JMCP are hosting a Trainee Challenge Award for outstanding manuscripts addressing #AI in managed care pharmacy.

Details incl.:

🔹 A $5k prize for up to 5 first authors
🔹 JMCP will publish all accepted manuscripts

📅: Due 3/2.

Future‐Proofing Pharmacy: A Stakeholder‐Informed Forecast of Workforce and Education Needs Background Pharmacy education and workforce development are undergoing significant disruption. While national forecasts outline key directions, they lack granularity and stakeholder validation. This...

"Pharmacy must reimagine itself as a lifelong, adaptable profession, equipped not only to respond to change but to lead it."

Ultimately, the study offers a novel, future-facing framework to guide the transformation of #pharmacyeducation and #pharmacyworkforce strategy.

For more, visit:

"While national forecasts outline key directions, they lack granularity and stakeholder validation."

The new report aims to develop a data-driven forecast of the key themes shaping pharmacy's future, and to align them with national priorities in order to inform strategic planning through 2035.

Future‐Proofing Pharmacy: A Stakeholder‐Informed Forecast of Workforce and Education Needs Background Pharmacy education and workforce development are undergoing significant disruption. While national forecasts outline key directions, they lack granularity and stakeholder validation. This...

🥼🌤️ Forecasting #Pharmacy: "Pharmacy education and workforce development are undergoing significant disruption," write members of the AACP Academic Affairs Committee in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).

Early-bird rates end March 13: Visit the link below for FAQs, agenda and registration information.

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#PharmEd | #PharmacySchool | #ExperientialEd

🎯 Policies, procedures, and systems that enhance EE office efficiency, effectiveness, and impact.

🎯Collaborative peer networks and mentoring relationships among EE professionals for ongoing growth; and more!

🎯 Best practices for supportive experiential education (EE) learning environments while addressing student challenges.

🎯 Strategies to support preceptors, build collaborative partnerships, improve site capacity, and optimize rotation quality.

Designed to support the full spectrum of professional who make EE work—especially EE staff, faculty, administrators and leaders who oversee or collaborate closely with experiential programs—this Institute will leave you with 👇

📈🎯 Optimize Your #ExperientialEducation Program:

Examine ways to better support learners, and enhance the policies, processes and structures that sustain high-quality experiential programs, 4/15-4/17, at the Experiential Education Institute.

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"We also believe that hospitals, pharmacies, colleges and schools of pharmacy, and all healthcare environments exist to promote healing and #health, and therefore must remain free from violence and fear." (4/4)

🔗 For the full statement, and for a list of mental health resources, visit:

"The Oath of the Pharmacist commits us to regard the welfare of humanity, relieve suffering, and uphold respect for all individuals as a core human right. We join other #healthcare professionals in calling for an end to violence in our communities." (3/4)

"We join the @americannurses.bsky.social in mourning the death of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse, in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, 2026. We extend our condolences to Mr. Pretti’s loved ones, colleagues, and the community at large." (2/4)

📢📝 Over the weekend, AACP joined national #pharmacy partners APhA, ASHP and AAPP in releasing a shared statement on the violence in Minnesota.

🔗 For the full statement, and for a list of mental health and well-being resources, see this thread and visit: ow.ly/yS8i50Y7P2r

🥼📈 The increase in pharmacy school applicants, "reflects a renewed recognition of the vital role pharmacists play in advancing patient care," says Dr. Robin Zavod, AACP President, in Becker's Hospital Review.

Framework Home Clinical Prevention and Population Health Framework

💭 Thoughts on the latest draft of the Clinical Prevention and Population Health (CPPH) Curriculum Framework?

The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) is inviting faculty, students, practitioners & professional organizations to review and comment by 2/16.

For more 👇

Talk with your #pharmacist to learn which vaccines may be beneficial for you and your family.

Pharmacists are ready and willing to help you understand your options and help you stay protected.

📝 For the full statement, visit:

During just this respiratory season, pharmacists and #pharmacy team members have administered:

🔹 90% of adult COVID-19 vaccines, >18M doses,

🔹 64% of adult influenza (flu) vaccines, >33M doses, and

🔹 95% of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines for adults aged 50 years and older, >16M doses.

New vaccine recommendations may seem confusing, but as trained health care providers who can explain which vaccines are recommended for you based on age and other health needs, #pharmacists are here to help.