Applications are now being accepted for the ACCP Anticoagulation Training Program and the ACCP Heart Failure Training Program. Consider how these intensive traineeships offered through the ACCP Research Institute could benefit you or your colleagues, fellows, residents, and students.

Funded by an educational grant from Sanofi-Aventis, the Anticoagulation Training Program is targeted to pharmacy students, residents, and fellows. The 4–6 week experience is precepted by Henry Bussey, Pharm.D., FCCP, and is conducted at the Anticoagulation Clinics of North America/University of Texas in San Antonio.

Funded by an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline, the 2–4 week Heart Failure Training Program is precepted by Barry Bleske, Pharm.D., FCCP, at the University of Michigan; Mark Munger, Pharm.D., FCCP, at the University of Utah; Jean Nappi, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, at the Medical University of South Carolina; J. Herbert Patterson, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, and Jo Ellen Rodgers, Pharm.D., BCPS, at the University of North Carolina; and Kerry Pickworth, Pharm.D., at The Ohio State University. Although focused mainly on residents, fellows, and clinical pharmacy practitioners, a limited number of trainee positions are available for students.

For students accepted into either program, the necessary arrangements will be made with the student's home institution so the traineeship qualifies for academic and clerkship credit.

Application deadline is September 29, 2006. For more information, visit http://www.accp.com/frontiers/research.php, or contact Cathy Englund at the ACCP Research Institute (cenglund@accp.com).