• Apply Online Now for a 2008 Annual Meeting Student Travel Award
• Get on Track in Louisville with Exclusive Student Programming
• Register for the 2008 Annual Meeting as a Group and Save!
• 2008- 2009 ACCP National StuNet Advisory Committee Members Appointed
• PRNs Provide Tailored Education and Networking at Annual Meeting
• ACCP Launches Emergency Medicine PRN

Have you thought about attending an ACCP meeting but have limited financial resources available to cover your travel and registration costs? ACCP and its members want to help! The Student Travel Award enables students to attend ACCP meetings by awarding travel stipends and/or complimentary meeting registrations. Apply online now for an award to attend the ACCP Annual Meeting in Louisville, October 18-22, 2008.

How to Apply
Student members of ACCP who are full-time pharmacy students pursuing their first professional pharmacy degree are invited to apply for the awards. Applicants will need to submit a completed application, a CV or resume, two letters of reference, and a one-page essay. All application materials should be submitted online using the link below.

• Submit a Student Travel Award Application

What Students Can Expect at the Meeting
In addition to experiencing the sights and sounds of Louisville, student attendees of the 2008 ACCP Annual Meeting can look forward to a special premeeting symposium entitled “Off and Running to a Specialty Career.” An ACCP national meeting is the ultimate clinical pharmacy networking forum. Meet with fellow student pharmacists at the Newcomers Reception. Interact with leaders in a variety of clinical pharmacy specialties at the ACCP Practice and Research Networks’ (PRNs) Focus Sessions and Networking Forums.

For more information on the Student Travel Award contact Jon Poynter at jpoynter@accp.com or (913) 492-3311, ext. 21.

Saturday, October 18, 2008 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Join students from across the country at the Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky for a half-day program exploring the concept of specialization within clinical pharmacy. The exclusive student program, “Off and Running to a Specialty Career” will provide you the unique opportunity to interact with faculty who are directly engaged in specialized practice careers. Attendees will gain valuable insight into the role of residency training, board certification and advanced degrees in specialty pharmacy practice Take the opportunity to learn more about the many potential career paths available to those who pursue specialty practice during the roundtable session held from 2:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Clinical specialists representing over 15 areas of pharmacy practice will be on hand to provide information on their various fields and address your questions as you shape your career goals. This program is included with your student meeting registration.

• Learn more about the 2008 Annual Meeting

Make plans to attend the 2008 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky with other students from your institution and save up to $60 on your individual meeting registration fee. ACCP offers discounted meeting registration fees to groups of 5 or more students registering together in advance.

Student Group Discount Rates:

• 5-9 students: $90/person
• 10-19 students: $75/person
• 20 or more students: $60/person

For more information or to register your student group, please contact Jon Poynter at ACCP; phone: (913) 492-3311 x21, e-mail: jpoynter@accp.com.

Earlier this year ACCP issued a call for applications to student members interested in serving on the National StuNet Advisory Committee. The College received applications from students from 22 different institutions. Following review of their applications, student members were selected for appointment by ACCP President-Elect, John Murphy, Pharm.D, BCPS, FCCP.

ACCP is pleased to announce the appointment of the 2008-2009 ACCP National StuNet Advisory Committee Members.

The 2008-2009 ACCP National StuNet Advisory Committee will meet at the upcoming Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky as well as at the 2009 ACCP/ESCP International Congress held in conjunction with the Spring Practice and Research Forum in Orlando, Florida. The newly impaneled committee will serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Regents and the College’s membership staff to develop and update student programs and initiatives consistent with ACCP’s vision for the future of clinical pharmacy practice. Please join us in congratulating these ACCP student members on receiving this appointment.

This October, take advantage of programs and networking opportunities tailored to meet your interests! ACCP’s 2008 Annual Meeting offers an abundance of sessions designed by your colleagues—members of the ACCP Practice and Research Networks (PRNs)—to address emerging hot topics in a variety of therapeutic and practice areas. Mark your calendar for these events beginning Saturday, October 18, and running through Wednesday, October 22, in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.

Presymposia on Saturday include an all-day program exploring controversies in critical care nephrology. On Saturday afternoon, the Ambulatory Care PRN and Cardiology PRN will collaborate to present current topics in ambulatory cardiology. These two presymposia require registration separate from the Annual Meeting—visit the Web site at http://www.accp.com/meetings/am08/premeetingSymposia.aspx for more details. Monday afternoon’s PRN Focus Sessions include:

• Clinical Topics in Adult Medicine
• Justifying and Expanding Clinical Pharmacy Services: Economic Value and Case Studies
• A Case of Critical Care Dilemmas: Surviving Sepsis
• Current Pharmacotherapy Topics in Gastroenterology
• Clinical Pearls in Endocrinology and Metabolism
• The Great Geriatric Debate: To Treat or Not to Treat
• Tools Available for Optimizing Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
• Treatment of Medical Conditions in Pregnancy

After these educational sessions, select from 11 of the PRN business meetings and networking forums scheduled on Monday evening. These reception-style events offer meeting attendees a great venue for mingling with friends and colleagues who share an interest in specific practice/professional areas. You need not be a member of the PRN to attend these events—all meeting attendees are welcome. In addition to professional socializing, many of these events will include an educational component or poster presentation. The following PRNs will gather on Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.: Adult Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Administration, Drug Information, Education and Training, Endocrine and Metabolism, Geriatrics, Health Outcomes, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, and Women’s Health.

On Tuesday afternoon, additional PRN Focus Sessions will be held, including:

• The Science and Practice of Pharmacogenetic-Guided Warfarin Dosing
• Drug Information Residency Training: An Exploratory Discussion
• Current Challenges in Organ Transplantation
• Pediatric Pulmonary Update
• Battle of the Sexes: Addressing Gender-Specific Differences in Cardiovascular Disease
• Developing the APPE Clinical Rotation: ACPE Guidelines and Beyond
• Quality and Effectiveness of MTM Programs: What to Measure and How to Do It
• Meeting Unmet Therapeutic Needs: Development of Novel Therapies and Programs by Industry

On Tuesday evening, join friends at the business meetings and networking forums for the following PRNs: Ambulatory Care, Central Nervous System, Critical Care, GI/Liver/Nutrition, Hematology and Oncology, Immunology and Transplantation, Nephrology, Pain and Palliative Care, Pharmaceutical Industry, and Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics.

The Annual Meeting’s final PRN Focus Session—Oral Chemotherapy: Outcomes, Advantages, and Challenges—will be held on Wednesday morning. For complete agendas and lists of program faculty, visit our Web site at http://www.accp.com/docs/meetings/am08/MeetingSchedule.pdf. The early meeting registration deadline is just around the corner—September 5. Register today to receive “early-bird” discounts. Online meeting registration and hotel reservations can be completed at http://www.accp.com/meetings/am08/.

ACCP’s Board of Regents has approved the application for an Emergency Medicine PRN. The Board created the new PRN by unanimous vote on August 5, 2008. Emergency Medicine becomes ACCP’s 22nd PRN.

The PRN’s founding chair is Michael C. Thomas, Pharm.D., BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist, Munson Medical Center, Traverse City, Michigan. In describing the need for a new PRN in the area of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Thomas commented, “There are a growing number of pharmacists who practice primarily in the emergency department (ED). Issues we are faced with are diverse. Some of these include medication reconciliation, drug/toxicology information, medication safety, prospective/retrospective drug review, medication identification, culture and sensitivity report interpretation with follow-up, assistance with medical and traumatic emergencies, precepting students and residents, and educational efforts with medication identification.”

The new PRN will conduct its inaugural meeting during ACCP’s 2008 Annual Meeting, October 19–22, in Louisville. The date and time for the meeting will be confirmed soon and included in the PRN Report and in the official Web-based 2008 Annual Meeting materials, to be released in early October. During its first meeting, PRN members are expected to discuss plans for the coming year, including educational programming, future business meetings and networking forums, and other PRN initiatives.

Join the Emergency Medicine PRN Now

ACCP members can join the Emergency Medicine PRN immediately by mail, phone, or fax. Download and complete the membership application on the ACCP Web site and submit it by mail to ACCP, 13000 W. 87th Street Parkway, Suite 100, Lenexa, KS 66215-4530; or by fax to (913) 492-0088. To join by phone, call ACCP during regular business hours, 8:00 to 5:00 p.m., Central Time, Monday through Friday, at (913) 492-3311.

Members can join the new PRN online beginning Monday, August 25, with the launch of ACCP’s new Web site. (See the related article on ACCP’s Web site elsewhere in this issue.) PRN dues are currently $15.00 annually. New members will be subscribed to the PRN’s listserve when it becomes available on August 25.