ACCP Student Chapter Growth

With the growing interest in clinical pharmacy, ACCP expanded opportunities for student involvement in the College by formally recognizing student chapters in October 2013. Since then, 80 student chapters have been formed.

Benefits of Student Membership

Students can benefit from ACCP membership in many ways, including:

• Leadership development experiences (as student liaisons and as members of the National Student Network Advisory Committee);
• Options to explore clinical pharmacy specialties (by taking advantage of complimentary student membership in up to one PRN);
• Opportunities to expand and showcase their knowledge (through scientific poster presentations and the Clinical Pharmacy Challenge); and
• Career development guidance (through the CV Review Service, the “Emerge from the Crowd: How to Become a Standout Residency Candidate” sessions, and career development programming at national meetings).

Creating a student chapter is a great way to help pharmacy students learn about clinical pharmacy and get involved in ACCP. Any ACCP college of pharmacy faculty liaison can establish a formally recognized student chapter by submitting an official chapter application. If the application is approved, the liaison will be invited to serve as the chapter’s primary faculty adviser. To obtain complete information on establishing a student chapter and to download a New ACCP Chapter Application, please visit www.accp.com/stunet/studentliaisons.aspx.

2017 ACCP Student Chapter Awards—Applications Due June 30

ACCP recognizes two awards for Student Chapter members: the Outstanding Student Chapter and the Outstanding Student Chapter Member. These honors will be awarded annually. Application for each award is submitted as part of the Annual Chapter Report and is due June 30, 2017. A description of each award follows.

Outstanding Student Chapter Award

This award recognizes the ACCP student chapter that has exemplified strength in leadership, dedication in patient care, and passion for professional development through its activities and membership. The chapter’s activities should address ACCP’s core values of extending the frontiers of clinical pharmacy and promoting dedication to excellence in patient care, research, and education. A key component of all the core values is the clinical pharmacist’s ability to work collaboratively within the health care environment. Each chapter must demonstrate its ability to work with other health disciplines.

An announcement will be featured on the ACCP website, and an article highlighting the winning chapter’s accomplishments will be published in StuNews and the ACCP Report. A commemorative plaque and $1000 in cash will be awarded to the winning chapter. The faculty liaison/adviser and one appointed student liaison from the winning chapter will receive complimentary full 2017 ACCP Annual Meeting registrations, and each will receive a $250 travel stipend to attend.

Members of student chapters who wish to apply for the award will complete an application form as part of their end-of-year report, due June 30. As part of the application process, each chapter is required to submit a rationale statement (250 words or less) outlining the plan for using the $1000 in award funds, should it be selected as the winner.

Outstanding Student Chapter Member

This award recognizes a student who has enhanced student involvement from his or her ACCP chapter at the local, state, or national level and who has expanded ACCP’s presence through community engagement, education promotion, research opportunities, and/or professional stewardship. The activities of the student selected should address ACCP’s core values of extending the frontiers of clinical pharmacy and promoting dedication to excellence in patient care, research, and education.

Each chapter award recipient will receive a certificate suitable for framing and recognition in an ACCP Report article, a StuNews article, and the Annual Meeting News. In addition, student award winners in attendance at the award-year ACCP Annual Meeting will be recognized during the Clinical Pharmacy Challenge semifinal round of competition. Each recognized student chapter will select its recipient for Outstanding Student Chapter annually and submit the winner’s name to the ACCP national office as part of its year-end report, due June 30.

ACCP SNAC Now Accepting Applications for 2017-2018

Initiated as a working group in 2006, the National Student Network Advisory (SNAC) group became a standing committee of the College in 2007. Members are appointed by the ACCP president-elect. The present committee serves in an advisory capacity to the ACCP Board of Regents and staff, providing feedback and assistance in developing new programs and services for students. Student members who are interested in serving on the ACCP SNAC, either as a member-at-large or in a leadership role, may apply for appointment. All applicants must submit a CV, personal essay, and letter of recommendation from a professor, preceptor, or academic dean or his or her designee. Application for appointment to the 2017–2018 SNAC is available online. Applications are due June 16, 2017.