Postgraduate Trainee Update

All resident, fellow, and graduate student members of ACCP currently receive a monthly electronic newsletter, Experts in Training. The readers would like to thank all the PRNs, residency programs, and clinical pharmacists who have contributed to the publication. You may view the archives here. For topics you’d like to see covered in future editions, submit your ideas to [email protected].

ACCP will continue to offer resident/fellow-specific educational programming at the 2017 ACCP Annual Meeting. Residents and fellows will also be able to speak to recruiters and preview early practitioner positions in the new Professional Placement Forum. Consider representing your institution’s residency, fellowship, or new practitioner position at the 2017 ACCP Annual Meeting Professional Placement Forum.

In addition to the live programming, ACCP offers two, free, live webinars each year for residents and fellows. The webinars, archived on the ACCP website, each provide 1.0 contact hour of continuing education.

Fifty-one postgraduate trainee members of ACCP are currently participating in the 2016–2017 Mentoring Program. Mentors are ACCP members who have at least 5 years of professional experience and have volunteered to participate in the program. Mentor/mentee pairs are encouraged to correspond at least monthly and are provided with timely topics of discussion. A call for mentors goes out each year in August.

The College is currently accepting applications for all positions on the 2016–2017 National Resident Advisory Committee. The committee is a working group composed of resident, fellow, or graduate student members of ACCP. Applications for chair, vice chair, and member-at-large positions are due by June 16, 2017.

All resident and fellow members are encouraged to follow #ACCPpostgrads on ACCP social media accounts.