Take advantage of ACCP Academy programming to be held at the 2013 ACCP Annual Meeting, October 13–16, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The ACCP Academy offers a flexible, curricular approach to enhancing ACCP members’ abilities in their major areas of responsibility. The Academy provides four unique professional development programs leading to certificates of completion in Career Advancement, Leadership and Management, Research and Scholarship, and Teaching and Learning.
There’s no better time to enroll than now—with the revised curricular schedule, each track’s certificate requirements can be completed by attending a consecutive fall and spring meeting, facilitating the completion of program requirements within a year. Each program will offer its foundational prerequisite course on Saturday, October 12, as part of the Annual Meeting presymposia. Program application forms, curricular schedules, module descriptions, and learning objectives can be viewed at www.accp.com/academy. An abbreviated schedule for each Academy program is summarized below. For a full programming schedule, consult the ACCP Web site at www.accp.com/am.
| Academy | Courses | Schedule |
| Leadership and Management | Leadership Primer I (Prerequisite) | October 12 |
| Leadership Primer II (Prerequisite) | October 14 |
| Leading Change: The Role of Leaders in Articulating a Compelling Vision of the Future (Elective) | October 14 |
| Attributes of a Leader I & II (Module 3) | October 15 |
| Getting the Right Results: Steps for Leading an Effective Team (Elective) | October 15 |
| Personal Leadership Development (Module 1) | October 16 |
| Research and Scholarship | Research Primers I & II (Prerequisite) | October 12 |
| Curricular Track III: Pharmacy-Based Clinical and Translational Science: Opportunities for Innovative Practice and Research—Models of Clinical and Translational Research (Elective) | October 14 |
| Curricular Track III: Pharmacy-Based Clinical and Translational Science: Opportunities for Innovative Practice and Research—Clinical Research Opportunities for Pharmacists (Elective) | October 15 |
| Basics of Clinical Research (Module 1) | October 15 |
| Regulatory/Ethical Issues (Module 3) | October 16 |
| Career Advancement | Career Advancement Primer (Prerequisite) | October 12 |
| Curricular Track II: Financial Support for Clinical Pharmacy Services in an Evolving Health Care Paradigm—To Pay or Not to Pay? The Necessity and Challenge of Providing Financial Resources for Clinical Pharmacy Services (Elective) | October 14 |
| Clinical Career Advancement (Module 1) | October 14 |
| Curricular Track II: Financial Support for Clinical Pharmacy Services in an Evolving Health Care Paradigm—What Is the Current State of Clinical Pharmacy? Best Practice Models for Obtaining and Justifying Continued or Expanded Financial Support for Clinical Pharmacy Services (Elective) | October 15 |
| Education and Training PRN Focus Session—Incorporating Learners into Your Practice and Scholarship (Elective) | October 15 |
| Teaching and Learning | Teaching and Learning Primer (Basic Training) (Prerequisite) | October 12 |
| Planning for Effective Teaching (Module 1) | October 14 |
| Enhancing Pharmacy Education Through Electronic Technology (Elective) | October 15 |
| Education and Training PRN Focus Session—Incorporating Learners into Your Practice and Scholarship (Elective) | October 15 |
To learn more about Academy programming at the ACCP Annual Meeting and to register online, please visit www.accp.com/am.