Since adopting a new strategic plan in early 2015, the Pharmacotherapy Publications, Inc. (PPI) Board of Directors has been busy developing and implementing initiatives to further the mission and strategic priorities of PPI. In line with PPI’s strategic priorities to advance pharmacotherapy, support scholars, and enhance its publications and services, several programs have been developed that will be showcased at the ACCP Global Conference in San Francisco, October 17–21, 2015.
A joint PPI and Research Institute Open House will be held Tuesday, October 20, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. This session will allow conference attendees to meet with members of the PPI Board of Directors and Scientific Editorial Council and learn how to get more involved with Pharmacotherapy, the official journal of ACCP. Attendees will be able to interact and receive information in a small-group/roundtable format on the following topics:
- Becoming a Pharmacotherapy Editorial Board Member
- Information for International Authors and Reviewers
- Serving as a Pharmacotherapy Reviewer
- Special Issues and Manuscripts of Interest
Detailed information can be found at https://www.accp.com/meetings/gc15/schedule.
On Tuesday, October 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., PPI will host a scientific session focused on scientific author development. During this session, Pharmacotherapy scientific editors will address issues important to emerging scholars and authors. Topics of discussion will include how to plan and prepare a paper for submission to a peer-reviewed journal, address issues of authorship, review papers and abstracts, respond to reviewer comments, and develop a revised manuscript for resubmission. Detailed information on the author development session can be found at http://www.accp.com/meetings/gc15/schedule.
The ACCP Business Meeting and Town Hall will be held Sunday, October 18, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., during which the PPI Editor-in-Chief Lindsay DeVane will report on the state of Pharmacotherapy (http://www.accp.com/meetings/gc15/schedule).
All members are encouraged to attend these sessions to learn about the accomplishments and future direction of Pharmacotherapy and find out how to get involved as a scientific author and scholar. More importantly, they will learn why they should choose to publish their scholarly work in Pharmacotherapy.