A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) has organized a public workshop, Innovations in Pharmacy Training and Practice to Advance Patient Care, on May 29 and 30, 2025. The workshop will examine recent trends in the field of pharmacy and consider strategies for improving the pharmacy workforce to advance patient care and outcomes. The workshop is designed to address:

• Ways to enhance the pharmacy workforce, eliminate pharmacy deserts, and reduce health disparities in rural, suburban, and urban areas
• Strategies to create collaborative care environments that reduce clinician burnout and enable pharmacists to train and work in a safe and supportive environment
• Programs in which pharmacists have expanded roles in health care delivery
• Next-generation training programs that can prepare pharmacists for expanded roles beyond direct patient care

The workshop will be held at the National Academies’ Keck Center in Washington, DC.

Abstract Submissions

Abstract submissions are invited for in-person poster presentations on May 29, 2025. The due date to submit an abstract is March 10, 2025.

Instructions to Submit an Abstract

All submissions should be framed around “the future of pharmacy” within one of the following 5 pillars:

1. Meeting the health-related needs of individual patients and populations;
2. Developing a workforce that resembles the population it serves;
3. Attracting potential pharmacy students into the profession that emphasizes next-generation training programs;
4. Creating a financially stable workforce, for direct patient care and beyond, that is resilient to dynamic system changes, adaptable for the unpredictable, and Future Proof; or
5. Prioritizing the well-being of the pharmacy workforce by creating policies to mitigate burnout (a key component of the quintuple aim of high-quality health care).

Individuals can submit up to 2 abstracts as an author or coauthor (less than 400 words/abstract). De-identified abstracts will be reviewed by workshop planning committee members.

Timeline

March 10: Deadline for abstract submission. Submit HERE.

March 21: Notification of acceptance decisions

April 15: Instructions sent to in-person poster session attendees (eg, poster dimensions)

May 29: Poster session, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. (EDT), as part of the workshop’s reception

May 29 to 30, 2025: Workshop hosted by the National Academies

Required Elements of the Abstract

• Abstract title
• Statement on which pillar(s) for the Future of Pharmacy the abstract aligns with
• Background, Objectives/Purpose, Methods, Results/Outcomes, Significance/Implications/Relevance (400 words or less)

Abstract Dissemination

All accepted abstracts will be shared with the workshop participants and may be published in the workshop proceedings; however, only those attending in person will be able to participate in the poster session (ie, there will NOT be a virtual poster presentation option). If accepted, the corresponding author must indicate whether they are attending the workshop in person.

There is no fee to attend the workshop in person or virtually. Continuing pharmacy education credits will be offered through the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Attendees of the workshop (virtual and in person) must register HERE. No travel support will be available from the National Academies.

For more information, contact Patricia Cuff ([email protected]) for questions and Melvin Joppy for logistics ([email protected]).