Take advantage of ACCP Academy programming to be held in conjunction with ACCP Updates in Therapeutics® 2012 in Reno, Nevada, from April 27 to May 1, 2012. 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 (Clinical Practice Advancement), Leadership and Management, Research and Scholarship, and Teaching and Learning. Each Academy will concentrate its programming over a 2-day period to enable Academy participants to minimize both travel expense and time away from their professional responsibilities.
There’s no better time to enroll—the foundational prerequisite courses for the Research and Scholarship program and the Leadership and Management program will be offered on Friday, April 27. Program application forms, curricular schedules, module descriptions, and learning objectives can be reviewed at www.accp.com/academy. An abbreviated schedule for each Academy track is summarized below. For a full programming schedule, consult the ACCP Web site at www.accp.com/acad.
Academy | Courses | Schedule |
Leadership and Management | Leadership Primer (prerequisite) | April 27 |
| Interpersonal Leadership Development (module 2) | April 28 |
| Case Studies in Ethical Leadership (elective) | April 28 |
| Shared Leadership: Nurturing Teams (elective) | April 28 |
Research and Scholarship | Research Primer (prerequisite) | April 27 |
| Statistical Issues (module 2) | April 28 |
| Designing Survey Research (elective) | April 28 |
| Conducting Survey Research (elective) | April 28 |
Career Advancement | Extending Your Practice by Mentoring and Precepting (module 1) | April 29 |
| Continued Professional Development: Becoming a Clinical Consultant and Providing Service Beyond Clinical Practice (elective) | April 29 |
| Developing a Business Practice Plan (elective) | April 29 |
| Establishing Interprofessional and Patient-Centered Roles (module 2) | April 30 |
Teaching and Learning | Planning for Effective Teaching (module 1) | April 29 |
| Active Learning: What Works & What Doesn’t (elective) | April 29 |
| Experiential Teaching: Transitioning from Books to Bedside Learning (elective) | April 29 |
| Assessing Student Learning (module 3) | April 30 |
Visit www.accp.com/acad and register by March 16, 2012, to take advantage of discounted early registration rates. Registration includes all sessions within the ACCP Academy track of your choice, available continuing pharmacy education credit, and program handouts for all the ACCP Academy track sessions you attend.