American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP):
“How can health professions education generally, and academic pharmacy specifically, heighten its commitment to educating collaborative professionals who are competent to meet the needs of both individuals and communities?”
What: 2010 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Interim Meeting
When: February 7-10, 2010
Where: Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202
Who: Thomas E. Menighan, MBA, Executive Vice President and CEO, American Pharmacists Association; Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Cost: Free to credentialed members of the press
Information: Pharmacy educators from across the country will meet in the nation’s capital to answer the question, “How can health professions education generally, and academic pharmacy specifically, heighten its commitment to educating collaborative professionals who are competent to meet the needs of both individuals and communities?”
The 2010 AACP Interim Meeting, Patient-centered, Team-based Care: Setting the Standard, will provide attendees the opportunity to contemplate a healthcare system reorganized around the needs of patients and populations. Meeting these needs through high quality acute and preventive care that is collaborative and team-based becomes the focus and expectation of health professions education.