ACCP Involvement

Attention student pharmacists: Would you like to become more involved with ACCP?

ACCP student members who want to develop leadership skills, expand opportunities for student pharmacists within the College, and introduce other students to the many facets of clinical pharmacy are encouraged to apply for appointment to the ACCP National Student Network Advisory Committee.

The ACCP National Student Network Advisory Committee is composed of student members appointed each year by the ACCP president. Members generally serve a 1-year term, and the committee typically has 8–12 members.

Leadership positions appointed by the ACCP president include the chair (1-year term), the vice chair (2-year term; serves first year as the vice chair and then assumes the chair position during the second year), and the secretary (1-year term).

If you are a student interested in serving on the ACCP National Student Network Advisory Committee, either as a member-at-large or in a leadership role, please visithttp://www.accp.com/stunet/advisoryCommittee.aspx for more information about the committee and how to apply. The deadline for applications is June 17, 2016.

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All investigators in the field of clinical pharmacy and clinical pharmacology, ACCP members and nonmembers alike, are invited to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the 2016 Annual Meeting in Hollywood, Florida.

Abstracts may be submitted in one of the following categories:

Original Research: Abstracts must summarize quantitative or qualitative findings from completed research. Basic, clinical, translational, dissemination/implementation, and educational research are examples of acceptable research. Topics should appeal to a clinical pharmacy audience and may include research in drug metabolism, education/pedagogy, health services, medication safety, patient/population outcomes, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacogenomics, pharmacology, or pharmacotherapy. Abstracts reporting in vitro or animal research are welcome. Original research findings presented elsewhere, but important to clinical pharmacy, are encouraged as “Encore” submissions.

Clinical Pharmacy Forum: Abstracts must describe the development, delivery, justification, or documentation of new or innovative clinical pharmacy services. Abstracts that address components of the ACCP Standards of Practice for Clinical Pharmacists (see www.accp.com/standards) and/or describe efforts to develop, advance, or position clinical pharmacists to optimize patient care are encouraged. Abstracts may be descriptive and need not contain an evaluative component. Encore submissions are welcome.

Advances in International Clinical Pharmacy Practice, Education, or Training: Abstracts must describe the development, delivery, justification, or documentation of clinical pharmacy practice, education, or training outside the United States. Abstracts may be descriptive and need not contain an evaluative component.

Systematic Reviews/Meta-analyses: Abstracts must describe a systematic review adhering to the guidelines and definitions established by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA; http://www.prisma-statement.org/) and must include the 12 items published in the PRISMA for Abstracts checklist (http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001419).

Case Reports: Abstracts of case reports must update and expand therapeutic insights and possibilities or generate research hypotheses. Although narrative in nature, these abstracts must stress the “evidence” for the authors’ conclusions by describing the process followed to understand the findings and possible mechanisms involved in the patient’s case, detailing how the patient was evaluated and treated, and providing a specific description of the outcome.

Student, Resident, and Fellow Research-in-Progress: Submission guidelines are those of an Original Research abstract except that the research effort is ongoing at the time of abstract submission. The presenting author must be a student, resident, or fellow in training.

Submission Deadlines

The deadline to submit abstracts in all categories except Research-in-Progress is Wednesday, June 15, 2016, midnight (PDT). The deadline to submit abstracts in the Student, Resident, and Fellow Research-in-Progress category is Friday, July 15, 2016. All authors will be notified by e-mail of abstract acceptance by Monday, August 15, 2016. For more details about the Call for Abstracts, seewww.accp.com/2016abstracts. For questions, please contact Carla Scarborough, ACCP Project Manager – Professional Development, at (913) 492-3311, extension 119, orcscarborough@accp.com.