AACP is pleased to offer continuing education credits for the Academic Leadership Fellows Program. Detailed CE information can be found by clicking the session's respective link below. Questions related to CE should be directed to: cpd@aacp.org.

ALFP Cohort 19 Session I

ALFP 2022-2023 Cohort 19

Session I: Leadership and Self: Discovery and Teamwork

CPD Information

September 12-16, 2022

 

Target Audience

ALFP is planned and designed for leaders in academic pharmacy and higher education.

Agenda

 

Monday, September 12

4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Introduction to Leadership

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe leadership styles, levels, and attributes.
  2. Evaluate key distinctions between leadership and management.
  3. Apply leadership concepts discussed to create an initial description of an ideal leader.

Sarah Shrader, Pharm.D., FCCP, Senior Director of Academic Programs and Professional Development, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

(Application-based, 0581-0000-22-047-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)

Wednesday, September 14

8:00 a.m.-9:25 a.m.

Introduction to Leadership

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the significance of self-awareness and inner knowledge to their leadership development.
  2. Explain the various leadership models, definitions, and concepts.
  3. Evaluate the VUCA 1.0 and VUCA 2.0 workplace conditions and the ways leaders can shift paradigms between these two frameworks.

Nance Lucas, Ph.D., Executive Director & Chief Well-Being Officer, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being and Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, George Mason University

(Application-based, 0581-0000-22-050-L99-P, 1.50 Contact Hours)

9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

The Art of the Great Question & How to Listen Effectively

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify the best conditions for listening and inquiring as a leader.
  2. Describe the various levels of listening and how to assess those as leaders.
  3. Apply the G.R.O.W. framework to active listening and framing powerful questions.

Nance Lucas, Ph.D., Executive Director & Chief Well-Being Officer, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being and Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, George Mason University

(Application-based, 0581-0000-22-051-L99-P, 2.00 Contact Hours)

Thursday, September 15

8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Introduction to Adaptive Leadership

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Differentiate technical problems from adaptive challenges.
  2. Describe the roles of positional leaders and non-positional leaders in addressing adaptive challenges.
  3. Identify situations which require application of adaptive leadership to effectively lead change in one’s own institution.

Todd D. Sorensen, Pharm.D., FAPhA, FCCP, Professor and Senior Executive Associate Dean, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy

(Application-based, 0581-0000-22-052-L99-P, 2.00 Contact Hours)

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Reframing Leadership

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Apply Bolman and Deal’s four frames of organizations to pharmacy colleges and schools.
  2. Construct a frames-based action plan in response to an academic leadership challenge.
  3. Develop steps based upon your personal leadership frame assessment to develop an experiential plan for utilization of the model throughout the ALFP program.   

Raylene M. Rospond Pharm.D., FCCP, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Outreach, Manchester University

(Application-based, 0581-0000-22-053-L99-P, 2.00 Contact Hours)

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Pulling It All Together: Developing a Leadership Philosophy

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify core leadership values.
  2. Discuss leadership assumptions.
  3. Apply key concepts from ALFP Session 1 to formulate an initial leadership philosophy.

Sarah Shrader, Pharm.D., FCCP, Senior Director of Academic Programs and Professional Development, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

(Application-based, 0581-0000-22-171-L99-P, 1.50 Contact Hours)

Friday, September 16

8:00 a.m.-10:15

Professional Argumentation

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify the key components of an argument.
  2. Deliver a fully structured argument.
  3. Refute (respond to) an opposing argument.
  4. Identify the features of a good question.

Jonathan Wolfson, JD, Author of The Great Debate

(Application-based, 0581-0000-22-172-L99-P, 2.25 Contact Hours)

10:30 a.m.-11:130 a.m.

Negotiation

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify two types of negotiations. 
  2. Identify the type of negotiation the leader prefers to use.
  3. Identify the five steps in a productive negotiation
  4. Recognize that zero sum negotiations are generally risky for everyone.

Jonathan Wolfson, JD, Author of The Great Debate

(Knowledge-based, 0581-0000-22-173-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)

ACPE LogoThe American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Pharmacists may earn up to 13.25 hours of continuing education credits following the completion of Session I and corresponding CE activity assessments and evaluations. Accredited activities during the ALFP Session I will discuss leadership-related topics. 

Continuing Education Credit Requirements

Fellows must attend the accredited continuing education activities and complete the CE post-assessments and activity evaluations by accessing the online AACP Continuing Education Administration platform, Learning Express CE (LECE). With the Access Code provided at the conclusion of ALFP Session I, attendees must complete the CE session assessments with a passing score of 75% and the CE session evaluations. Attendees will have 45 days following ALFP Session I to complete the CE requirements for credits. Access to session activity evaluations and assessments in LECE will be denied after October 31, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

CPE credit information will be electronically transmitted to CPE Monitor upon successful completion of the CE post-assessment and evaluation. Pharmacists should log in to their NABP e-profile to access information about their completed CPE and to print a valid statement of credit if needed.

Note, it is imperative that pharmacist attendee’s NABP e-Profile ID and birthdate (in MM/DD format) are correctly entered into their LECE profile and correspond with their NABP record. Failure to ensure this information is identical in both programs will jeopardize their earning CPE credits.

Registration Fees

The registration fee for the 2022-2023 Academic Leadership Fellows program is $9,950, which includes the program tuition, curriculum, leadership texts, a one-year subscription to the Harvard Business Review, Challenge Discovery exercises, the Gallup Clifton Strengths exercises, registration at AACP INterim and Annual meetings, and some meals. There is no additional fee for continuing education credit.

Sponsors

No financial support was identified for any component of the continuing education activities.

ALFP Cohort 19 Session II

ALFP 2022-2023 Cohort 19

Session II: Leadership Potpourri: Constructing Skills, Historical Perspectives and Higher Education

CPD Information

November 6-9, 2022

 

Target Audience

ALFP is planned and designed for leaders in academic pharmacy and higher education.

Agenda

Monday, November 7

10:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Conflict Management

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Explain the characteristics of conflict engagement.
  2. Describe the role of self-awareness in effective conflict management.
  3. Identify their primary conflict management style.
  4. Describe how organizations can proactively identify, define, and follow conflict management protocols.

Nance T. Algert, Ph.D., LPC, President, The Center for Change and Conflict Resolution

(Knowledge-based, 0581-0000-22-177-L99-P, 2.25 Contact Hours)

2:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Emotional Intelligence

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Define emotional intelligence. 
  2. Describe how emotional intelligence affects success in the workplace.
  3. Outline strategies that can be used to improve their emotional intelligence.
  4. Create action plans or goals to improve their emotional intelligence.

Ryan Darby, Ph.D, President, The Incredible Family

(Application-based, 0581-0000-22-178-L99-P, 2.75 Contact Hours)

Wednesday, November 9

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Leading Change in Health Professions Education

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. List the competencies that underlie successful academic leadership.
  2. Describe human perspectives and abilities that facilitate (or detract from) an organization’s ability to change.
  3. List the elements of change management frameworks that are useful in facilitating change.
  4. Describe the threats to successful change and strategies to manage them.
  5. Describe factors that will contribute to successful change and how to facilitate them.

Noel E. Wilkin, Ph.D., Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Professor, and Research Professor, The University of Mississippi Office of the Provost

(Knowledge-based, 0581-0000-22-179-L99-P, 1.50 Contact Hours)

 

ACPE logoThe American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Pharmacists may earn up to 6.50 hours of continuing education credits following the completion of Session II and corresponding CE activity assessments and evaluations. Accredited activities during the ALFP Session II will discuss leadership-related topics. 

Continuing Education Credit Requirements

Fellows must attend the accredited continuing education activities and complete the CE post-assessments and activity evaluations by accessing the online AACP Continuing Education Administration platform, Learning Express CE (LECE). With the Access Code provided at the conclusion of ALFP Session II, attendees must complete the CE session assessments with a passing score of 75% and the CE session evaluations. Attendees will have 45 days following ALFP Session II to complete the CE requirements for credits. Access to session activity evaluations and assessments in LECE will be denied after December 24, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

CPE credit information will be electronically transmitted to CPE Monitor upon successful completion of the CE post-assessment and evaluation. Pharmacists should log in to their NABP e-profile to access information about their completed CPE and to print a valid statement of credit if needed.

Note, it is imperative that pharmacist attendee’s NABP e-Profile ID and birthdate (in MM/DD format) are correctly entered into their LECE profile and correspond with their NABP record. Failure to ensure this information is identical in both programs will jeopardize their earning CPE credits.

Registration Fees

The registration fee for the 2022-2023 Academic Leadership Fellows program is $9,950, which includes the program tuition, curriculum, leadership texts, a one-year subscription to the Harvard Business Review, Challenge Discovery exercises, the Gallup Clifton Strengths exercises, registration at AACP INterim and Annual meetings, and some meals. There is no additional fee for continuing education credit.

Sponsors

No financial support was identified for any component of the continuing education activities

ALFP Cohort 19 Session III

ALFP 2022-2023 Cohort 19

Session III: Creating Self and Current Topics in Leadership and Higher Education

CPD Information

February 18, 2023

 

Target Audience

ALFP is planned and designed for leaders in academic pharmacy and higher education.

Agenda

Saturday, February 18

8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Leading to Well-being

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Evaluate the intersections between leadership and well-being by bridging the science with applications.
  2. Describe how specific leadership approaches contribute to greater human flourishing, increased productivity, and increased engagement. 
  3. Apply tools and leadership strategies that can change organizational climates and enhance individual well-being.

Nance Lucas, Ph.D., Executive Director & Chief Well-Being Officer, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being and Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, George Mason University

(Application-based, 0581-0000-23-027-L99-P, 3.00 Contact Hours)

ACPE logoThe American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Pharmacists may earn up to 3.00 hours of continuing education credits following the completion of ALFP Session III and corresponding CE activity assessment and evaluation. This accredited activity will discuss a leadership-related topic. 

Continuing Education Credit Requirements

Fellows must attend the accredited continuing education activities and complete the CE post-assessment and activity evaluation by accessing the online AACP Continuing Education Administration platform, Learning Express CE (LECE). With the Access Code provided at the conclusion of ALFP Session II, attendees must complete the CE session assessment with a passing score of 75% and the CE session evaluation. The deadline to complete the CPE requirements for continuing education credit is Friday, April 7, 11:59 p.m. ET.

CPE credit information will be electronically transmitted to CPE Monitor upon successful completion of the CE post-assessment and evaluation. Pharmacists should log in to their NABP e-profile to access information about their completed CPE and to print a valid statement of credit if needed.

Note, it is imperative that pharmacist attendee’s NABP e-Profile ID and birthdate (in MM/DD format) are correctly entered into their LECE profile and correspond with their NABP record. Failure to ensure this information is identical in both programs will jeopardize their earning CPE credits.

Registration Fees

The registration fee for the 2022-2023 Academic Leadership Fellows program is $9,950, which includes the program tuition, curriculum, leadership texts, a one-year subscription to the Harvard Business Review, Challenge Discovery exercises, the Gallup Clifton Strengths exercises, registration at AACP INterim and Annual meetings, and some meals. There is no additional fee for continuing education credit.

Sponsors

No financial support was identified for any component of the continuing education activities

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