2026 AACP Interim Meeting
CPE Activity Announcement
February 14–17, 2026
Sheraton Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Target Audience
The accredited continuing education activities presented during the 2026 Interim Meeting are designed for pharmacy educators and leaders including deans, associate/assistant deans, department chairs, faculty and professional staff.
Agenda
The meeting agenda may be accessed here.
CE Sessions
Saturday, February 14
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Meeting Kickoff: Federal Policy and Higher Education in 2026: What's Next?
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe what is being done via executive authority to change the research landscape.
- Explain how policy changes are impacting international enrollment at U.S. institutions, as well as scholarly and faculty exchange.
- Analyze ways in which the second year of the Trump administration is expected to differ from the first year
- Identify major federal policy priorities projected for 2026.
Application-based (0581-0000-26-010-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)
Speaker: Sarah Spreitzer, Vice President and Chief of Staff, Government Relations, American Council of Education (ACE)
Sunday, February 15
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: Misinformation, Polarization, and Other Opportunities
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Situate current challenges about free speech within a broad legal and political context.
- Respond effectively to misinformation.
- Describe tools to mediate or address conflicts around the boundaries of speech
Application-based (0581-0000-26-011-L99-P, 1.5 Contact Hours)
Speaker: Sigal Ben-Porath, Ph.D., MRMJJ Presidential Professor and Faculty Director, Stravros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Competency-Based Pharmacy Education and Academic Coaching: Roles, Readiness, Next Steps
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Explain how academic coaching supports each component of CBPE.
2. Self-assess their unit’s organizational readiness to adopt/expand CBPE using a brief readiness-to-change diagnostic.
3. Explain how health professions literature characterizes academic coaching and related terminology.
4. Prioritize two barriers and enabling actions to operationalize academic coaching within pharmacy education.
Application-based (0581-0000-26-012-L99-P, 1.5 Contact Hours)
Speaker: Denise H. Rhoney, Pharm.D., FCCP, MCCM, FNCS Ron and Nancy McFarlane Distinguished Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Speaker: Krisy Thornby, Pharm.D., BCPS Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Administration Palm Beach Atlantic University
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Introduction to Crucial Conversations for Leaders in Academic Pharmacy
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Define the key elements of a crucial conversation.
2. Describe core tools (e.g., Start with Heart, State My Path, Seek Mutual Purpose, ABC if You Disagree) that are useful in navigating crucial conversations.
3. Apply basic crucial conversation strategies and tools to common scenarios leaders face in academic pharmacy.
Application-based (0581-0000-26-013-L99-P, 1.5 Contact Hours)
Speaker: Sarah Shrader, Pharm.D., FCCP, Sr. Director of Academic Programs and Professional Development, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; Panelists: Kylie Barnes, Pharm.D., Director of Applied Skills and OSCE Implementation and Clinical Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City'; Cameron Lindsey, Pharm.D., Chair, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration and Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Samuel M. Poloyac, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Dean and James T. Doluisio Regents Chair, The University of Texas at Austin; Todd D. Sorensen, Pharm.D., FAPhA, FCCP, Senior Executive Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Faculty Affairs, and Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems, University of Minnesota
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
ALFP Debate 1
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Examine the benefits of peer-reviewed scholarship in terms of rigor, credibility, and academic impact.
- Evaluate the merits and challenges of recognizing non-traditional scholarly work as equivalent to traditional peer-reviewed works in faculty performance reviews and tenure evaluations.
- Apply the debate topic to a specific challenge in pharmacy education.
Application-based (0581-0000-26-014-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)
Moderator: Jonathan Wolfson, J.D. Chief Legal Officer and Policy Director The Cicero Institute; Speakers: ALFP 2025 - 2026 Cohort
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
State-Level Pharmacy Policy and Advocacy in Action
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Describe key state policy issues affecting pharmacy practice, including payment for services, PBM reform, and scope of practice.
2. Identify emerging state educational policy issues that impact pharmacy schools and student success.
3. Discuss effective strategies for engaging in advocacy at the state level to advance pharmacy policy priorities.
4. Develop actionable approaches to strengthen institutional and professional advocacy efforts.
Application-based (0581-0000-26-015-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)
Speaker: Michael Murphy, Pharm.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, The Ohio State University
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
ALFP Debate 2
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Identify implications of changing faculty composition as a result of declining federal funding streams. (pro side)
2. Analyze and evaluate the financial, educational, and professional implications of shifting faculty composition within Schools/Colleges of Pharmacy in response to the decline in federal funding for foundational science research with attention on potential drawbacks and long-term consequences. (con side)
3. Apply the debate topic to a specific challenge in pharmacy education.
Application-based (0581-0000-26-016-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)
Moderator: Jonathan Wolfson, J.D. Chief Legal Officer and Policy Director The Cicero Institute; Speakers: ALFP 2025 - 2026 Cohort
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Building Teacher Identity in a World of Scientists and Practitioners
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Explore our own professional identities (ie, practitioner – teacher, scientist-teacher) and their intersections
2. Describe the challenges in assuming a teacher identity while training or employed as a scientist or practitioner
3. Explain the benefits of a strong teacher identity to the individual, department and college/school, such as buffering against attrition.
4. Explore how horizontal and vertical integration (ie, socialization), as well as boundary crossing competencies, may aid in teacher professional identity and feelings of success.
Application-based (0581-0000-26-017-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)
Speaker: Kristin K. Janke, Ph.D., Professor & Associate Dean of Assessment, Quality, and Educational Development, University of Minnesota; Speaker: Robin Zavod, Ph.D., Professor, Midwestern University
Monday, February 16
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Turning the Page: Writing Your Next Chapter with Purpose and Intention
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Define the concept of preferment and how it reframes traditional retirement.
2. Identify opportunities and challenges unique to different career stages leading up to retirement.
3. Analyze actions most likely to generate insights applicable to their own next chapter.
4. Develop a personalized action plan that clarifies values, vision, and next steps toward their preferment pathway.
Application-based (0581-0000-26-018-L99-P, 1.5 Contact Hours)
Speaker: Jeff J. Cain, Ed.D., M.S.; Professor, Vice-Chair Pharmacy Practice & Science, University of Kentucky; Speaker: Michelle Z. Farland, Pharm.D.; Clinical Professor and Interim Co-Chair, University of Florida; Speaker: Seena L. Haines, Pharm.D.; Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, The University of Mississippi; Speaker: Stuart T. Haines, Pharm.D.; Professor and Director, Pharmacy Professional Development, The University of Mississippi; Speaker: Lucinda Maine, Ph.D., R.Ph.; CEO Emerita, AACP; Speaker: Jenny A. Van Amburgh, B.S., Pharm.D., R.Ph., FAPhA, FNAP, BCACP, CDCES; Clinical Professor, Assistant Dean, Office of Student Affairs, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University
10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Finances and Pharmacy Education: Budgeting, Costs and Consequences
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Discuss cost and consequence considerations
2. Identify opportunities and challenges to budgeting
3. Identify how institutional differences impact budgeting
4. Compare and contrast different budget models
Application-based (0581-0000-26-019-L99-P, 1.0 Contact Hour)
Speaker: Evan Robinson, R.Ph., Ph.D., FNAP, Dean, University of North Texas Health Science Center
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
ALFP Debate 3
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Describe three reasons why Schools/Colleges of Pharmacy should share instructional resources through a centralized database.
2. Identify the concerns of academicians when required to share instructional resources through a centralized database.
3. Apply the debate topic to a specific challenge in pharmacy education
Application-based (0581-0000-26-020-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)
Moderator: Jonathan Wolfson, J.D. Chief Legal Officer and Policy Director The Cicero Institute; Speakers: ALFP 2025 - 2026 Cohort
2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Building Strong Dean–Chair Relationships: Insights from CEO Deans
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the expectations and norms CEO Deans hold for professional relationships with department chairs.
2. Describe strategies for building effective, collaborative, and sustainable dean–chair partnerships.
3. Engage in open dialogue with CEO Deans to clarify expectations and apply insights to one’s own leadership role.
Application-based (0581-0000-26-021-L99-P, 1.00 Contact Hour)
Speaker: Diane Calinski, Ph.D.; Chair & Professor of Pharmaceutical and Graduate Life Sciences, Manchester University College of Pharmacy, Natural and Health Sciences; Speaker: Cameron C. Lindsey, Pharm.D., M.P.H., BC-ADM, CDCES, BCACP; Professor and Chair Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Speaker: Russell B. Melchert, Ph.D., Dean, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Speaker: W. Thomas (Tommy) Smith, Pharm.D., J.D., Professor and Dean of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, Manchester University College of Pharmacy, Natural and Health Sciences
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Weaving Through Legal Traffic in the Fast Lane of Higher Education Change
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Review recent higher education court cases and decisions.
2. Explore ongoing and potential legal issues that may impact administrators in pharmacy education.
3. Discuss strategies and proactive measures that pharmacy leaders may use to mitigate legal issues.
Application-based (0581-0000-26-022-L99-P, 1.5 Contact Hours)
Speaker: Diane B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., M.S., R.Ph., Associate Dean for Healthcare Partnerships and Clinical Professor of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy; Speaker: Kris Harrell, Pharm.D., M.A., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Pharmacy Practice, The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy; Speaker: Jonathan Wolfson, J.D. Chief Legal Officer & Policy Director, The Cicero Institute
Post-Conference Session
The Fundraising Trifecta: Data, Strategy, and Development Storytelling for Impactful Advancement
Fee: $199 for CEO Dean ONLY from a school; $199 for Development Officer/Staff ONLY from a school; $99 for CEO Dean with Development Officer/Staff; and $99 for Development Officer/Staff with CEO Dean.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
CE Sessions
8:15 am to 9:30 a.m.
Session 1: Creating a Modernized Fundraising Program
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Explain the role and importance of data in donor engagement and retention
- Explore techniques for data-driven decision making
- Develop action-oriented strategies for implementing data-informed fundraising campaigns
Application-based (0581-0000-26-001-L99-P, 1.25 Contact Hours)
Speakers: Kori Caldwell, Advancement Director, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy; Pam Heaton, Ph.D., BSPharm, FAPhA, Dean and Professor, The University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
9:45 am to 11:00 am
Session 2: Effective Management of Your Fundraising Program
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe how centralized (institution-led) and decentralized (college/school-led) structures impact donor strategy, resource sharing and priorities
- Identify strategies to foster coordination and alignment between college/school and advancement
- Develop best practices for shared data, prospect management and fundraising policies
Application-based (0581-0000-26-002-L99-P, 1.25 Contact Hours)
Speakers: Renae Chesnut, R.Ph., Ed.D., Dean Emerita, Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; Brynn Huysman, M.S., Interim Chief Development Officer, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
11:00 am to 11:45 am
Session 3: Development Storytelling in Today’s Higher Education Environment
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
Explain the role of development in storytelling and communication in fundraising
- Why storytelling matters in pharmacy advancement
- Strategic storytelling for the long game
- Building and sustaining narrative arc
- Practical tools and takeaways
Application-based (0581-0000-26-003-L99-P, 0.75 Contact Hour)
Speakers: Andrew Gauss, Director of Development & Alumni Engagement, Idaho State University L.S. Skaggs College of Pharmacy; Dana Strachan, Pharm.D., BCPS, Dean and Professor, Palm Beach Atlantic University Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy
AACP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Accredited continuing education activities during the AACP 2026 Interim Meeting will discuss leadership-related topics.
Information on how to obtain continuing education credit
The deadline to complete the CPE requirements for continuing education credit is Thursday, April 2, 2026.
AACP is pleased to offer continuing education credits for select sessions presented during the 2026 Interim Meeting. To claim CPE credit, pharmacists must attend the sessions, complete the activity assessments with a passing score of 75% or higher, and submit the activity evaluations on AACP Learn, AACP’s learning management system.
Through AACP Learn, licensed pharmacist attendees will complete the continuing education assessments and evaluations after each accredited session. Upon successful completion of the activity assessment and evaluation, AACP Learn will transmit the CE credit information to the regulatory bodies at NABP and ACPE. CE credit information will be reflected in CPE Monitor™. Attendees will have 45 days following the meeting to complete the CPE requirements for continuing education credit. Access to the session activity evaluations and assessments will be denied after April 2, 2026.
Attendees will be asked to provide their NABP e-Profile ID and birthdate prior to completing the first activity assessment. Attendees must verify that their NABP e-profile and birthdate are correctly entered and correspond with their NABP record. Failure to ensure this information is identical in both programs will jeopardize their earning CE credits.
If you have any questions regarding CE before or after the meeting, please contact cpd@aacp.org.
How to submit CE credits
- Please go to the 2026 Interim Meeting CE webpage on AACP Learn to access the learning assessments and evaluation forms for the accredited CE sessions.
- Login to AACP Learn.
- CE sessions are organized by date. Click on the date to access a CE session held on the specified date.
- Select the session for which you would like to complete the assessment and evaluation.
- Select “Learning Quiz.” You will be prompted to enter your NABP ID number and date of birth to complete the first assessment, and attest to your attendance at the sessions for which you are claiming credit.
- Please verify that the information entered is correct and that your NABP ID number correspond with your NABP record.
- Review the information on the Welcome page and then click “Next Step” to proceed.
- Select the appropriate answer to the assessment question and click “Submit Your Answer.”
- Once completed, review your assessment results, and click the “Finish” button.
- A pop-up window will appear to re-direct you to the main activity page.
- Click the “Evaluation Form” link on the activity page to complete the session evaluation. Note, access to the evaluation form is granted upon successful completion of the assessment. Participants may retake the assessment if needed.
- After completing the evaluation, click on the “Finish” button to submit your evaluation. Upon successful completion of the activity assessment and evaluation, AACP Learn will transmit the CE credit information to CPE Monitor™.
- Click the blue "Overview" link to process CE credit for another session.
ACPE recognizes as valid only statements of credit generated from your NABP e-Profile account. Pharmacists should login to their NABP e-profile to access information about their completed CPE and to print a valid statement of credit if needed.
No financial support has been identified to date for any component of the educational activities.
