ACT Pharmacy Collaborative Community Pharmacy Practice Transformation Educators Badge
Please note: If accepted into the program, a required fee of $149 will be charged.
Badge Competencies
- Recognize opportunities and challenges within the evolving health care system to advance pharmacy services within community pharmacy.
- Demonstrate evidence-based change practices that drive implementation of pharmacy services.
- Support community pharmacy practice transformation through the application of educational resources and collaborative knowledge.
- Persuasively communicate the value of advanced pharmacy services in the community pharmacy to relevant stakeholders.
Practice faculty, researchers, experiential education directors, and preceptors have completed the program. Find a full list of badge recipients here. Participants shared feedback on reasons to participate in the program. Here are some of their perspectives:
- “It's a great way to enhance your knowledge of how community pharmacy practice is rapidly evolving. This is important because many of our graduates go to practice in this environment but often see it as 'less than' or as something they settle for rather than another pharmacy setting. Helping both faculty and students to understand the innovation that's happening in pharmacy practice will help all of us as a profession to demonstrate our unique value as pharmacists. We should all be advocates for all pharmacy settings!”
- “Regarding community pharmacy, it gives you a space to talk about things that matter with people who (1) care about the problem (2) have tools to address it and (3) can assist you with your goals.”
- “Great way to identify others who are doing similar services and look for ways to collaborate and/or learn from each other.”
- “The combination of components required for the badge is diverse and learner-centric. There is a level of flexibility that allows for participation and engagement in a variety of topics to advance community pharmacy practice that are selected by the individual.”
Eligibility
Currently employed as a faculty or staff member at a college/school of pharmacy or serving as a preceptor for a college/school of pharmacy.
Timeline
Participants will be given notice of acceptance into the program by Nov. 25, 2026. Upon acceptance into the program, participants will be given access to the badge on AACP Learn where all program information and resources will be housed. All required activities must be completed between December 1, 2026 and July 31, 2027, unless otherwise noted below (e.g., webinar attendance, engagement/implementation and dissemination activities). All evidence must be uploaded on AACP Learn by July 31, 2027. Digital badges will be disbursed in August 2027.
Required Activities and Evidence
Required Activities | Evidence of Completion |
Knowledge and Training | |
ACT Foundational Modules in Community Pharmacy Transformation
| Self-attestation + session evaluation Participants will be invited to submit alternate evidence of this knowledge (e.g., presenting or lecturing on topics covered in the modules), if desired. Please contact the program coordinator, Miranda Steinkopf (msteinkopf@aacp.org), if you would like to pursue this option. |
Attend at least 4 Networking Sessions. At least 2 must be ACTion Hour Webinars. Eligible ACTion Hour Webinars ACTion Hour Webinars are open to all ACT Pharmacy Collaborative members and partners. During these sessions, attendees have a chance to learn about timely topics from experts and connect with colleagues nationwide.
Taking ACTion Together During these sessions, which are exclusively available to badge participants, attendees will have a chance to connect with others in the program to continue conversations that were started during the monthly ACTion Hour Webinars. Program advisory group members will also be available during these sessions to answer questions about the program, assist in making connections to help get requirements done, and provide advice on current work.
| Attendance tracked via Zoom. |
Complete at least one elective learning activity.
| Self-attestation Answer: Do you recommend adding your elective to the “Suggested Electives” list? Why or why not? |
Engagement/Implementation | |
Complete a site visit at a community pharmacy and use the Flip the Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Self-Assessment Tool We encourage participants to use the self-assessment as a framework to guide conversation with the community pharmacy site during their visit. Based on your conversations with them, you can dive deeper into particular areas of the self-assessment based on site-specific needs. | Upload a photo from visit and a brief reflection statement about the impact of the visit on you and/or the pharmacy. |
Complete at least one of the following*:
*Engagement/Implementation activities listed above that were completed August 2026 – July 2027 can be used as evidence to achieve these requirements. | Please upload a brief description (100-250 words max) of the additional engagement/implementation activity you completed, including its impact, and the date it was completed. |
Dissemination | |
Complete at least two of the following**:
**Evidence of dissemination within 3 years prior to the time of Badge application will be accepted. Any dissemination activities completed between July 2023 and June 2026 will be accepted. | Upload a poster, manuscript, meeting agenda, reflection, or web link, as appropriate based on your activity choices. |
Optional Program Poster As part of Cohort 4, we're offering a new opportunity to share your program accomplishments by creating a poster and choosing one or two ways to share this.
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Badge Verification Review
AACP staff will review and determine that all badge requirements have been met. Once eligibility requirements are verified, a digital badge will be awarded via Credly.
Program Advisory Group
Gale Garmong (Lead), Nazia Babul, Ed Cohen, Kevin Fuji, and Shelby Jensen
