AACP NMA Workshop

2026 AACP NMA Workshop

Navigating Modern Approaches in Self-Care Education, Community Practice and Beyond

For over 25 years, The Nonprescription Medicine Academy (NMA) has been bringing leaders in self-care and self-care educators across North America together to collaborate and share relevant and impactful information about nonprescription medicines and self-care conditions, while advancing teaching strategies in these areas. For the past decade, NMA has had a home at AACP, offering programming, networking and information sharing every other year. This year we are excited to offer this program in conjunction with the ACT Pharmacy Collaborative and AACP Self-Care and Nonprescription Medicines Special Interest Group as a pre-session for the 2026 AACP Annual Meeting. 

This one-day workshop, immediately preceding the 2026 AACP Annual Meeting, aims to engage educators with interest in self-care therapeutics, outpatient pharmacy practice, and/or public health. As the self-care industry continues to rapidly evolve, pharmacists are well positioned to grow and advance patient care services. These services impact public health and align with patient outcomes to improve health.  The workshop will bridge pharmacy education and practice by covering educational topics in self-care and community practice to advance the pharmacist’s role in outpatient practice. Sessions will highlight emerging clinical topics, industry trends, including the ever-expanding self-care market. Innovative teaching strategies will be shared that can be utilized to teach self-care therapeutics, community pharmacy practice, and public health content. Additionally, the workshop will provide networking opportunities to bridge educators across practice settings and defined areas of interest and teaching. The workshop will also provide opportunities to engage in and share scholarly efforts. 

Mission: To advance pharmacy education, practice, and scholarship in self-care therapeutics and non-prescription medicines. Through curriculum innovation, research, and community engagement, we strive to equip current and future pharmacists with the knowledge and skills necessary to lead self-care services in pharmacy settings.

Goals and Objectives

1. Enhance Pharmacy Self-Care Curriculum and Education Strategies
   1. Promote modernizing the pharmacy self-care curriculum to include innovative self-care business models, new self-care therapeutics, including medication, digital therapeutics, and more.
   2. Develop and disseminate innovative teaching strategies to advance self-care therapeutics education.
   3. Integrate innovative experiential learning to better prepare students for the provision of self-care.
2. Advance Self-Care Pharmacy Practice and Education Through Research and Scholarship
   1. Develop, study, and share new models for pharmacist-led self-care services, including payment/reimbursement structures that support pharmacists’ roles.
   2. Encourage research collaborations across institutions, including economic models for pharmacy self-care services.
   3. Create cross-institutional partnerships to conduct and disseminate scholarships in teaching and learning initiatives.
3. Bridge Self-Care and Pharmacy Practice Advancement Initiatives Across the Pharmacy Academy and Beyond
   1. Create community building opportunities for the AACP Self-Care Therapeutics/Nonprescription Medicine SIG, Non-prescription Medicine Academy attendees, and ACT Pharmacy Collaborative faculty.
   2. Strengthen partnerships across healthcare settings.
   3. Strengthen connections among pharmacy educators, practitioners, leaders, and external partners

Why Should You Attend?

The NMA pre-session will provide opportunities for faculty and preceptors across an expanse of practice areas who incorporate self-care in didactic, practice labs, and introductory and advanced practice experiences to be a part of an amazing collaborative to advance the education we provide to our students who ultimately impact the lives of thousands of patients. Faculty that participate in NMA can attest to the partnerships, friendships and networking that have had such impacts on our careers. Join us to find out what makes NMA such an exceptional experience!

Registration to open in April 2026 along with Annual Meeting 2026 Registration