The Continuing Professional Development Committee (CPD) serves as the committee considering trends in professional development, forecasting future training needs, and recommending future direction for AAPP’s CE enterprise. This committee ultimately supports the career development and continuing professional education needs of members by advising and informing AAPP’s educational mission, goals, and policies. This ten to twelve-member committee considers needs analyses, Board requests, DEI principles, and other factors to ensure continuing professional education programming is innovative, effective, of superior quality, and prepares psychiatric pharmacists for current and future practice (Meets: Virtually 1-hour monthly, Time Commitment: Average of 2-3 hours per month and 35 hours over course of the year).
1. In its first year, monitor the uptake of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) using ACPE and BPS statistics
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2. Identify methods to locate and prioritize speaker possibilities to reduce reliance on traditional methods for speaker selection criteria, such as previous speaking engagements and publications (e.g., establish contacts at HBCUs to offer faculty ideas). (Completion by 3/31/2024 – Work group)
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a. Develop written guidance for programming committees.
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b. Advise on output from faculty database in an effort to evaluate volunteers and consider diversity factors in faculty selection.
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3. Develop a process to systematically monitor practice for emerging technologies, medications, practice models, research, and gaps in patient care as a means of gathering needs assessment data and direction for AAPP’s educational committees. (Completion by 10/31/2025 – Work group)
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a. Consider public health challenges impacting the care delivered by psychiatric pharmacists.
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b. Consider educational and pharmacy school trends that influence CE and other professional development offerings and recommend how AAPP can proactively address trends.
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c. Develop the format and author written guidance/briefs for the benefit and use of educational committees.
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d. Consider methods to involve committees and perhaps communities in a more significant and formal way.
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4. Review the Event Code of Conduct and make revisions if necessary (completion by 10/31/2024)
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5. As requested, evaluate staff and committee developed recommendations around practices, policies, and processes impacting educational products.
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