The Professional Affairs Committee will showcase psychiatric pharmacists' clinical practices in a practice-advancement effort to demonstrate the value of psychiatric pharmacists in team-based healthcare. (Meets: Virtually 1-hour monthly and in-person at Annual Meeting, Time Commitment: Average of 3 hours per month and 35 hours over course of the year)

Charges to the Professional Affairs Committee

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Provide feedback or content as requested related to advocacy initiatives, existing advocacy content, and organization of advocacy resources.
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Monitor the effectiveness of professional affairs and set related goals to gauge success.
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Identify, evaluate, and prioritize associations for outreach (by staff or designated leaders) and partnership. Track and measure progress.
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Develop recommendations and/or resources for ambassador selection, training, and deployment to other associations and their affiliated conferences.