Links to Pharmacy Organizations and Information

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
The AMCP’s vision is managed care pharmacy improving health care for all.
AMCP’s mission is to empower its members to serve society by using sound medication management principles and strategies to improve health care for all. Managed care pharmacy principles are based upon the use of scientific evidence to achieve healthy outcomes while making the best use of money spent on medications and their management.
 
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
The AACP represents the nation's colleges and schools of pharmacy.
 
American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
The ACCP is a professional and scientific society that provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources enabling clinical pharmacists to achieve excellence in practice and research.
ACCP's membership is composed of practitioners, scientists, educators, administrators, students, residents, fellows, and others committed to excellence in clinical pharmacy and patient pharmacotherapy.
 
American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
The APhA provides access to highly respected and comprehensive pharmacy resources and programs for than 50,000 APhA members.
 
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
The ASHP advances and supports the professional practice of pharmacists in hospitals and health systems, and it serve as a collective voice on issues related to medication use and public health.
 
Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists (FSHP)
The FSHP promotes and supports the continual improvement of pharmaceutical care and the profession of pharmacy as an essential component for the delivery of health care.

Florida Pharmacy Association (FPA)
The Florida Pharmacy Association is the oldest and largest professional pharmacy association in Florida.

National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)
The NCPA is dedicated to the continuing growth and prosperity of independent community pharmacy in the United States. They are the national pharmacy association representing the professional and proprietary interests of independent community pharmacists and will vigorously promote and defend those interests.
 
 
Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA)
The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association is a professional membership society of registered pharmacists, student pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and others who reside, work, attend college or are interested in the pharmacy profession in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists (PSHP)
The Pennsylvania Society of Health System Pharmacists provides pharmacists with quality education programs, information about legislation and drug regulations.
 
 
Pharmacist's Letter Preceptor Training & Resource Network
The Pharmacist’s Letter offers unbiased evidence and advice for the pharmacist on new developments in drug therapy. LECOM pharmacy preceptors may access the Pharmacist's Letter Preceptor Training and Resource Network through this link.

LECOM Research Collective

The LECOM Research Collective and the Office of Research maintain laboratories at the campuses in Erie and Bradenton. Faculty members conduct research with varied disciplinary focuses that represent the scientific and scholarly interests of the school and endeavors to be on the forefront of osteopathic biomedical research.

LECOM Center for Drug Information and Research

The LECOM School of Pharmacy established the Center for Drug Information and Research as both a repository of prescription medication information and as a  learning tool of pharmacy students.  The Center was established with a mission to provide students, faculty, preceptors, and the public with timely independent, best evidence analysis and commentary on pharmaceuticals and healthcare policy as it relates to pharmaceuticals.The Center is proactively providing useful, scientifically accurate drug information to the largest audience possible.