The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation is delighted to announce that six student pharmacists from across the country recently completed summer internship programs organized by the Foundation and supported by Pfizer, Inc.
| ALEXANDRIA, Va., PRNewswire/ -- The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation is delighted to announce that six student pharmacists from across the country recently completed summer internship programs organized by the Foundation and supported by Pfizer Inc. The interns executed capstone research projects that will be delivered in poster format at AMCP Nexus 2018, Oct. 22-25, in Orlando, Fla.
The highly competitive programs offer future practitioners the opportunity to experience firsthand the broad spectrum of managed care pharmacy careers, and to receive mentorship from senior professionals. This year’s participants are the 25th cohort for the Foundation, which began organizing internships in 1993. “Pfizer collaborated on our very first internship offering, and has remained a committed partner for 25 years now,” says Paula J. Eichenbrenner, MBA, CAE, Executive Director of the AMCP Foundation. “Communication skills, business acumen and self-confidence – leadership traits necessary for success in any segment of health care – are reported most frequently by alumni as improving due to these internships.” The AMCP Foundation/Pfizer, Inc. Managed Care Summer Internship is designed to develop future leaders in managed care through exposure to population health and managed care pharmacy principles via concepts such as formulary management, benefit design, medication therapy management and adherence. Pfizer also collaborated with the AMCP Foundation on the Managed Care Research and Nonprofit Leadership Internship, which develops future nonprofit leaders in medication-related and business skills. 2018 participants in the AMCP Foundation/Pfizer, Inc. Managed Care Summer Internship are: Wilson Haong, Western New England University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Sarah Hebble, Ohio Northern University, College of Pharmacy Huzefa Jabbar, California Northstate University, College of Pharmacy Sumie Kakehi, Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Samuel Kim, University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy The 2018 AMCP Foundation/Pfizer, Inc. Managed Care Research and Nonprofit Leadership Intern is: Mandy Renfro, The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy View the research results for the projects listed above during the poster presentations in The Exchange at Nexus on Wednesday, October 24, from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm. About the AMCP Foundation
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