AMCP MembershipMapping Your Career In

Managed Care Pharmacy

Why Should YOU Join?

Your Role as a Pharmacist in Managed Care

As a pharmacist in Managed Care practice,

you will apply your clinical skills to benefit patient

outcomes and optimize medication

therapy costsfor the patient and the

healthcare organization!

I’m Not Going to be a Managed Care Pharmacist

As a pharmacist, regardless of where you choose to practice,

you can benefit by understanding the concepts of managed care pharmacy.

Why Should You Join AMCP?

Explore the Benefits of Student Pharmacist Membership

INFORMATION

• The ASCENT Center• AMCP News -

Monthly Newsletter• Journal of Managed

Care Pharmacy (JMCP) – Peer Reviewed

• Legislative and Regulatory Updates

Explore the Benefits of Student Pharmacist Membership

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Managed Care Internships

• P&T Competition• Shadowing

Opportunities• Two National

Conferences with special programming for student pharmacists

• Managed Care Residencies

FMCP/AMCP Summer Internships in

Managed Care Pharmacy• 10 week Internships

available Nationwide– Supported by

Pfizer and Allergen • Includes a stipend

and housing accommodations

• Interns spend one week at AMCP Headquarters, too!

“Amazing summer internship opportunities at managed care organizations listed in Forbes

Top 100 companies”

FMCP/AMCP P & T Competition

• Real-world simulation of a true P&T Committee Presentation

• Opportunity to put your clinical skills to work

• Your Chapter will receive up to $5,000 and nationwide recognition

“Learning to work on a P&T committee through AMCP’s P & T Competition is a skill that will be very useful

in many pharmacist career pathways.” Vinson Lee, University of Southern California 2006

Schools of Pharmacy Relations Committee Chair, 2009-2010

Legislative Updates Grassroots Action

• AMCP Weekly Newsletter emailed to keep you up-to-date

• AMCP Legislative Action Center for members only

• AMCP Staff who focus specifically on legislative and regulatory issues affecting YOU

Expand Your Professional Network

NationallyUse the AMCP

Membership Directory to find pharmacists for

networking & shadowing opportunities

Local Chapter The AMCP Diplomat is

your link to the real world managed care

pharmacy!

AMCP National ConferencesAMCP Annual Meeting

& Showcase

• Held each AprilApril 15-18, 2009 - Orlando April 7-10, 2010 – San Diego

• Special Sessions just for Student Pharmacists

• Network with Managed Care Pharmacists!

“The conferences are an uniqueopportunity to meet, interact, and

network with the leaders ofmanaged care pharmacy" 

-Angela Dai Zovi University of the Pacific 2009

“In addition to providing information tostudents, the meetings are a lot of fun and give students the opportunity to see many

amazing cities across the country”-Julie Howard

Shenandoah University 2009

AMCP National Conferences“A reason student pharmacists would want to belong to AMCP is to foster their pharmacy knowledge as it pertains to managed care. Managed care affects every aspect of pharmacy practice and every patient. Understanding the basics of managed care will help you become a better, more effective pharmacist, no matter where you end up practicing.”

– Heather Fitzgerald, University of Illinois at Chicago 2009

AMCP Educational Conference

• Held each OctoberOctober 15-17, 2008 – Kansas CityOctober 7-10, 2009 – San Antonio

• Special Sessions for Student Pharmacists

• Managed Care Residency Showcase

Enhance Your Expertise!

Managed Care Pharmacy Residencies

More than 65 different residencies offer you…

– A unique learning experiences in multidisciplinary clinical environments;

– Opportunities to apply managed care principles and gain the confidence to seek a wide range of career opportunities; and,

– Gain significant real world experience in one focused year!

Stay Current!

Membership in AMCP gives you access to a variety of periodicals and

publications that encompass the principles and research in managed care pharmacy.

Members can access all of them at www.amcp.org!

Online Resources for Members

• Concept Series in Managed Care • Mapping Your Future in Managed Care Pharmacy

• The Roles of Pharmacists in Managed Care Pharmacy

• AMCP ASCENT Center

• Managed Care Internship Directory

• Managed Care Residency Directory

Most student pharmacists learn about community and hospital pharmacy practice while in pharmacy school…

When you join AMCP you will discover the world of

opportunities that await you in managed care pharmacy!

Get Involved!

There are tremendous opportunities for student pharmacist involvement in AMCP!

Join Today!

Contact your

chapter membership officer

to join AMCP today

or visit www.amcp.org!