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ASHP Advantage is the unparalleled expert in designing and
developing pharmacy-related educational symposia and conferences
for pharmacists and other health care professionals, including
nurses and physicians.
Since 1995, we have developed hundreds of customized, results-getting
educational programs and conferences with ACPE, CME and nursing
accreditation. These include educational
symposia, regional educational symposia,
and specialty conferences.
Our extensive staff of pharmacists know the key issues in
pharmacy today. Plus, by marshaling the vast resources of
ASHP, we can help shape the agenda, select the faculty and
fill the room with the audience you most want to reach. When
you add our unmatched experience in meeting administration
and logistics, the result is a focused, cost-effective program
that gives you a decisive edge in the pharmacy marketplace.
 And
that’s not all. We help our clients maximize
their presence at meetings through multi-faceted series branding
that increases corporate name recognition and establishes
clients as leaders in contributing to the education of pharmacists
and other health care professionals.
What can ASHP Advantage do for you?
Clients rely on our expertise in the following areas to develop
their live educational symposia, specialty conferences and
regional educational symposia:
- Program development
- Faculty identification
- Program promotion
- Evaluation and follow-up
- Series Branding
Program development
ASHP
Advantage
- Identifies educational objectives
- Defines specific topics to be covered
- Ensures that scientific information is objective and
balanced, and includes discussion of treatment options
- Prepares program handouts
Faculty identification
ASHP Advantage
- Calls on ASHP resources to identify and confirm expert
faculty
- Consults with faculty to refine their presentations
- Manages logistics and payments
Program Promotion
ASHP Advantage
- Determines what audience, in which therapeutic or practice
management categories, should attend
- Uses ASHP’s network and database to get the most
appropriate pharmacy audience
- Designs and prints promotional materials (handouts, brochures
and posters)
- Designs and hosts a web site that promotes the program
- Designs and places advertisements that promote the program
- Distributes promotional materials through door drops
and attendee packets
Evaluation and Follow-up
ASHP Advantage
- Prepares and analyzes evaluations and other program assessments
- Prepares attendee reports
Series Branding
ASHP Advantage
- Creates customized, integrated packages that maximize
the visibility of your company’s name at ASHP’s
Midyear Clinical Meeting or Summer
Meeting, or at other nationals and regional meetings
for pharmacists and other health care professionals
- Develops brand identity for your company through educational
symposia and conference presentations
- Creates packages that supplement educational symposia
and exhibitors’ theaters with brochures, posters,
web sites, publication sponsorship and special events
Educational Symposia Series
Educational symposia that reach pharmacists are our
specialty. As pharmacists ourselves, we understand
the trends in pharmacy practice today. This insider’s
track allows us to identify topics and develop symposia that
will enable you to reach your objectives. We also know how
to identify faculty and fill the room with the decision makers
you most want to reach, and we handle every detail, from program
promotion to evaluation and follow-up. The result is a cost-effective,
successful symposium series that gets the results you want.
Venues for educational symposia
- ASHP
Midyear Clinical Meeting, the largest gathering of pharmacists
in the world – attended by more than 18,500 pharmacy
professionals
- ASHP
Summer Meeting, attended by more than 4,500
- Pharmacy meetings conducted by the American Pharmaceutical
Association, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacists, and American
College of Clinical Pharmacy
- Regional conferences
- Specialty conferences
Regional Educational Symposia
ASHP Advantage can provide all the expertise needed for
a successful series of pharmacy symposia in selected locations
or in conjunction with any other professional meetings. These
symposia maximize your company’s presence at regional
or local meetings and build on educational symposia at national
conferences and other meeting venues.
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Specialty Conferences
ASHP Advantage has developed and conducted specialty conferences
on such topics as leadership, disease state management and
medication safety—informing pharmacists about research
activities and current issues. Whatever the specialty area
or topic, ASHP Advantage can manage all aspects of your program.
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Continuing Education Accreditation
Our educational programs are accredited for one or more
of the following:
- American Council on Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) credit.
ASHP is accredited by ACPE as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical
education.
- Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit. ASHP Advantage
can arrange for CME accreditation through affiliations with
selected ACCME-accredited providers.
- Continuing Education Credit for Nurses. ASHP can arrange
for continuing education accreditation for nurses through
affiliation with organizations approved by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
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