The Strategic Plan of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 1994–1996

The process of building a vision and assembling the means to carry it ou t is called strategic planning. The strategic planning process of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is designed to gain a common understanding among the College’s members, Board of Regents, and staff regarding the goals, priorities, initiatives, and future directions for this dynamic organization. It charts a course through which ACCP can optimize drug therapy outcomes in the pharmaceutical care of patients by promoting excellence and innovation in clinical pharmacy practice, research, and education. It helps to ensure that the organization focuses its efforts on those issues of most importance and concern to its members. The ACCP’s strategic planning process operates o n a 3-year cycle. Every third year, ACCP organizes a major planning conference that includes a broad representation of its membership. In the interim, the Board of Regents meets annually to update and refine the organization’s strategic plan as needed. Success in meeting the plan’s goals and objectives is monitored by the Long Range Planning Committee and considered at quarterly meetings of the Board of Regents. The strategic plan is a dynamic document that attempts to chart the College’s course for the next 3 years. I t is intended to be revised frequently, as conditions change and as new opportunities arise. The ACCP held its triennial strategic planning conference in October 1993. The conference was designed to develop and integrate the strategic planning activities of ACCP, the ACCP Research