Invitation for Proposals for American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education Theme Issue: Student Pharmacist Leadership Development
In 2011, an AACP working group was assembled to explore ways to better integrate leadership development opportunities in the PharmD curriculum, with a special focus on furthering our students' ability to create positive change. One of our group's recommendations was to propose a professional student leadership development theme issue of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE). We are now working with AJPE to develop this theme issue and would like to invite you to submit a manuscript proposal. Information on submitting a proposal is provided below:
Proposals must include an abstract and detailed outline (see selection process below). All proposals must be submitted to Lynette Bradley-Baker at lbbaker@aacp.org, as a Word document, no later than May 30, 2012. No late submissions will be accepted.
AJPE Student Leadership Development Theme Issue Manuscript Proposal Components
1) Title of Manuscript and Author Name(s) and Affiliation(s)
2) Student Leadership Development Topic Area (CHOOSE ONE)
a) Research-focused work in areas of professional student leadership development
b) The role of didactic, experiential, co-curricular, international/global, or interprofessional education in leadership development
c) The role of student organizations in leadership development
d) Best practices in leadership instruction, including outcomes and quality indicators
e) The role of leadership abilities in the recruitment, selection, progression and/or graduation of student pharmacists
3) Abstract (Limit of 300 words)
For research articles, the abstract should include a brief statement (1-3 sentences) on each of the following sections: Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
For Instructional Design and Assessment papers, the abstract should include a statement on the following sections: Introduction, Design, Evaluation, Assessment and Summary.
4) Detailed Outline of the Manuscript Proposal (Limit to 1 page)
For Research Articles, the outline should include a detailed description for each of the following sections: Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
For Instructional Design and Assessment papers, the outline should include detailed description for each of the following sections: Introduction, Design, Evaluation, Assessment, and Summary.
The format of the outline can be in either bulleted or paragraph form. Authors may include additional sections as they deem necessary to their manuscript.
Manuscript proposals will be reviewed by the Student Leadership Curriculum Workgroup and members of the Leadership Development Special Interest Group (SIG). Members of the review committee are not excluded from submitting proposals for the special issue. However, each committee member will be excused from voting on their individual proposal and any proposal
from other individuals at their institution. In all, 6 to 8 manuscript proposals will be invited to for development into manuscripts to be reviewed and potentially published in the theme issue.
Authors of manuscript proposals that are not invited for the theme issue may submit their manuscripts to AJPE through the regular submission process.
The committee will complete its review by NO LATER than June 24, 2012. All proposal authors will be contacted within 7 days of this date. If your proposal is accepted, the following guidelines for your manuscript submission will apply:
(1) The completed manuscript will be subjected to the AJPE review process. The editor has the right to reject any manuscript that does not meet AJPE guidelines and quality.
(2) All manuscripts must be prepared following AJPE guidelines (http://www.ajpe.org/instructions.asp) and submitted via the AJPE online system.
(3) The final manuscript must be submitted by NO LATER than September 28, 2012.
The theme issue is projected to be published in late 2012.
If you have any questions, please contact Nanci Murphy, at murphyna@uw.edu or Lynette Bradley-Baker at lbbaker@aacp.org. We look forward to receiving your proposals!
Members of AACP working group of student leadership development
Lynette Bradley-Baker
Kristin Janke
Susan Meyer
Jenelle Sobotka
Todd Sorensen
Nanci Murphy, AJPE Guest Editor for Student Leadership Development theme issue
