"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."

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AzPA Mentor Connection Program (MCP) mentor & mentees will receive a pairing update the second week of October. 




Apply to be a Mentor


Apply to be a Mentee

Applications due by Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

Mission

The AzPA Mentor Connection Program (MCP) was designed with the vision of building relationships, furthering professional networks, and strengthening continuous professional development on behalf of both student pharmacists/technicians (mentees) and practicing pharmacists/technicians (mentors) in Arizona.

Goals

  • Promote personal and professional development of pharmacy students/technicians beyond curricular goals
  • Provide direction, foster confidence, and instill values needed to develop professionally
  • Create an engaging environment that instills renewed enthusiasm within the profession
  • Cultivate long-term relationships that evolve with time and are mutually beneficial
  • Promote professional meeting attendance to support professional development


MCP Handbook

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Mentor Connection Program

History


History

This program was first piloted in the AzPA Health-System Academy (HSA) in 2012 as a "grass roots" effort prior to expanding throughout all AzPA Academies. The six-month pilot program consisted of 10 mentor-mentee pairs; 5 mentees each from The University of Arizona and Midwestern University Glendale Colleges of Pharmacy. The Expanded Pilot Program, which took place from October 2012 - July 2013, was managed by the AzPA Continuing Education Standing Committee. To provide consistent structure and leadership of this program, the management and maintenance of the AzPA MCP is now housed under the Mentor Connection Program Standing Committee. In order to represent all areas of pharmacy practice in Arizona, the MCP Standing Committee represents pharmacy professionals from diverse practice settings. Since its inception, the AzPA MCP has enrolled more than 350 individual participants and continues to provide the valuable resource of experience and mentorship with each new cycle.  Additionally, the 2015-2016 cycle saw the first pairing of a Pharmacy Technician mentor with a mentee enrolled in a Pharmacy Technician Training program.  As the program continues to grow and evolve, AzPA and the Standing Committee encourages active membership participation and feedback in an effort to give back to the profession and continuously improve the quality of the experience.

Program Info

This 9-month long program cycle runs October - June annually and pairs student pharmacists and technicians with practicing mentors, in which pairs are encouraged to meet as frequently as monthly via mode of choice (e.g. email exchange, zoom/skype/facetime/phone).  The program typically culminates with the AzPA Annual Convention where mentees and mentors can meet and enjoy the meeting as well as continue the relationship development in a meaningful way. Mentees will earn a certificate of completion if they meet a minimum of quarterly with their mentor and complete the end of cycle evaluation. Mentees will earn a certificate of completion if they meet a minimum of quarterly with their mentor and complete the end of cycle evaluation.

Note: Mentors and Mentees can be students, technicians, residents or pharmacists as it depends on where you are in your career and what your needs are as a pharmacy professional.

Contacts

Chair: Casey Orton

Chair Elect: Jacinta Hines