This year's theme: Growing Strong Together: Cultivating Future-Ready Practitioners, Nourishing Talent, and Enriching the Pharmaceutical Care Ecosystem

"Cultivating Future-Ready Practitioners, Nourishing Talent, and Enriching the Pharmaceutical Care Ecosystem"

Healthcare is experiencing unprecedented transformation. Workforce shortages, clinician burnout, technological innovation, changing patient needs, and evolving practice models continue to reshape the profession. As pharmacists and pharmacy teams navigate these challenges, our collective success depends on our ability to prepare future practitioners, support and retain current talent, and create practice environments that are both sustainable and resilient.

Just as Osprey Wilds serves as a place of environmental learning, adaptation, and stewardship, the pharmacy profession must continually evolve while remaining grounded in its commitment to patient care.

This year's theme invites participants to reflect on questions such as:

• What knowledge, skills, and mindsets will define a workforce that is ready for the future of pharmaceutical care?

• How do we recruit, develop, engage, and retain talented individuals throughout their professional journey?

• What role do mentorship, leadership development, and lifelong learning play in workforce sustainability?

• How can pharmacists and pharmacy teams adapt to advances in artificial intelligence, digital health, and emerging models of care?

• What innovative practice models can help ensure access to high-quality pharmaceutical care for future generations?

• How can we create workplaces that promote meaning, connection, well-being, and professional fulfillment?

Together, we will explore strategies for strengthening the pharmacy workforce while advancing pharmaceutical care in a rapidly changing healthcare environment.

 Pharmaceutical Care Lyceum 2027 Application

Application Due: Monday, November 2, 2026 11:59pm

Please email the Lyceum Planning committee at PCareLyceum@gmail.com for more information or to discuss your ideas with us.

You will be notified early December whether your application has been accepted for presentation. 

  Application and Session Submission Information 

The Pharmaceutical Care Lyceum is successful only when all participants are actively engaged, open, and prepared to share ideas, challenge current practice, and envision what is possible. This is achieved through discussion-based presentations, active learning experiences, and the creation of an environment that encourages curiosity, creativity, and connection.

The Lyceum will consist of selected presentations, activities, and discussions. Because time on the agenda is limited, your session may not be selected for presentation, but you may still be invited to attend and actively engage in the conference as space permits.

Session formats:

• Practice Dilemma/Topic Roundtable - Focus on rich participant dialogue with brief framing presentation and prompting questions

• Seminar - Presentation with significant participant engagement (for example: debate, World Café)

• Workshop - Task-oriented small group experience, or case-based discussions

• Fireside Chat - Moderated interactive discussion with 1-4 experts on a provocative or innovative topic 

• Mindful Activity - mindful movement, meditation, journaling, crafts, etc.

• Other - The Lyceum concept encourages creative license! Skits, games, book club, etc.

Session length will be 30, 45, or 60 minutes. Final session length will be determined by the committee and the applicant before the conference agenda is finalized, depending on breadth of material and other conference submissions, among other factors. (Applicants can submit a suggested session length.)

As in previous years, sessions should emphasize participation over presentation. We encourage discussion-based formats, workshops, facilitated conversations, and other active learning approaches that help attendees learn from one another and collaboratively explore the future of pharmaceutical care.

For first-time participants, challenge yourselves to think beyond what you currently know and see in pharmaceutical care. For returning attendees, look beyond your current practices and previous Lyceum discussions to imagine the workforce and practice models needed for the next decade.

Together, let's prepare the next generation, sustain our talent, and build resilient pharmaceutical care practices for the future. 

Conference Format and Logistics

The Pharmaceutical Care Lyceum is not a passive environment.  Each attendee is not only encouraged but expected to be engaged and participate.  However, the conference will be FUN – as thoughtful dialogue and FUN are not mutually exclusive!

The conference will be held at Osprey Wilds, 54165 Audubon Dr., Sandstone, MN 55072. It’s approximately a 1.5 hour drive from the Twin Cities metro or 1.25 hours from Duluth. Transportation will not be provided; car-pooling is strongly encouraged. Additional information can be found at: https://ospreywilds.org/aboutus/. 

Osprey Wilds is a conservation and environmental learning center. The basic accommodations allow time for reflection and a new way of connecting with each other and our environment. Rustic lodging, outdoor activities, meals, and libations are included in the registration fee. There will be ample opportunities to interact socially and enjoy indoor and outdoor activities.