Benefits of Joining IPA
IPA provides vision and a collective voice for all Indiana pharmacy professionals. We build consensus for members working across the continuum of health care, including community pharmacies, health systems, ambulatory care and non-traditional pharmacy, such as managed care, long term care, industry and academia. IPA encourages members to get involved by serving on the board, a council or task force.
Advance Indiana Pharmacy Legislation
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Join a collective voice for pharmacy professionals on legislative issues
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Contribute to professional pharmacy lobbying with Indiana legislators
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Advocate for member issues to the Indiana Pharmacy Board
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Participate in Indiana Pharmacists Legislative Day at the Indiana Statehouse
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Support the Pharmacists Political Action Committee
Expand Your Professional Network
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Lead discussions/blog on the members-only pharmacist forum on our IPA website
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Receive the Indiana Pharmacist - a quarterly journal covering key state and national news
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Receive weekly E-mail newsletters with up-to-date Indiana pharmacy news (The IN Touch)
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Receive support from our professional staff, easy to reach and ready to respond
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Discover employment opportunities via the regularly updated IPA employment listing service
Grow Your Professional and Leadership Skills
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Earn CE through IPA with annual live and self-study programs
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For students - scholarship opportunities, NAPLEX Review, Future Pharmacists Conference, Poster Presentations, and Awards
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For technicians - advocate for your profession and earn technician-specific CE
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Join councils, such as the new practitioner council, that offer exciting social activities for new pharmacy graduates.
Additional Benefits for IPA Members
At the IPA, we acknowledge that many of our recent grads and parents of current students have significant amounts of student loan debt. SoFi offers student loan refinancing, allowing you to refinance your existing private and federal loans and save thousands.
Pharmacists can save thousands by refinancing. SoFi is offering IPA members a 0.125% Rate Discount by refinancing through SoFi.
SoFi offers a range of options to optimize your monthly payments, lifetime cost, or speed of pay off, all in addition to no fees and no catch. To learn more, visit www.sofi.com/IPhA.
Choose an Academy that Fits You
The IPA recognizes that each sector of the pharmacy profession has different needs. To address the needs of its members, the IPA has several Academies that members may join.
IPA offers a range of memberships to meet your specific needs!
Member Type |
Description |
Annual Fee |
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| Active Pharmacists | Licensed pharmacist member beyond their second year of pharmacy practice | $235 |
| New Member Active Pharmacist | Licensed pharmacist joining as a new member and has not had a membership with IPA within the last 3 years | $200 |
| Spouse/Active Pharmacist | Licensed pharmacist member who is the spouse of an Active Pharmacist member | $180 |
| 2nd Year Pharmacist/Resident | Second-year pharmacist or resident PGY2 | $165 |
| 1st Year Pharmacist/Resident | First-year pharmacist or resident PGY1 | $105 |
| Retired Pharmacist | Licensed pharmacist or member who is retired or working no more than 20 hours weekly | $125 |
| Student Pharmacist | P1-4 pharmacy students enrolled in any US College of Pharmacy | $30 |
| Pharmacy Technician | Registered pharmacy technician member | $45 |
| Corporate Member Pharmacist | Licensed pharmacist member employed by an Indiana Pharmacist Corporate Sponsor business partner | Corporate* |
| Associate Member | Non-pharmacist member who supports Indiana pharmacy, including our valued business partners | $260 |