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SCIENTIFIC SESSION
The AMDPA Scientific Session offers dynamic speakers, technical exhibits, and the opportunity to fulfill continuing education requirements.
The overarching goal of the Scientific Sessions is to identify and examine those healthcare disparities that affect the community that is predominately served by minority healthcare workers – physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals.
The Scientific program allows healthcare professionals to enhance their knowledge, advance their skills and learn about the latest developments in medicine. The attendees are primarily medical, dental, and pharmaceutically licensed healthcare professionals who work with patients in hospitals, private clinics, and university settings.
The Scientific Session Program Committee strives to continue to meet the following educational goals:
Maintain high-quality content that is evidence-based and clinically useful for attendees.
Sustaining attendee’s evaluations and feedback describing AMDPA’s annual meeting as outstanding and worth attending
Continuing the efforts to find the balance between providing information/content and providing significant time for peer interaction
WHY ATTEND
To learn new things outside your area of expertise
To present your work to others
For other healthcare professionals to meet you
To meet other healthcare professionals
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The 2026 Annual Scientific Session will take place on June 5-6. The theme is Increasing Access to Healthcare for a Healthy Arkansas: The New Reconstruction of Rural Healthcare. The location is the Mayor Joyce Ferguson Civic Center, 212 West Polk, West Memphis, AR 72301.
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The registration fee is $125 for AMDPA Members, $250 for non-AMDPA members, and FREE for Medical, Dental, & Pharmacy Students.
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CONFERENCE HOTEL LODGING
Attendees of the 2026 AMDPA Scientific Session are encouraged to make plans to stay at the Southland Casino Hotel in Memphis. Conveniently located near the conference site, the hotel will serve as the primary lodging option for meeting participants traveling to West Memphis, Arkansas for the Scientific Session.
Reservations may be made online at www.southlandcasino.com/hotel, using promo code 312, or by calling (833) 703-3350, press option 2, mention promo code 312, All reservations are based on availability, restrictions may apply, including minimum length of stay. Rates and restrictions fluctuate daily and are typically the best booked further out. After Wednesday, 05/06/26, the discount no longer applies.