AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF PHARMACY
COUNCIL OF SECTIONS INTERIM REPORT
FEBRUARY 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
COUNCIL OF SECTIONS, 2013-2014
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
Immediate Past Chair: Denise A. Soltis (Drake): denise.soltis@drake.edu
Chair: Timothy J. Ives (UNC-Chapel Hill): Timothy_Ives@med.unc.edu
Chair-Elect: Craig D. Cox (Texas Tech): craig.cox@ttuhsc.edu
Secretary: Schwanda K. Flowers (Arkansas): SKFlowers@uams.edu
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRS OF ACADEMIC SECTIONS
Biological Sciences: Eric Hanson (Roseman): ehanson@roseman.edu
Chemistry: Shridhar V. Andurkar (Midwestern – Chicago): sandur@midwestern.edu
Continuing Professional Education: Edward M. DeSimone (Creighton): edesimon@creighton.edu
Experiential Education: Lori J. Duke (Georgia): ljduke@uga.edu
Libraries and Information Science: Yunting Fu (Maryland): yfu@hshsl.umaryland.edu
Pharmaceutics: Melanie A. Jordan (Midwestern – Glendale): mjorda@midwestern.edu
Pharmacy Practice: Leigh Ann Ross (Mississippi): laross@umc.edu
Social and Administrative Sciences: Betty A. Chewning (Wisconsin): bachewning@pharmacy.wisc.edu
CHAIRS OF ACADEMIC SECTIONS
Biological Sciences: Marcos A. Oliveira (Incarnate Word): oliveira@uiwtx.edu
Chemistry: James J. Knittel (Western New England): jknittel@wne.edu
Continuing Professional Education: Jill M. Fitzgerald (Connecticut): jill.fitzgerald@uconn.edu
Experiential Education: Schwanda K. Flowers (Arkansas): SKFlowers@uams.edu
Libraries and Information Science: Jean Waldrop (Harding): jwaldrop@harding.edu
Pharmaceutics: Laura M. Fox (Presbyterian): lmfox@presby.edu
Pharmacy Practice: Charles Taylor (Northeast Ohio Medical University): ctaylor@neomed.edu
Social and Administrative Sciences: Nathaniel Rickles (Northeastern): n.rickles@neu.edu
CHAIRS-ELECT OF ACADEMIC SECTIONS
Biological Sciences: Arbi Nazarian (Western): anazarian@westernu.edu
Chemistry: David A. Colby (Purdue): dcolby@purdue.edu
Continuing Professional Education: Jacob P. Gettig (Midwestern): JGetti@midwestern.edu
Experiential Education: Lynn Stevenson (Auburn): TLS0002@auburn.edu
Libraries and Information Science: Christina M. Seegar (Incarnate Word): seeger@uiwtx.edu
Pharmaceutics: M. Delwar Hussain (Texas A&M): hussain@pharmacy.tamhsc.edu
Pharmacy Practice: Steven C. Stoner (UMKC): StonerS@umkc.edu
Social and Administrative Sciences: Kimberly S. Plake (Purdue): kplake@purdue.edu
STAFF
Jennifer L. Adams: Staff Liaison to the COS: jadams@aacp.org
Melinda D. Colón: Staff Liaison to the Sections: mcolon@aacp.org
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COS TASK FORCES/COMMITTEES
Themes, 2013 - 2014
1.
2.
3.
Valuing development of leaders/strategic planning across the COS (i.e., both Section and COS
leadership roles)
Recognizing excellence in teaching and learning in each Section
Enhancing student growth in leadership through involvement in the activities (e.g., committees,
task forces) of each Section
Task Forces:
Student Involvement Task Force
(Lori Duke, Chair)
Charges:
1.
Assess the best practices of the Sections to incorporate student involvement.
E-mails were sent to all Immediate Past Chairs to identify successful efforts the various sections
had made to incorporate student involvement. Currently, the only identified efforts were as
follows:
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Experiential Education: Engagement Committee Created (2013-2014)
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Social and Administrative Sciences: Introduce at Annual Business Meetings, encourage
students to attend the Saturday student session at the Annual meeting (open to all
students)
Since not all immediate past chairs participated in the initial email request, a request will be
sent out to the current section chairs the week of January 6th to help fill in any missing gaps.
2.
Develop strategies to enhance further student involvement in each Section.
Three surveys are being created to help accomplish this goal:
Survey One: Current student members will be surveyed to determine why the individuals joined
AACP, what types of engagement they currently enjoy as part of their membership, and ideas
for further engagement within the sections and organization. Currently, the membership list
(name, email, sections) has been obtained and the survey is being developed with the goal of
sending it out by late January 2014.
Survey Two: Current Walmart Scholars will be surveyed to identify whether they were AACP
members prior to their participation in the Walmart Scholars program, determine whether they
anticipate continuing their membership after conclusion of their program, and identify ways to
keep Walmart scholar participants engaged in AACP and active in the sections. The survey
should be completed by early February and will be distributed through AACP staff affiliated with
the Walmart Scholars program.
Survey Three: Current Walmart Scholar Advisors will be surveyed to identify ways to keep
Walmart scholar participants engaged in AACP and active in the sections both during and
concluding their participation in the Walmart Scholars program. The survey should be
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completed by early February and will be distributed through AACP staff affiliated with the
Walmart Scholars program.
An evaluation of the other academic health care groups has been completed to identify best
practices for incorporating student groups within these organizations. Of AAMC, AACN, and
ADEA, only AAMC has a well-developed process. An evaluation of their “Organization of
Student Representatives” will be completed by the task force in consultation with AACP
representatives.
Other possible avenues the taskforce may examine include (1) evaluating the development of
student organizations with mentorship model integrated at the institution level, and (2)
developing additional student programming on attaining faculty positions, networking 101, and
residency teaching certificate programs.
Strategic Planning Task Force
(Steve Stoner, Chair)
Charges:
1.
Based upon the recent survey, assess the level of strategic planning in each Section, and
facilitate sharing of the established strategic plans with others who are formulating/writing one.
Goal statements are in the process of being developed, 25% completed:
Goal 1: Provide interdisciplinary support to schools and colleges of pharmacy by identifying and
providing resources that assist members in attracting, motivating, developing, and
retaining the highest quality and most diverse faculty, students, administrators, and
professional staff.
Goal 2: Provide interdisciplinary support to the schools and colleges of pharmacy in supporting
their institutional missions and ensure the delivery and assessment of the highest
quality pharmacy education programs.
Goal 3: Provide interdisciplinary support to colleges and schools of pharmacy that enhances
patient care provided by pharmacists in the changing healthcare environment.
Goal 4: Consistently facilitate and maximize the nature and extent to which colleges and schools
of pharmacy promote the needs and impactful achievements of the different pharmacy
disciplines to local, national, and international stakeholders.
Goal 5: Provide resources to colleges and schools of pharmacy to obtain the needed research
infrastructure and tools to build more successful pharmacy research within pharmacy
education and amongst section members.
Goal 6: Assist with the identification of revenue generating resources to support the financial
sustainability of the academy.
2.
Develop a process for writing, and begin the writing of a strategic plan for the COS that will
guide it for the next three to five year period.
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Scholarly Teaching Task Force
(Tom Cook, Chair)
Charges:
1.
Guided by the report of the 2011-2012 Academic Affairs Standing Committee, The Evolving Role
of Scholarly Teaching in Teaching Excellence for Current and Future Faculty, assess each
Section’s current level of planning for, or implementation of faculty development programs,
with respect to scholarly teaching.
2.
Assess the best practices of faculty/colleges in each discipline, as represented by Sections, with
respect to enacting mentoring programs dedicated to helping new faculty with scholarly
teaching.
3.
Outline a process for dissemination of these best practices to curriculum
committees/department chairs for their use.
The Task Force held teleconferences (September 4, 2013; December 5, 2013) to discuss the charges and
to work on the objectives. After further discussion with Timothy Ives, the Task Force concluded
gathering information at the School/College level would be the best approach to obtain the information
desired by the Council of Sections as indicated in the charges.
The Task Force focused on developing a process to evaluate the activities of Schools and Colleges with
respect to promoting Scholarly Teaching within the ranks of their faculty.
Using Google Drive to facilitate collaborative work on documents, the Task Force drafted a rubric by
which Schools and Colleges would use for a self-evaluation. The rubric is based on the suggestions from
the final report of the 2011-2012 Academic Affairs Standing Committee: The Evolving Role of Scholarly
Teaching in Teaching Excellence for Current and Future Faculty. (The suggestion list below is adapted
from that report):
Suggestion #1a:
Suggestion #1b:
Suggestion #2:
Suggestion #3:
Suggestion #4a:
Suggestion #4b:
Suggestion #5:
New faculty teaching orientation
Faculty Development
Annual review of 6 standards of scholarly teaching
Faculty documentation
Student discussions
Teaching Awards
Teaching mentor program
The current draft of the rubric has seven criteria for evaluation with a four point scoring scheme. Details
on the scoring still need to be finalized. The remaining work to be completed for this year:
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Finalize the rubric
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Confer with AACP staff for feedback
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Organize a session at the AACP annual meeting to present the rubric
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Incorporate feedback from session into rubric
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Solicit information from Schools and Colleges (with consultation with AACP staff)
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Those Schools and Colleges with the best overall implementation of scholarly teaching would be
highlighted for best practices
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Pharmaceutical Sciences Task Force
Representatives: Biological Sciences: Marcos Oliviera (Incarnate Word), Arbi Nazarian (Western);
Chemistry: Marc Herrold (Duquesne), Robin Zavod (Midwestern); Pharmaceutics: Cary Mobley (Florida),
Cathy White (Georgia); AACP Liaison: Jen Adams; COS: Tim Ives
As a result of a meeting of representatives of recent on (attached) that the COS consider writing a white
paper on the pharmaceutical sciences and their role in pharmacy education and practice as a part of the
CAPE 2013 white paper development work plan.
At this initial point in its activities, this task force, comprised of representatives of the pharmaceutical
sciences sections, will provide an up-to-date definition of each of the specific bodies of study within all
of the pharmaceutical sciences, and their clearly defined role in education and practice. This redefinition will be provided to AACP staff and ACPE for the current guidelines revision process.
Standing Rules and Resolutions Committee
(Craig D. Cox, Chair)
Progress of Committee: The committee has reviewed in detail both the AACP Organization Bylaws and
AACP Council of Sections Bylaws. Considering the AACP Organization Bylaws had significant changes
approved at the AACP Annual Meeting in July 2013, the committee has tried to determine what changes
(if any) were needed to the Council of Sections Bylaws to be sure they are still consistent with the
Association’s. We identified approximately (6) areas where minor modifications needed to be made.
Each committee member proposed language/wording for these Sections and we are in the final stage of
creating a revised version of Council of Section Bylaws. This will be completed by mid-January 2014 and
then will be circulated to Council of Section membership for review. The committee would like to
consider adoption of the new Bylaws document at the upcoming Council of Sections meeting in
conjunction with the AACP Interim February meeting.
Remaining Work: The committee has also had preliminary discussion on the process currently utilized
by individual Sections to submit resolutions to the Council of Sections. No firm recommendations can
be made at this time, but the committee will continue to look into this process and will be ready to
provide a report to Section members at the AACP Annual Meeting in July.
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SECTION REPORTS
Biological Sciences Section
(Marcos Oliveira, Chair)
Programing Committee: Arbi Nazarian (Chair) in consultation with Chair and Immediate past Chair.
The biological sciences section will be holding two programming sessions. The first will be on active
learning. Two speakers will take part in this section: Dr. Melissa Medina will introduce active learning
and focus on higher order methods, and assessments, while Dr. Dan Berlau will specifically focus on
team-based learning. The second programming will be a joint session with the Pharmacy Practice
section. The joint session program will be on the role of basic sciences in effective clinical decision
making. We are currently in the process of identifying speakers for this program. We are certain that
speakers will be identified on-time to meet our deadlines. We look forward in providing this
programming to our section members and the organization at the annual meeting.
Nominating Committee: Eric Hanson (Chair): Has finished their activity
NIA Committee: Eric Hanson (Chair): Has finished their activity
Strategic Plan Task Force: Lila Lagrange (Chair)
November 5th – 1st conference call (all members were on the call). The initial intention of this meeting
was to discuss the Biological Sciences Section Strategic Plan and develop a timeline for review of the
plan and writing of recommendation to Marcos Oliveira to present to the membership at the 2014 AACP
meeting. This goal was moved to January 2014 in order to first give input to the COS Strategic Plan Task
Force. The outcome of the November 5th meeting was placement of teams to review the 6 AACP
Strategic Initiatives and write Goals for each of the 6 that would be specific to Biological Sciences
Section.
Team: Bob Soltis and Joe Deweese - review AACP Strategic Initiatives 1 and 2 and write Goals for each
Team: Steve O’Barr and Dan Berlau - review AACP Strategic Initiatives 3 and 4 and write Goals for each
Team: Dan Brazeau and Lila LaGrange - review AACP Strategic Initiatives 5 and 6 and write Goals for
each
November 15th – The 2nd conference focused on discussion of the Goals written by each team. One
document was drafted after discussion and those goals were submitted to the COS Strategic Plan Task
Force.
Conference Call:
Bob Soltis and (Joe Deweese conflict)
(Steve O’Barr conflict) and Dan Berlau
Dan Brazeau and Lila LaGrange
January 30, 2014 – Scheduled conference call to initiate the review of the Biological Sciences Strategic
Plan. The Goal is to have a recommendation to Marcos Oliveira by May 1, 2014. All members will be in
attendance.
Teaching Learning and Scholarship of Teaching: Task Force: Dan Kennedy (Chair)
AACP Biological Sciences Section 2013-2014
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The committee has met in and has developed a survey that has been distributed to the Bioclogical
Sciences membership to assess challenges of the membership in the area of teaching.
Chemistry Section
(James Knittel, Chair)
Awards Committee
Victoria Roche (Creighton University, Chair), Arthur Cox (South University) and Sandy Zito (St. John’s).
The Committee met by conference call on August 14, 2013 to discuss their charge, and kept in electronic
contact as it’s elements were addressed. A roster of Section members was obtained from AACP staff
and used to identify viable candidates for the Volwiler and Chalmers awards. Discussion among the
Committee and a past Section recipient of the Dawson award yielded no viable candidates for this AACP
award. Vickie and Sandy worked closely with Volwiler nominee John Pezzuto (University of Hawai’i) and
Chalmers nominee Marc Harrold (Duquesne University), respectively, to construct competitive dossiers
that were submitted to AACP by the December 4th deadline. The Committee also crafted a document
outlining the rationale, criteria, and nomination/selection processes for a new Section Award in memory
of Section leader James E. Wynn, Ph.D. The draft document received approval by Section Chair James
Knittel and AACP staff leadership.
The Committee is awaiting the results of a Section vote to approve the establishment of the Dr. James E.
Wynn Memorial Award. Once obtained, Art will coordinate the announcement of the award and the
solicitation of nominations. The Section Awards Committee will evaluate the dossiers and select the
recipient. A plaque bearing Jim’s likeness will be designed and presented to the first recipient during the
Section business meeting held in conjunction with the AACP Annual Meeting.
Resolutions Committee
Michael Adams (Campbell, Chair), Robert Chapman (Midwestern University Chicago) and Mudit Mudit
(D’Youngville College).
The committee was charged with developing resolutions for section consideration during the AACP 2014
annual meeting related to the upcoming revision to ACPE standards or for the purpose of studying
recommendations presented in the various reports. Currently the committee has not identified any
developments in proposed ACPE accreditation standards or reports that warrant the preparation of a
resolutions at this time. The committee will continue to monitor developments and publications related
to the ACPE accreditation standards. Any resolutions prepared will be forward to the section chair to be
placed on the agenda for the section meeting in July 2014.
Nominating Committee
Shridhar Andurkar, (Midwestern, Chair), Daniel Canney, (Temple), and Patrice L. Jackson- Ayotunde,
(Maryland Eastern Shore).
The committee was charged with presenting a slate of nominees for Chair-Elect of the Chemistry Section
at the 2014 AACP annual meeting of the section. Nominations have been received and will be presented
at the during the business meeting in July. Additional nominees may be obtained from the floor at the
meeting. This completes the charge to the committee.
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Programming Committee
David A. Colby, (Purdue, Chair), Vicky Mody (South), Ashok E. Philip, (Union) and Srikanth Kolluru, (Texas
A&M, Ex-officio as section secretary).
The committee was charged with planning and scheduling chemistry section programming for the
national meeting in July. The committee has decided on topics to be presented at the annual meeting
and will include a mini-symposium for NIA award winners in the section to present updates on their
research projects as well as session on using 3D printing in the pharmacy curriculum. For the latter
session the committee is looking into providing CE credit. Arrangements for speakers are for each
session are currently being made.
Continuing Professional Education
(Jill Fitzgerald, Chair)
Program Committee
Chair: Jacob Gettig: jgetti@midwestern.edu
Charge 1: Plan one or two programs to be held during the annual meeting. Progress to date: The
committee met on January 9, 2014 to review and discuss the AACP special sessions report. They have a
follow up meeting this week to finalize the schedule and submit sessions by the January 15th deadline.
Charge 2: Recommend webinar program(s) to be held prior to the annual meeting. Progress to date:
none to report.
Nominating Committee
Chair: Ed DeSimone II (Chair): edesimon@creighton.edu
Charge 1: The Committee will prepare and present a slate of nominees at the annual meeting of the
Section in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Section Standing Rules. Progress to date: Tina Van Walder
and Timothy Welty were identified as candidates for Chair-elect.
Resolutions/Standing Rules Committee
Chair: Elizabeth Pitman: ppitman@uh.edu
Charge 1: Study and make recommendations on changes to the quorum requirement for the annual
business meeting. Progress to date: none to report.
Charge 2: Study recommendations presented in the various reports including the Strategic Plan and
suggest changes to the standing rules of procedure. Progress to date: none to report.
Charge 3: Study recommendations presented in the various reports, including the Strategic Plan, and
develop resolutions for consideration by the Section during the annual meeting. Progress to date: none
to report.
Awards Committee
Chair: Sean Bates: batessl@vcu.edu
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Charge 1: Identify Blockstein award recipient(s), if appropriate. Progress to date: none to report.
Charge 2: Develop the criteria and rubric for the proposed new awards from the 2013 annual business
meeting. Progress to date: none to report.
Strategic Planning Committee
Chair: Glen Baumgart: gbaumgart@austin.utexas.edu
Charge 1: If new name for the section is positively voted on in October 2013, complete necessary
documentation for submission of name change to the council of sections. Progress to date: Voting did
not occur in October 2013. The section will hold a webinar meeting in early spring to attempt a quorum
vote on the topic.
Charge 2: Review the Strategic Plan and organize and complete the spreadsheet template. Progress to
date: none to report.
Scholarship Committee
Chair: Nancy Fjortoft: nfjort@midwestern.edu
Charge 1: Select abstract reviewers and review abstracts submitted by section members for poster
sessions at the Annual Meeting. Progress to date: List is being developed and reviewed. Deadline for
submission was reviewed.
Communications Committee
Chair: Ruth Bruskiewitz: rhbruskiewitz@pharmacy.wisc.edu
Charge 1: Develop a communications plan for the section. Progress to date: none to report.
Experiential Education Section
(Schwanda Flowers, Chair)
AACP Experiential Section Standing Committees:
Program Committee
Chair: Lynn Stevenson
Charge 1: To survey Experiential Education Section members about interest in programming for the
annual meeting as well as webinars held throughout the year. Note: The Programming Committee will
assist the Webinar Committee by identifying general programming interests for the section provided by
webinars. The chairs of the programming and webinar committees should meet quarterly to ensure that
everyone is on the same page and that the annual meeting and webinar programming is not duplicative,
but instead complimentary.
Deliverable 1: Survey (August 15, 2013)
Completed
Deliverable 2: List of General Program interest for Webinar Series (should be a minimum of 2 general
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interest webinars provided). (September 1, 2013). Program planning is underway.
Charge 2: To develop annual meeting programming (topics/speakers), including budgeting priorities.
Deliverable: Submit programming details (budget, speakers, title, objectives) (January 1, 2014). Currently being finalized.
Charge 3: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; March 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting.
Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; March 15, 2014; June 15, 2014
Awards Committee
Chair: Susan Vos
Charge 1: To nominate individuals who qualify for AACP awards. Primary award for consideration will be
the Lyman award. Nominations are due in January 2014.
Deliverable: Identify 3 AJPE experiential education themed papers suitable for consideration for the
Lyman award using the time points selected by AACP (January 1, 2014)
The committee reviewed all experiential-related article published in AJPE in the year 2013. Then, each
article was scored on using a Likert Scale (Rating scale: 1-Would not Nominate, 2-Fair, 3-Good, 4-Very
Good, 5-Excellent). Committee members could recuse themselves from the scoring of an article and
also note if they felt the article wasn’t experiential-related.
1.
The committee discussed scores from the Lyman Award on December 20, 2013 via conference
call. The committee selected the following articles to be nominated for the Lyman Award. The
recommended articles were sent via email to the Section Chair on December 26, 2013 to be
forwarded on to the Lyman Selection Committee:
a.
Susan E. Conway, Eric J. Johnson, and Tracy M. Hagemann (2013). Introductory and
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences Within Campus-based Influenza Clinics.
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education: Volume 77, Issue 3, Article 61.
b.
Jane Shtaynberg, Anastasia Rivkin, Bupendra Shah, and Sharon Rush (2013). A
Quantitative Professionalism Policy in a Community Pharmacy Introductory Pharmacy
Practice Experience. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education: Volume 77, Issue
10, Article 217.
c.
Rucha Bond, Donald Godwin, Megan E. Thompson, and Kristina Wittstrom (2013).
Preceptor Perceptions of the Importance of Experiential Guidelines. American Journal of
Pharmaceutical Education: Volume 77, Issue 7, Article 144.
d.
Angela Q. Maldonado, Brenda S. Bray, Lisa J. Woodard, Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, Karen
L. Hardinger, Vivian Wu, and Mary S. Hayney (2013). Impact of Participation on a Solid
Organ Transplant Team on Student Pharmacists’ Perceptions of Interprofessional Roles.
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education: Volume 77, Issue 4, Article 74.
e.
Ellen M. Schellhase, Monica L. Miller, William Ogallo, and Sonak D. Pastakia (2013). An
Elective Pharmaceutical Care Course to Prepare Students for an Advanced Pharmacy
Practice Experience in Kenya. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education: Volume
77, Issue 3, Article 60.
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These were emailed (by Schwanda Flowers) to Melinda Colon and Dr. Joseph DiPiro on January, 5, 2014.
Charge 2: To solicit nominations and select individuals who qualify for AACP EE Section Awards.
1.
Award of Excellence in Experiential Education
2.
Award of Excellence in Scholarship in EE
Award of Excellence in Experiential Education
The committee decided to send out a solicitation email to the EE listserv in early January to solicit
nominations for our section award. The deadline for submission to our committee will be March 1. The
committee will plan to have the award recipient(s) selected by May 1.
i.
ii.
iii.
January 15, 2014—send email to EE section
March 1—deadline for section award submission
May 1—goal for final award recipient sent to section chair
Award of Excellence in Scholarship in Experiential Education
The committee reviewed all experiential-related article published as described above in Charge 1.
The committee determined the paper authored by Conway, et.al, Introductory and Advanced Pharmacy
Practice Experiences Within Campus-based Influenza Clinics, would receive the section’s Award of
Excellence in Scholarship in Experiential Education. However, if the Conway paper should receive the
Lyman award, then the paper authored by Shtaynberg, et.al, A Quantitative Professionalism Policy in a
Community Pharmacy Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, would receive the award.
Charge 3: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting.
Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014; June 15, 2014 (Final).
Resolutions Committee
Chair: David Bowyer
Charge 1: To study recommendations presented in various committees and other reports and to develop
resolutions for consideration by the Section during the annual meeting. Committee should review
Bylaws for the Section and determine if any changes are warranted.
Deliverable: Submit any resolutions (including intent) for section consideration at the annual meeting by
May 1, 2014. No report to date.
Charge 2: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15, 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting.
Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014; June 15, 2014 (Final)
Membership Committee
Chair: Patricia Darbshire
Charge 1: Identify points of contact and update and maintain the current list of Experiential Education
Faculty Administrators (Asst/Assoc Deans and/or Chairs, APPE Director, IPPE Director) at all participating
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Colleges of Pharmacy. Disseminate this information to section members. Be sure to include the
Canadian Colleges/Schools of Pharmacy as well as those in the US (states and territories).
Deliverable: October 15, 2013
Discussion: Our committee compared the list of institutions on the AACP website to those listed on the
spreadsheet in order to capture new schools/colleges. We are using the “conquer and divide” method to
update the spreadsheet and assignments have been made and work is in progress. Contacts are being
made with a live person when possible, since some school websites are out of date. At this point in time
the spreadsheet is 50% complete.
The committee members discussed and agreed that we will distribute the completed document via the
listserve. (Deliverable February 1, 2014)
Assigned Committee Member
Patti Darbishire
Cathy Worrall
Flora Estes
Nancy Ordonez
Paul Walker
Peter Brody
Gloria Grice
Begin updates on excel
spreadsheet with this school
Albany
Howard
Pacific University
Sullivan
Thomas Jefferson
University of Minnesota
West Virginia
and continues through this
school
Harding
Oregon State
St Louis
University of Utah
University of Michigan
Wayne State
University of Waterloo
Charge 2: Using the AACP section membership information, identify the primary interest areas of our
section and explore ways to effectively communicate with and engage the diverse section membership.
Deliverable: March 15, 2014
Discussion: The previous committee surveyed the primary interest areas of the section members. These
include: EE Administration, IPPE practice models, APPE practice models, simulation, preceptor
development, quality assurance/assessment, and student professional development. We are using this
list for Charge 3.
Charge 3: Work with AACP liaisons to establish a process to develop small working groups within the
section based around interest areas such as EE Administration, IPPE practice models, APPE practice
models, simulation, preceptor development, quality assurance/assessment, student professional
development, etc. Once established, facilitate developing the working groups and setting up networking
opportunities for the various groups at the 2014 AACP annual meeting.
Deliverable: March 15, 2014
Discussion: After speaking with the section chair, it was determined that dedicated meeting rooms are
not an option for the working groups, nor are set times in the official program. Therefore, we will use
the listserve to determine member interest in participating in a working group to meet at the annual
meeting. Each committee member has selected one of the 7 interest areas and will facilitate/lead a
working group. If the committee member is not attending the annual meeting, then he/she will appoint
another individual to organize and lead that group. The committee leader will contact those members
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who showed interest prior to the meeting and arrange a meeting time and place while at the annual
meeting. General networking rooms will be available and are an option (confirmed).
Further consideration will be given to ways to determine if the working groups are successful. Rubric?
The committee developed the following short survey to be administered as a link through the EE
listserve. This survey will be distributed in the summer prior to the annual meeting.
Survey questions:
1.
Select any of the following areas in which you would be interested in networking with others.
The first networking meeting will likely be scheduled at the AACP annual meeting.

EE Administration, IPPE practice models, APPE practice models, simulation, preceptor
development, quality assurance/assessment, student professional development
2.
List 2 things you would like to discuss/do/accomplish with this group.
3.
Please include your name, school, email address, and cell phone number in the space below.
Assigned Committee Member Leader
Patti Darbishire
Cathy Worrall
Flora Estes
Nancy Ordonez
Interest Area Assignments for Small Working Groups
IPPE Practice models (confirmed)
Preceptor development (confirmed)
Quality assurance/assessment
Simulation (confirmed)
Paul Walker
Peter Brody
Gloria Grice
APPE Practice models (confirmed)
Student Professional Development
ExpEd Administration
Charge 4: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15, 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting.
Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014; June 15, 2014 (Final)
Nominations Committee
Chair: Lori Duke
Charge 1: Solicit potential candidates for Section Officer (Chair Elect, Secretary) and disseminate
materials to prospective candidates for Section leadership positions to explain officer responsibilities.
Deliverable: April 15, 2014.
Completed work:
Through the use of email and phone conference, the members have updated and posted two
documents on the section website. The first document, Leadership Position Description, is a
comprehensive document that outlines the obligations (work, financial, and travel) of the following
leadership positions by year: secretary, chair-elect designate, chair-elect, chair, and immediate past
chair. The second document, Leadership Nomination Form, is the official nomination form for the
section leadership positions.
The nomination period has been designated from February 1, 2014 – March 15, 2014. We will be
seeking both a Chair-Elect and Secretary for the 2014 fall election.
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Continuing work:
The committee will either hold a conference call or webinar for potential candidates in late January or
early February.
Charge 2: Prepare and present a slate of nominees (2 per vacancy) for Section officers (Chair-Elect,
Secretary) at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting. The committee will select a Chair-Elect and Secretary for
the 2014 slate of candidates. Deliverable: June 15, 2014.
Continuing work:
This will be done once the nomination process has concluded in mid-March 2014. The committee is
interested in creating a ranking system for candidate nominations. Through reaching out to other
sections, it was found only Pharmacy Practice had developed a process. Contact was also made to
Cecilia Plaza to see if a rubric had been developed for Council of Faculty nominations, but it was found
no such document had been developed. Committee members will attempt to develop a rubric for our
section by the end of January for use in the 2013-2014 nomination process.
Charge 3: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15, 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting.
Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014; June 15, 2014 (Final)
Experiential Education Special Committees:
Scholarship Committee
Chair: Vincent Dennis

Charge 1: Develop a list of various types of Experiential Education duties that can be used for scholarship
(using references to articles in literature when possible) in order to direct colleagues to initiate new
projects.
Deliverable: Spring 2014
Action items- October 28, 2014

disseminate October 28 meeting minutes (Vince Dennis, by October 28)

target ~2 journals to review for articles of focus and develop a draft of common search terms
(Dianne May, by November 13, assistance from Michelle Serres as needed)

use draft search terms and generate ideas to expand/refine common search terms (all
committee members, November 13 to 25)

create a drop box site for committee members to post and work from common documents
(Michelle Serres)
plan for our next meeting November 25, 1 – 2 p.m. CST: finalize broad category areas, common search
terms and target journals

divide journals between committee members
• apply common search terms to journals
• identify and catalog journal publications under one of the broad categories

further deadlines to be established

committee members agreed it would be desirable to ultimately craft our work into a
publication-quality manuscript
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Action items- November 25, 2014

Assign time frames and responsible committee members for initial searches (Vince Dennis,
done November 27, 2013)

Methods document and excel data collection for phase 1 article inclusion circulated for review
(Vince Dennis, done November 27, 2013)

Committee members to complete independent reviews by next meeting January 27, 2014, 1 – 2
PM CST
Charge 2: Create a forum for networking and collaboration opportunities with the purpose to share
research ideas.
Deliverable: Spring 2014; Pending
Charge 3: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15, 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting.
Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014; June 15, 2014 (Final)- Submitted
Webinar Committee
Chair: Anne Policastri
Charge 1: Working in conjunction with the Programming Committee, develop a schedule of webinar
topics/formats for the 2013-2014 year. Identify moderators/speakers for the various sections.
Note: Use feedback collected from members on success of webinars and discussions at the 2013 annual
meeting in addition to basic criteria developed during 2012-2013 on selection and conduction of
webinars. Deliverable: September 30, 2013 - List of Webinars available.
Charge 2: Provide a minimum of 2 regular webinars focused on section interests and a minimum of 1
business meeting webinar. Evaluate feedback on the webinars to determine changes needed in the
presentation format. Deliverable: June 15, 2014.
Charge 3: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15, 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting.
Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014; June 15, 2014 (Final)
Abstract Committee
Chair: Schwanda Flowers
Charge 1: To review poster abstracts submitted for acceptance at the annual AACP meeting in July 2014.
Review process will begin in March 2014. Based on historical number of experiential education
submissions, each committee member would review between 5- 10 abstracts. (General process:
reviewers grouped in 3's to review 5 -10 abstracts).
Committee has been confirmed. Reminder email will be sent Jan. 2014. Deliverable: Spring 2014
Charge 2: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15, 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting.
Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014; June 15, 2014 (Final)
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Newsletter Committee
Chair: Craig Cox
Charge 1: To assist in determining the “themes” for the Fall 2013, Spring 2014, and Summer 2014
Experiential Education Section Newsletters. Deliverable: Date TBA in accordance with
newsletter deadline.
Progress of Committee:
The committee has formally met on two occasions in addition to email correspondence. To address the
first charge, the committee completed a short survey they asked committee members to list the topics
they feel are most important to the Experiential Education Section. From this list we determined the
“theme” of our next newsletter which will be “Quality Assurance in Experiential Education”. In this
same survey, we determined the number of articles that should be included regarding the theme in each
issue (2), the types of supporting information (i.e. calendar of events, trivia, committee updates, etc.),
the number of issues we should put out each year (2), and the process we would following for soliciting
and selecting articles for the newsletter. A call for articles was sent out on November 21st, 2013 to
Experiential Education Section members, with a reminder on January 2nd, 2014. The submission
deadline for articles is January 13th, 2014. The expected release of the 2nd issue of the newsletter is late
February 2014. As the committee waits for submissions, each member has been assigned an area of
supporting information to complete (This task is related to the third committee charge).
Remaining Work:
The committee will be reviewing article submissions for the newsletter during January and February.
The committee will complete formatting of newsletter in late February and then release to Section
members. Discussion is ongoing to determine theme of next issue and to decide which format (pdf) vs.
online will be most appropriate for future versions.
Charge 2: To review articles submitted for inclusion into the Fall 2013, Spring 2014, and Summer 2014
Experiential Education Section Newsletters
Deliverable: Date TBA in accordance with newsletter deadline
Charge 3: To determine supplemental content and/or design features to be included within the
Experiential Educations Section Newsletters
Deliverable: Date TBA in accordance with newsletter deadline
Charge 4: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15, 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting
Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; May 15, 2014; June 15, 2014 (Final)
Health and Wellness Committee
Chair: Kris Harrell
Charge 1: To survey Experiential Education Section members about current efforts by experiential
students to promote/provide improved health and wellness for patients.
No report at this time.
Deliverable 1: Provide information regarding best practices and unique opportunities to promote health
and wellness in the experiential curriculum. (January 1, 2014). Report coming soon.
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Charge 2: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; March 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting.
Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; March 15, 2014; June 15, 2014.
Engagement Committee
Chair: Beth Young
Charge 1: To explore potential opportunities to engage EE members and students in the section.
NOTE: All new members were sent a welcome email December 2014.
Deliverable 1:
1. Provide information regarding various methods to engage membership and increase participation by
faculty and students. (January 1, 2014)
Members felt that it was important to formalize the Master Preceptor Program to get members and
future preceptors more engaged.
a. Offer courses that cover the basics at all meetings that could be counted towards a certificate.
b. Topic: How to develop an Academic APPE elective
2. Set-up a website where materials, articles, a blog (?) could help new preceptors learn methods
about teaching and learning
3. Identify mentors who are willing to meet, collaborate, and advise with their mentees.
a. Have meeting times set-up at the annual meetings to help foster these relationships
4. EE management workshop
a. Provide lectures online through a webinar format
b. Provide CE credits, or Master Preceptor certificate credits
Deliverable 2:
1. Have students represented in the section. Call for members.
2. Have a student panel presentation at the annual meeting using Walmart scholars(?) to talk about
best experiences, what models worked for teaching, measurement/ assessment tools
3. Can we give a presentation to Walmart scholars?
a. Careers in academia
b. ACPE standards
c. APPE academic elective
Charge 2: Submit quarterly interim reports (September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013; March 15, 2014)
and an annual report (June 15 2014) which will be provided electronically to the Section members
January 1 and at the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting. Deliverable: September 15, 2013; December 15, 2013;
March 15, 2014; June 15, 2014.
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Library and Information Science Section
(Jean Waldrop, Chair)
The following is a listing of the charges and what has been done up to this point in the year:
Awards Committee
Chair: Vicki Killion
Charged with the selection and nominations of individuals qualified to receive association awards.
No activity for the Awards Committee since the summer. They will begin the process for 2014 in
March.
Basic Resources Committee and Core Journal List
Co-chair: Sharon Giovenale
Charged with maintaining the Basic Resource Recommendation List for AACP along with the Core
Journal List.
The January edition of the Basic Resources for Pharmacy Education will be published soon, so we
are on track to review the entire list every 3 years. Barbara Nanstiel’s retirement next year was
announced. As the Basic Resources list Co-editor appointee for next year, Bill Lundmark is
shadowing Barbara and interacting with Sharon Giovenale, continuing Co-editor, to prepare to
take on his responsibilities. Barbara’s many years of service as Co-editor of the list was praised
and she was given a hearty round of applause and cheers.
A new category was recommended, based on the recently revised CAPE Educational Outcomes. It
is Cultural Sensitivity. The category E.3.0, Pharmacists’ Professional Development title, has been
changed to “Personal and Professional Development” to mirror the CAPE Educational Outcomes
2013 Domain 4. The scope note has been written to reflect the outcomes.
Updated versions of EndNote were acquired by the section to stay current and allow for
compatibility between editors.
Rob Beckett, Editor, announced that the 5th edition of the Core Journals List for Libraries that
Serve Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy (2013) was approved by the section and published on
August 10, 2013. The list will be updated every three years.
Communications Committee
Chair: Skye Bickett
Charged to review the website to see what changes, if any, needs to be made and to look into the
use of a webinar and other social media.
There was discussion about various aspects of communication from this section. There was talk
about the website, hosting webinars, and social media. A private Google Community was created
to share ideas and other pertinent information.
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The committee is in the process of reviewing the website to see what changes, if any, should be
made, but have no suggestions at this time. The committee will continue to review the website
and make suggestions as needed.
There was also discussion of hosting a webinar, but do not know if we wish to pursue because of
associated costs. Some ideas were to create short videos to place on our wiki or in social media.
More discussion is needed.
Another topic of discussion was social media. The committee examined several types of social
media that could be used, including Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook. Although, these could all be a
means of dispersing information we decided it was best to focus on enhancing the wiki. We are
currently waiting to be set up as administrators. Once we have login information we will begin
updating the wiki.
Membership Committee
Chair: Jill Nissen
Charged with identifying COPs that do not have representation within our section and then
contact the librarians at these schools.
Time was spent identifying schools that had Candidate or Pre-candidate status. Then time was
spent verifying whether or not they already had a person in this section. If not, committee tried
to identify any library liaison or drug information pharmacist at the newer schools who might
have a potential interest in joining our section. Work is being done with committee member
Melissa Hunter to come up with wording for an email, directed at these people, explaining the
benefits of the section. The plan is to contact these before the next annual meeting.
Nominating Committee
Chair: Vern Duba
Charged with preparing and presenting a slate of nominees at the annual meeting in accordance
with the section rules.
No activity for the Nominating Committee since the summer. They will begin the process for
2014 in March.
Programming Committee
Chair: Christina Seeger
Charged with organizing sessions for the annual meeting.
Section Programming submitted the following sessions: Visiting Librarians Welcome, Business
Meeting, Panel Session: The Rx for Open Access (speakers confirmed) and Pending: Lightning
Librarians (will be submitted before the deadline). The proposed budget was submitted.
Resolutions Committee
Chair: Leslie Bowman
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Charged with reviewing the standing rules and procedures for the section, developing resolutions,
and presenting them at the next annual meeting.
The Resolutions Committee has reviewed the Library and Information Science Section’s Standing
Rules and Procedures along with the committee’s charges from the section chair.
1.
Consider the limits on the number of members for the various committees. For almost all
of the section committees, a specific number of members is dictated. This seems to some
of us to be unnecessarily restrictive.
2.
Consider how our officers are nominated and elected. What the rules say and what we
do are two different things.
Also, the Basic Resources Committee has asked that we review the section pertaining to it and
consider how the journals’ list should be included in this committee. There were also some
procedural issues that should be discussed along with some wording and punctuation that needs
to be cleaned up.
We have identified areas of concern and begun a discussion of how to address those concerns.
We are particularly focusing on the progression of officers from one office to another and the
sizes of the section’s various committees, although other issues may arise.
Mentoring Program/Guidelines Task Force
Chair: Skye Bickett
Charged with collecting ideas and suggestions from members on the development of a
mentorship program within the section for new librarians and information specialists. The
establishment of guidelines for a structured activity will also be developed.
A draft of a mission statement was sent out to task force members for suggestions and review.
The mission statement was reviewed and changes made by task force. The statement is ready to
submit to section leadership.
A discussion of the goals of the task force was also started. It was decided that the program be
formal to ensure its success. If mentoring is approved as a formal program it should be folded into
a committee and a mentor/mentee database created. The suggestion was put forth that the
program would fit well within the membership committee.
A listing of guidelines/goals was created resulting in a to-do list and questions that need to be
answered to move further.
The task force will continue to have discussions about the mentoring program, its guidelines, and
other goals of the program.
Re-codification of AACP Cumulative Policies Task Force – charged with looking into the request
from AACP to create an index and storage mechanism for AACP policies and documents. They will
explore the creation of an indexed digital repository for the association.
It was decided that this task would be given to the Communications Committee to get further
information on the scope of the project and the requirements of AACP. Barbara Nanstiel and
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Jennifer McDaniel agreed to assist.
A phone conference was held to discuss the re-codification of the cumulative policies. Vern Duba
is assisting with this project, though he is not a member of the Communications Committee he is
the most knowledgeable about this specific project. We created an outline of how we’d like to
move forward with indexing the policies and creating a database, but have not set anything in
stone. The committee has contact information for an AACP staff liaison and a technology contact
once we finalize how to proceed.
Pharmaceutics Section
(Laura M. Fox, Chair)
Resolutions Committee
Chair: Christine Birnie, St. John Fisher College
Charge: formulate section strategic plan and assure alignment with the association's strategic
plan (assigned 2012-2013 and carried over to 2013-2014)
Progress: We had some good preliminary discussion about this at the Pharmaceutics Business
Meeting. A few of the items discussed were: curricular issues – minimum number of
Pharmaceutics credits required in a pharmacy curriculum, AACP/AAPS Collaboration – Regional
Meetings, Public Health Concerns in regards to sterile products, alignment of pharmaceutics
concepts with clinical aspects of the pharmacy curriculum, more interaction with ACPE,
involvement in advocacy groups, involvement in the development/changes in ACPE standards,
and establishment of essential pharmaceutical concepts.
Programming Committee
Chair: Delwar Hussain, California Health Sciences University
Charge: develop programming ideas for the AACP annual meeting and webinars
Progress: The committee is charged to develop programming ideas for the AACP annual meeting
and webinars. The members of the committee started discussions on the charge in early
November, 2013. A lot of cordial discussions by the committee members ensued for the
programming ideas for the AACP annual meeting and other venues. Several programming ideas
were proposed by the members. From the overall discussion two topics/sessions were selected
for the AACP annual meeting. We also discussed and identified possible speakers for the two
topics for programming during the AACP annual meeting. Remaining work to be completed for
this year includes: (1) Solicit/confirm the speakers for the two topics selected by the committee
members; (2) Manage on-site programming needs at the AACP 2014 annual meeting; (3) Discuss
the possibilities of webinars and topics/sessions during other venues.
Abstract Review Committee
Chair: Laura Fox, Presbyterian College
Charge: review abstracts submitted for presentation at the AACP annual meeting
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Progress: review will begin after the abstract submission date
NIA Review Committee
Chair: Melanie Jordan, Midwestern University – Glendale
Charge: review proposals submitted for NIA
Progress: 21 completed NIA proposals were reviewed. The proposals scoring in the top 20% (n =
4) were submitted for final review by the AACP NIA Program Committee (all Immediate Past
Chairs) for voting. Following review and voting by the Committee, 2 TOPS NIA proposals were
accepted for funding. This charge is completed. Charge #2 is ongoing and awaiting further request
from COS.
Ad hoc Membership Committee
Chair: Cary Mobley, University of Florida
Charge: formulate ideas for involving new AACP members and encouraging non-AACP members
to join.
Progress: Below is our tentative plan. We are currently at step 1, where we are reviewing several
documents for ideas related to meeting the charge.
1.
Research and create ideas for meeting the charge
2.
Select and describe plausible ideas – by February 7th, 2014. A Google doc will be created
for each of us to post and describe our ideas
3.
Evaluate, rank and choose the best alternatives – March 7th, 2014. A phone conference
will be arranged to discuss the alternatives – Mid to late February
4.
Suggest action plans for implementation of the best alternatives – April 4, 2014
5.
Deliver a final report by a date to be determined.
Ad hoc Bylaws Review Committee
Chair: Scott Asbill, Presbyterian College
Charge: review section bylaws for any necessary updates and to assure congruence with the
association's bylaws
Progress: All committee members have received copies of the pharmaceutics section standing
rules of procedures, the Council of Faculities standing rules of procedure, and the AACP bylaws.
Each committee member has been tasked with evaluating each of these documents and
comparing the pharmaceutics section rules of procedure to the AACP bylaws. We have a
conference call planned between committee members in early to mid January to discuss the
similarities and differences between these documents. We anticipate finalizing recommended
changes to the document during March.
Ad hoc Awards Committee
Chair: Douglas Boudinot, Virginia Commonwealth University
Charge: determine if section should give member awards and if so, determine award type(s) and
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selection criteria.
Progress: The Committee reviewed awards given by AACP as well as those given by sections of
the association. Discussions focused on monetary travel awards/grants for members of the
Pharmaceutics Section to attend the annual AACP conference. Questions for further
consideration are:
1.
How much funding might be available for AACP annual meeting travel awards?
a.
Number of awards
b.
Monetary value of travel grants
2.
What types of travel awards might be given?
a.
Early stage career (Promising New Faculty Travel Award) or open to all members
of the section
b.
Awarded for innovative teaching technique/resource development with
presentation at the annual meeting (Innovation in Teaching Travel Award)
c.
Awarded for pharmaceutical research presentation at the annual meeting
(Excellence in Research Travel Award)
3.
What criteria and selection process would be used to select recipients?
a.
Peer review committee
b.
Financial need
Pharmacy Practice Section
(Charles Taylor, Chair)
STANDING COMMITTEES:
Awards Committee
Chair: Leslie Hamilton (Tennessee): lhamilt4@uthsc.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Evaluate the existing plan for identification, mentoring, and nominating Section
members for appropriate awards in the Association. – 100% COMPLETED
Solicit nominees for AACP Awards from Section members, gather the required
supporting information, prepare nominations for submission and submit materials to the
Section Chair prior to November 1st. – 100% COMPLETED [submitted one nomination for
Volwiler, Dr. Milap Nahata; one for Chalmers (Dr. Bob Talbert); assisted with Chalmers
nomination for Dr. John Murphy].
Collaborate with the Scholarship and Research Development Committee to identify
exceptional and productive scholars in pharmacy practice worthy of AACP recognition.- 100%
COMPLETED
Develop and implement, in collaboration with AACP staff, a plan for lifetime achievement
award for Section members that can be awarded periodically to Section members.- In
Progress [assigned to Leslie Hamilton and Lauren Garton; working with AACP staff on this]
Maintain current list of past AACP award recipients, highlighting Section affiliation of
previous winners, and coordinate the placement of this information on the Section web
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page with AACP staff and Section Secretary.- In Progress [assigned to Leslie Hamilton and
Lauren Garton; working with AACP staff on this]
Communications Committee
Chair: Terri Wensel (Samford): twensel@samford.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Monitor Section use and value of the listserv and section web page and recommend
improvements as needed. – 50% COMPLETED; ongoing monitoring with recommended
improvements forthcoming
Monitor Section committee communication strategies internally and recommend improvements
as needed.- 50% COMPLETED; ongoing monitoring with recommendations forthcoming
Recommend strategies to enhance networking and other forms of communications among
Section members.- 25% COMPLETED; multiple subgroup meetings [Nick Fusco, Jeff Lalama, Erika
Kleppinger]
Develop a newsletter or other communication tool to increase awareness among the Section
regarding best practices and innovative exemplars within the areas of education, clinical care,
scholarship, and service. – 25% COMPLETED; sub group organized [Krista Capehart, Shauna
Buring, Terri Wensel] with report pending
Provide recommendations regarding the use of social media to engage Section members. – 50%
COMPLETED; sub group organized [Amber Hutchison, Matthew Bird, Sneha Srivastava]
Recommend strategies for profiling “best practices” in pharmacy practice within AACP.- 25%
COMPLETED; sub group organized [Shannon Reidt, Justine Gortney, Sally Haack].
Faculty Development Committee
Chair: Michael Neville (Georgia): neville@uga.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Monitor faculty development needs within the Section and recommend strategies to address
unmet needs. – 25% COMPLETED; sub group organized with Jeffres as group lead
Evaluate the feasibility of a Section-wide formal mentoring program to engage
experienced/senior faculty more fully with less experienced members.- 25% COMPLETED; sub
group organized with Jeffres, Lodise, and Hilaire.
Review and summarize current standards for progression of part time and
auxiliary/adjunct faculty in promotion and advancement in academic environment.- 25%
COMPLETED; sub group organized with Pitlick, Foote, and Jenkins.
Recommend strategies for engaging post-graduate learners (residents, graduate students)
within the Section as a means to enhance their awareness of academic pharmacy.- 25%
COMPLETED; sub group organized with Jeffres and Hilaire.
Membership Committee
Chair: Debbie Byrd (Tennessee): dbyrd4@uthsc.edu
Charges:
1.
Monitor growth within the Section and recommend strategies to maintain a thriving
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2.
3.
4.
5.
organization. – 15% COMPLETED; sub group formed with Bell and Krause, preliminary
strategies have been formed; follow-up planned with AACP for comments.
Evaluate strategies to increase membership of adjunct faculty (e.g. preceptors). Implement
pilot initiatives if feasible to determine scalability and effectiveness in recruitment of adjust
faculty as members.- 20% COMPLETED; sub group formed with Shealy, Suda, and Krause.
Discuss with AACP leadership and select one pilot to explore and make contact with the
Experiential Education Section.
Monitor effectiveness of the “member to member” outreach for non-members in
pharmacy practice departments. Incorporate new strategies as indicated to reach nonmembers.- 20% COMPLETED; sub group formed with Ho and Matthews; next steps include
determining logistics in defining the faculty member role and responsibilities; incentives and
training that may be necessary
Create a membership campaign to more effectively recruit graduate students and residents to
the Section.- 15% COMPLETED; sub group formed with Pon, Salinitri, and Wright. Next steps
include follow up with AACP for comments.
Propose changes to the Strategic Planning and Bylaws committee to formalize a
role for residents or graduate students in the Pharmacy Practice section, including
the process for appointments to committees and working groups of the section.- 20%
COMPLETED; sub group formed with DeSevo and Inge; seeking input from AACP.
Nominating Committee
Chair: Leigh Ann Ross (Mississippi): laross@umc.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Solicit potential candidates for Section officer (Chair elect, secretary) and
disseminate materials to prospective candidates for Section leadership positions to
explain officer responsibilities.- 25% COMPLETED; multiple meetings organized
Coordinate the gathering of supporting materials from nominees as background for members.ONGOING
Present a slate of nominees for Section officers (Chair elect, secretary) at the 2014
AACP Annual Meeting.- ONGOING
Develop and implement a comprehensive plan for identification, mentoring, and
nominating Section members to leadership roles in the Section and the Association.25% COMPLETED; organizing a sub group to focus on this charge during second half of
the year.
Program Committee
Chair: Steve Stoner (Missouri – Kansas City): stoners@umkc.edu
Charges:
1.
Develop section programming for the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting. Consider themes that build
upon (a) wellness and health promotion; (b) technology enhanced education; (c) new CAPE
outcomes; (d) emerging models of pharmacy practice; and/or (e) grant writing skills.- 50%
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2.
3.
4.
5.
COMPLETED; joint program with biological sciences proposed titled “The Critical Interplay
Between Basic and Clinical Sciences Integration”; the second PP session proposed as
“Maintaining faculty and student wellness in a stressful academic environment.” Meeting in
early January to finalize submission.
Develop section programming for the 2014 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. Consider themes
that build upon (a) precepting skills; (b) new CAPE outcomes; and/or (c) technology enhanced
experiential education.- 15% COMPLETED; sub group organized to develop topic during second
half of the year. The 2013 program is set and offered on Monday at Midyear from 2-3:30 pm in
Room W208A.
Develop a program in collaboration with another professional organization in
addition to ASHP. Consider joint programming for student pharmacists at APhA focusing
on academic careers.- 95% COMPLETED; committee considering various options.
Meeting scheduled with Jen Adams.
Implement at least one webinar for the Section. Consider partnership with student chapters of
pharmacy organizations (e.g., ACCP, APhA, ASHP) or state associations to highlight models of
innovative pharmacy practice.- 5% COMPLETED; sub group formed with ideas generated for
options. Target dates May-June.
Maintain the inventory of Section programming for use by subsequent Program
Committees in collaboration with Section secretary.
Resolutions Committee - NO REPORT SUBMITTED
Chair: Jeffery Evans (Louisiana-Monroe): jevans@ulm.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Solicit resolutions from Committee and Section members and educate Section on process for
submission. Collaborate with Strategic Plan and Bylaws Committee on this charge.
Review all proposed resolutions for adherence to revised Section procedures.
Draft a summary of proposed resolutions with rationale, and send to Section Listserv
at least two weeks prior to business meetings of the Section or prior to electronic voting.
Present resolutions to members at Business meetings and coordinate electronic voting
on resolutions with AACP per revised Section rules.
Scholarship/Research Development Committee
Chair: Katherine Carey (Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences)
Katherine.Carey@mcphs.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
3.
Recommend strategies to increase research awards (e.g. New Investigator awards)
received by Section members. Collaborate with Section’s Immediate Past Chair to
encourage member applications as well as recommend ways to improve the rates of
funded proposals by members.- 75% COMPLETED; awaiting Vincent Lau feedback to
ensure posting on website for section.
Communicate to Section members the financial resources available to pharmacy practice
faculty for the development of innovative teaching, scholarship, and practice.- 75%
COMPLETED; recommend streamline website tools to one section for ease of use.
Work with other AACP Sections to advance the idea of a new category of research grant
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4.
5.
6.
7.
specific to residents, fellows, or graduate students.- 25% COMPLETED; first draft under
review.
Develop a list of section members who are available to assist other faculty in reviewing
and critiquing grant proposals. Consider a networking component that would enhance
faculty development as scholars.- 25% COMPLETED; ongoing
Investigate opportunities for a Section Sabbatical Program for Scholarship.- 33%
COMPLETED; currently reviewing pharmacy and nursing programs to gather ideas
Recommend a strategy to showcase resident, fellow, and graduate student
scholarship/research. Consider pilot initiatives that could use technology to achieve this
charge.- 50% COMPLETED; reached out to DiPiro regarding a showcase for resident and
student research; consider virtual poster sessions; awaiting feedback potentially linking
with Walmart Scholars program.
Identify strategies to increase awareness regarding the Scholarship of Engagement
within the Section.- 25% COMPLETED; considering methods to this such as newsletter.
Strategic Plan and Bylaws Committee
Chair: Anne Lin (Notre Dame of Maryland): ALin@ndm.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Monitor progress of Section Committees in achieving the existing Section Strategic Plan.
Review the 2013 Report of the Section Development Task Force to recommend future
committee charges.
Recommend a strategy for organizing and creating the Section’s next strategic plan.
Recommend bylaw changes within the Section as warranted.
Develop mechanisms for Section members to provide input into progress reports and
future strategic plans.
Submit an interim and an annual report for inclusion in the Section business
meetings.
The first meeting of the committee has been scheduled.
TASK FORCES:
Advocacy in Pharmacy Practice Task Force
Chair: Diane Ginsburg (Texas-Austin): diane.ginsburg@austin.utexas.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
Increase awareness across the Section of resources related to advocacy, and actively
promote advocacy opportunities (and examples) to our members.- ONGOING; this will
be addressed as charges 2 and 3 are met.
Recommend curricular components (e.g. courses) within schools and colleges of
pharmacy that will advance student pharmacist competencies as advocates. Refer to new
CAPE outcomes.- 25% COMPLETED; sub group formed with January 15 deadline for
working with colleagues across other schools to identify core curriculum components as
well as ACPE guidelines.
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3.
Create a repository which will profile “exemplary models” of pharmacy practice, as well as
key messaging points (including a referenced bibliography) that could be used by Section
members or others to promote pharmacist-provided care to external entities.- 25%
COMPLETED; sub group formed and discussed types of models as well as the information
to compile.
Student Engagement Task Force
Chair: Bonnie Brown (Butler): bbrown1@butler.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
3.
Disseminate recommendations for a standardized approach to a Teaching and Learning
Curriculum for post-graduate learners.- 95% COMPLETED; resolution passed at AACP
meeting in July; manuscript accepted for publication in AJHP pending final revisions.
Develop a model curriculum for student pharmacists interested in academic pharmacy
(e.g. academic teaching rotations). Distribute to schools and colleges of pharmacy,
incorporating information on AACP and academic careers.- 25% COMPLETED; collected
sample academic rotation syllabi; draft formed with process for input and revisions.
Participate with the Council of Sections leadership to recommend strategies to more
effectively engage student pharmacists, pharmacy residents, and graduate students
within the Section.- 0% COMPLETED; awaiting guidance from Council of Sections.
Section Development Task Force
Chair: Leigh Ann Ross (Mississippi): laross@umc.edu
Charge:
1.
Provide recommendations for ongoing development of the section. The report resulting
from this task force will be presented to current section leadership and the Strategic
Planning and Bylaws Committee for implementation and incorporation into the strategic
plan.
The committee met on December 4, 2013 to review the 2012-13 report and develop an action plan for
the coming year. Next steps include reviewing the Section Strategic plan and key committee reports
from the past. This will include key Council of Faculties reports, Council of Deans reports, and conclude
with an email discussion in January 2014. A teleconference is scheduled for February to finalize
recommendations.
Faculty Practice Model Task Force (department chairs and deans)
Chair: John Bosso (South Carolina College of Pharmacy): bossoja@musc.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
Identify and present potential or existing practice models for clinical pharmacy faculty
members that allow for fulfillment of clinical teaching responsibilities for pharmacy
students and residents and, at the same time, accommodate traditional faculty
activities and responsibilities in the area of scholarship.
Provide pros, cons, and other considerations for each model presented.
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100% COMPLETED; Surveyed sixteen colleges of pharmacy with recommendations formed pending
submission for publication (attached):
Final Report, FACULTY PRACTICE MODEL TASK FORCE
Task Force Charges:
1. Identify and present potential or existing practice models for clinical pharmacy faculty members
which allow for fulfillment of clinical teaching responsibilities for pharmacy students and residents and,
at the same time, accommodate traditional faculty activities and responsibilities in the area of
scholarship.
2. Provide pros, cons, and other considerations for each model presented.
3. Submit an interim and an annual report for inclusion in the Section business meetings at the
2012 ASHP Midyear and 2013 AACP Annual Meetings, respectively.
Task Force Members:
John Bosso, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus
Magaly Rodriguez de Bitner, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Jan Hastings, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Gordon Sacks, Auburn University School of Pharmacy
Marilyn Speedie, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
Background
The Task Force was appointed and charge in the summer of 2012 by then Section Chair, Leigh
Ann Ross and began its work shortly thereafter. Members agreed to take an approach that would gather
information on existing models at various types of colleges/schools of pharmacy that would be
informative of the variation of clinical faculty1 models currently in place along with the sitting chairs’
impressions of pros and cons of their model and ideas for what might constitute an ideal model. It was
also agreed to select an assortment of colleges/schools2 with various characteristics to enhance our
ability to accurately capture the expected variation in models. It was also acknowledged and agreed that
our data gathering would not represent a true survey, in a scientific sense, but instead targeted data
collection for the aims already mentioned. It was not the Task Force’s intent to attempt to categorize
model types as related to college/school type as insufficient numbers of programs were being assessed
to assure representative samples.
Methods
Sixteen colleges/schools of pharmacy were identified by Task Force members, which represented
various types, i.e., public/private, new/old, urban/rural location, associated with an academic health
center or not, and research-intensive or not. While Task Force members had preconceived notions
regarding these characteristics of the targeted colleges/schools, each was affirmed by the sitting
Pharmacy Practice Chair interviewed. Colleges/schools were classified as new or old based on their
existence for less than or equal to/more than 10 years. A data collection tool or survey instrument was
created to standardize the data collection (Appendix). Over the course of 2013, Task Force members
either directly interviewed Pharmacy Practice Chairs by telephone or asked these chairs to complete the
data collection form and return it. Collected information was then collated and de-identified by the Task
Force Chair and shared with all members of the Task Force for purposes of consideration and ultimately
to make recommendations to the Section on one or more optimal faculty models. Literature of
relevance to the Task Force’s charge was also gathered and considered in the group’s eventual
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recommendations. There have been a number of studies/publications exploring barriers to scholarship
by clinical practice faculty. These run the gamut from lack of time to inadequacy of preparation in how
to engage in scholarship. This task force focused only on the nature of the faculty model as it affects the
pursuit of scholarship for practitioner faculty.
Results
Considerable diversity was apparent in faculty models across the colleges/schools in our sample.
Underlying this diversity were differences in clinical practice/teaching expectations (e.g., number of
months per year or days per week and number of learners assigned at one time. Also, variety existed in
whether or not the learners were students and/or residents. In addition, the number of hours per day at
the practice/clinical teaching site), didactic and/or recitation teaching loads (hours per year), college
and/or practice site committee assignments varied. Also, expectations/requirements for scholarly
productivity varied by both type (i.e., publication and/or external funding) and number. The academic
institutions also varied in class size, and department size as reflected by both total number of faculty
and number of clinical practice faculty. Not all schools had an expectation for scholarship of their clinical
practice faculty although those that did expected one to two publications per year. Four of the 16
departments expected generation of external research funding. Of those expecting or requiring
scholarship, nine indicated that the expectation varied quantitatively from one faculty member to the
next, based upon other duties. Another area of variation was the actual employment conditions for the
faculty member. In some cases practice faculty were university employees, in others practice site
employees. A number of departments described “split-funded” faculty.
Perceived advantages and disadvantages of various models appeared to vary with the nature of clinical
practice/teaching requirements of the faculty member. With models that required two to three days per
week and/or two to three hours per day at the practice site with students, a perceived advantage was
ample time to devote to scholarship. In one or two of such cases, there was no real expectation, on the
part of the practice site, that meaningful or consistent patient care services would be delivered by the
faculty member. Didactic teaching load also appeared inversely correlated with satisfaction with the
faculty model. Chairs of larger departments, with more faculty members to share the
classroom/recitation teaching load, appeared to have higher satisfaction with their existing clinical
practice faculty models. Those colleges/schools accommodating or encouraging practice-based, clinical
or teaching related scholarship view this as an advantage directly impacting faculty members’ ability to
meet scholarly expectations.
Chairs with major concerns about their models described disadvantages beyond competing faculty
duties or expectations such as faculty preparation for scholarship, availability of mentoring and
availability of research collaborators. These issues cannot legitimately be viewed as characteristics of a
faculty model. Insufficient time to pursue scholarship was a frequently cited shortcoming of a number of
models.
Discussion
Great diversity exists in current faculty models which appear to vary directly with the magnitude of
various practice faculty duties or expectations. Naturally, those with low or moderate clinical
practice/teaching expectations better accommodate pursuit of scholarship, especially if didactic
teaching requirements are also low. Those with high practice/clinical teaching requirements make the
pursuit of scholarship more challenging. It is equally obvious, that departments have developed faculty
models based on the conditions under which they operate, which in turn influence how well the model
accommodates adequate time for scholarship.
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Because of these realities, it is unlikely that an ideal practice faculty model, suitable for all
colleges/schools of pharmacy, could be envisioned and recommended. However, it is also apparent,
based upon the data and observations gathered that a number of characteristics are conducive to
allowing time for scholarship and their incorporation into any faculty model should be seriously
considered.
Recommendations
Operating under the belief that all full-time faculty members should be meaningfully engaged and
productive in scholarship, the Task Force recommends that:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Faculty job descriptions/contracts have realistic balance in duties and performance expectations
across the areas of teaching, service to the university/college, professional service/practice, and
scholarship such that the latter can be comfortably accommodated from a time allocation
standpoint.
The nature/design of faculty models should thus be driven by faculty job descriptions.
Department chairs should meet with faculty regularly to assess their scholarly progress and to
make necessary adjustments in effort allocation such that faculty members have adequate time
to meet expectations in the area of scholarship.
An academic environment that accommodates and nurtures scholarship be created regardless
of model. This should include formal mentoring by seasoned faculty colleagues and academic
leaders, participation in clinical research programs designed to advance the research skills of the
clinical faculty member, such as those sponsored by the Clinical and Translational Science
Institutes, and/or partnership in research projects with research-accomplished faculty in either
Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice disciplines, or colleagues in other health
professions.
The types of scholarship that are recognized/valued/rewarded should be made clear to faculty
members and be quantitatively balanced (by Promotion and Tenure committees) with teaching
and service (clinical) expectations.
1
By “clinical faculty” we are referring to those who have a clinical practice component to their job
description and are not distinguishing between clinical and tenure track appointments.
2
For ease of reading/understanding we refer to all entities from this point on as colleges.
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Promotion of Academic Careers Task Force
Chair: Lisa Lundquist (Mercer): lundquist_lm@mercer.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
Collaborate with other practice-oriented professional organizations to enhance
awareness of academic pharmacy as a career pathway, with an emphasis on programs
to address issues critical for success in all stages of academic careers.- 50% COMPLETED;
ASHP Intersections accepted articles proposal for a 3 part series on academic pharmacy
which will reach students and residents considering academic career.
Develop opportunities for Section mentorship of post-PharmD trainees and graduate
students interested in academic careers. The plan should include means to develop both
mentors in the program and engage and support the trainees and students.- 100%
COMPLETED; a proposal for a pilot academic mentoring program for students and
residents for the AACP section has been submitted for consideration.
Health and Wellness Task Force
Chair: Susan Bruce (Northeast Ohio): sbruce@neomed.edu
Charges:
1.
2.
3.
Summarize “best practices” and exemplary models for engaging student pharmacists in
wellness and disease prevention activities.
Recommend strategies for incorporating wellness and health promotion within pharmacy
curricula.
Recommend strategies to create a healthier campus environment to role- model health
promotion and wellness.
Members have participated in two conference calls and numerous email exchanges. The group
decided to send a survey to colleges of pharmacy to capture curricular and extracurricular
activities regarding health and wellness. A subgroup drafted a survey that will be reviewed by the
entire committee during the upcoming January 14 conference call. Meanwhile, all members have
been engaged in literature searches/summaries to gather information regarding “best practices”.
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Social and Administrative Sciences Section
(Nathaniel Rickles, Chair)
Graduate Program Committee
Mark V. Siracuse, Chair
Committee Progress: The committee had a telephone conference on December 2, 2013 and discussed
following about the Academic Career Toolkit:
a.
Status of the toolkit
b.
Publicizing the toolkit
Next Steps:
a.
All committee members will read the current version of the toolkit and provide feedback
b.
Two committee members took lead roles in adding two additional sections
c.
Another telephone conference planned for the week of January 13, 2014 for follow-up
Awards Committee
Pam Heaton, Chair
Committee Progress: The committee has been busy and productive. We nominated a SAS colleague to
receive the Volwiler Award. Working closely with the SAS Section Chair, we submitted a thorough and
compelling application package. The committee has also made recommendations for the Lyman Award.
Next Steps: The work of this committee continues with identifying other awards SAS members might be
nominated for.
Programming Committee
Kimberly S. Plake, Chair
Committee Progress: The committee has met and developed programming ideas for the 2014 Annual
Meeting. Two topics have been tentatively identified: Professional Development Roundtables and
Creative Electives. Ideas for the roundtable topics include: next steps after full professorship, next steps
after associate professorship, moving into an administrative position, creating a publication plan,
seeking collaborations for sabbatical, seeking collaborations for research, considerations in selecting a
first position, seeking graduate school, mentoring relationships, involvement in associations, and
seeking leadership opportunities. Ideas for the creative elective session include: entrepreneurship,
research methods, and motivational interviewing.
Next Steps: Speakers need to be identified and the budget submitted. There are tentative plans to
develop 1-2 webinars this spring. These topics are yet to be identified.
Abstract Review Committee
Michelle L. Cannon-Breland, Chair
Committee Progress: We have 40 reviewers for the 2014 Annual Meeting abstract review. We will be
ready to review the abstracts after the submission deadline of Feb. 19th.
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Next Steps: Committee chair will contact all the reviewers to ensure the total numbers of reviewers (40)
is still accurate prior to the submission deadline/review commencement date.
Nominating Committee
Daniel Lane, Chair
Committee Progress: We reviewed candidates for chair-elect of the section. We identified two
individuals for the election this past year: Ana Quinones-Boex and David Holdford. There was
considerable confusion regarding candidates previously slated for the election by last year’s committee.
Anandi Law and John Bentley were supposed to have been slated for this fall’s election. Instead, they
will be slated for next year’s election. We thank them for graciously agreeing to the changes.
Next Steps: The committee’s work is done for the year until we learn of the election results and possibly
requiring us to find a replacement for Ana Quinones-Boex, if elected, since she is chairing a term as SAS
secretary until 2015.
Strategic Planning Committee
Nathaniel Rickles, Chair
Committee Progress: We have identified key thematic areas as the basis for section’s strategic plan. We
have discussed a plan of developing goals for each of the thematic areas. We have had two conference
calls and have a third one planned for January. We are using strategic plans of other sections as guides
for our strategic planning. We are also trying to make our strategic plan in alignment with COS strategic
planning process and the strategic vision of AACP.
Next Steps: We will discuss our developed goals during this third call with the hope of moving to specific
objectives for a February/March phone call. We hope to arrive at a completed strategic plan to be
reviewed by the section membership via e-mail during the months of April/May and approved at the
annual meeting.
Mentoring Committee
Anandi Law, Chair
Committee Progress: Committee has accessed and reviewed a recent report of a COS/COF/COD joint
task force on mentoring. The committee chair has informally polled mentor-mentee pairings of the SAS
section. Overall, perception of the SAS mentorship program was viewed as valuable.
Next steps: Discuss ideas of how to ensure access to mentoring material and a formal assessment of the
program.
AACP SAS Membership Survey Analysis/Assessment Committee
Stephanie Y. Crawford, Chair
Committee Progress: Committee has accessed the survey results and currently undergoing analysis of
data to respond to committee charges.
Next Steps: Work of Committee will begin in January 2014. The Committee chair sent an email
requesting routine telephone conferences (monthly or bimonthly, as needed) from mid-January through
May. Actions undertaken by Committee this year will include:
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Review of data received from AACP Member Needs Assessment Survey. Two different
programmatic needs can possibly be addressed -- one toward academy concerns of members,
and the other part of AACP membership issues.
As summary data were provided in an Excel file, we will contact AACP staff to ascertain whether
it is possible to receive raw data for the section responses. If so, the Committee can better:
Identify relationships of what we want to explore more in next survey, and
Identify how survey was helpful to us and how left some questions.
Evaluate available data for better sense of membership needs and potential analyses to find out
who are people we should target. The Committee shall consider where gaps exist in sectional
membership. For example, it appears more senior faculty are most engaged, but fewer new
people. Reasons for that will be explored, as well as potential ways to address. As another
example, what disciplinary programs are not represented in list of respondents?
Consider how we can leverage our membership expertise to other bodies outside of pharmacy.
For example, are there opportunities for synergy with ISPOR, AcademyHealth, etc.?
The Committee will explore the possibility of scholarship opportunities, based upon findings.
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