Education

Goal I: Expand web-based library resources and make available to College of Pharmacy faculty, staff, students and active preceptors at all times.

Goal II: Development and maintenance of a contemporary curriculum that is based upon the competencies necessary for entry-level pharmacy practice.

1. Partnering of interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement modules for the new curriculum
2. Content in certain of the pharmaceutical sciences, social/behavioral/administrative sciences, and clinical sciences areas included in Appendix B of the new ACPE guidelines will need to be enhanced.
3. Embed requirements for information retrieval throughout the curriculum.
4. Improve writing technique and bibliographic instruction to better prepare students.

Goal III: Develop a process to assure ongoing assessment of the curricula that will be conducted with increased student and alumni participation.

1. Individual courses or modules will have specific, measurable outcomes included in syllabi.
2. Consideration of best-practice educational methods should be brought to the fore, and fully incorporated into the redesigned curriculum now being created.

Goal IV: Continued quality improvement of professional program admissions process (interview training).

Goal V: Re-evaluate the policy for addressing curricular placement of transferring professional students.

Goal VI: Develop a policy regarding the periodic review of academic standards.

Goal VII: Develop and implement policies and procedures regarding monitoring of student progress for initial identification of at risk students.

Goal VIII: Increase the variety of practice settings available for advanced practice experiences.

Goal IX: Increase the length of advanced practice experiences to meet accreditation requirements.

Goal X: Increase evaluation frequency of practice sites through site visits and other techniques.

Goal XI: Increase class size to meet increasing demand, while maintaining program quality.

Goal XII: Academic progression data should be made available to faculty at the fall and spring retreats each year.

 

Research

Goal I: Establish a task force to explore technology transfer/intellectual property issues as well as total research support issues.

Goal II: Produce a plan for the development of a core research/instrumentation facilities

Goal III: Implement a fully functional research program assessment plan.

1. Implement a fully functional graduate program assessment plan.
2. Implement a fully functional undergraduate toxicology program assessment plan.

Goal IV: Increase extramural funding for all research programs within the COP to a level of $4 million awarded annually.

1. Update orientation package to include grant opportunities.
2. Update job description for Director of Research and Graduate Studies.

Goal V: Develop a strategy to capitalize on state-wide opportunities for domestic undergraduate recruitment, with an emphasis on minorities, for our graduate program.

1. Evaluate opportunities at the following colleges: Grambling, Dillard, Southern, Jackson State and UA Pine Bluff.

Goal VI: Explore new opportunities for inter- and intra-institutional research collaboration (e.g., incubator facility, industry, faculty development grants for co-sponsored research between basic sciences/clinical faculty, outreach seminars).

Goal VII: Plan and develop ULM Center for Drug Discovery

1. Establish a "Center of Excellence" for the LA Institute of Environmental Toxicology

 

Service

Goal I: Develop and enhance service income opportunities.

Goal II: Coordinate a College of Pharmacy emergency preparedness plan with the University's emergency plan.

Goal III: Encourage a rural health initiative and community outreach in which the COP (toxicology, clinical) plays a major role.

Pharmacy Practice

Goal I: Increase opportunities for greater breadth of training (e.g., dual degrees, fellowships (co-sponsored)).

Miscellaneous

Goal I: Alter the charge to all committees to include ensuring continued compliance with ACPE Standards.

Goal II: Develop mechanisms to enhance collaborative research and didactic integration among campuses.

Goal III: Enhance the College's development and alumni relations initiatives.

Goal IV: Establish $25 million Vision 2015 campaign, which includes endowment funds for scholarships, faculty development, and expansion of the COP Library System.

Goal V: Assess the full implementation of the faculty development plan.

1. Increase opportunities for faculty development activities.