Current section chairs, chair-elects, and chair-elect designates met in Chicago, Illinois in conjunction with the AACP Board of Directors Meeting on March 31 and for the Section Leadership Meeting on April 1. The Leadership Conference was well attended by all section officers. All participants were engaged in the discussions especially on the topic of the proposed by-laws and the role of the Sections within the organization.
The primary responsibility of the ASCC committee is to select the topic for the Teacher's Seminar and roundtable sessions and review and/or refine the abstract process. Each item will be discussed in detail. The selected theme for the 2007 Teachers Seminar is Developing and Enhancing Skills to Optimize Student Learning Outcomes. Topics covered include developing a conceptual framework for moving students from dependent to independent learners; implementing reflective and self-learning in the curriculum, classroom, and basic sciences; and integrating reflective portfolios curriculum wide. Participants can choose from one of four breakout sessions. The Implementing Reflective and Self-learning in the Basic Sciences (Clyde “Kipp” Herreid, State University of New York at Buffalo) is a two part breakout session focusing on Interrupted Case Study Method of Teaching in the morning and Intimate Debate Case Study Method of Teaching in the afternoon. The other three sessions are Integrating Reflective Portfolios Curriculum Wide Reflective (Cecilia M. Plaza, AACP JoLaine R. Draugalis, The University of Oklahoma), The Use of Reflective Writing in the Classroom (Gary P. Stoehr, University of Pittsburgh), and Implementing Self-learning Curriculum Wide (Teresa A. O'Sullivan, University of Washington). Each of these sessions will be offered in the morning and afternoon.
Approximately fifty potential roundtable topics were identified by members or from special sessions submitted for the meeting and not selected. Section officers ranked the topics and selected forty roundtable sessions to be held on Sunday (20) and Monday (20) at the upcoming Annual Meeting in Orlando. The response to the call for roundtable facilitators produced a record number (greater than 125) of volunteers for facilitators. This was gratifying and indicates engagement of members but also presented a dilemma in the selection process. Previous ASCC Chairs indicated several different methods were used to choose these individuals. These included the first person who submitted their name for a specific topic, a person who submitted a title for a specific session, and consideration given to members who had not facilitated a session the previous year. This year first consideration was given to individuals who had not been a facilitator in the past two years, submitted a topic for a roundtable session, and/or randomly selected. It is recommended by the ASCC Chair that a process be developed for selection of future roundtable facilitators. The topics and facilitators chosen for the 2007 Roundtable Sessions are listed in tbl1.
The committee continued to refine the abstract process. This year's process appears to have been smoother and with minimum feedback from individuals selected as reviewers. Feedback received by AACP or Section Chairs on the process will be discussed at the upcoming ASCC meeting in Orlando. tbl2 shows the total number of abstracts submitted from 2003 through 2007.
The Academic Section Reports are summarized below:
REPORTS FROM THE SECTIONSBob Soltis, Chair reported that members of the programming committees from Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Pharmaceutics finalized the arrangements for the joint session entitled “High-stake exams: What are the Implications for the Basic Sciences in the Pharmacy School Curriculum?” The speaker is Dr. Lyn Crespo from the University of South Florida Medical School. At the Biological Sciences Business Meeting, Dr. Amber Beuhler (Pacific University), 2006 NIP Awardee, agreed to present results of her research and a second speaker/NIP Awardee was being recruited. Nine members of the section consisting of recent awardees and senior faculty members agreed to serve as grant reviewers.
ChemistryElmer Gentry, Chair reported the following from the Section's Committees. The Nominations Committee identified two candidates for Chair-elect and two candidates for secretary. The Strategic Planning Committee is currently working on developing a five year strategic plan for the section. The Membership Committee is refining a survey that was developed and administered last year to better access the needs of section members as well as services that can be provided to attract new members. The committee is also working to identify new faculty for section membership. The Mentoring Committee is working to identify mentor-faculty relationships for new section member.
Continuing Professional EducationAnita Young, Chair, reported on the Section's committees accomplishments. The ACPE Liaison Committee prepared a Section response to the Draft Standards submitted for review by ACPE. The Future Planning Committee identified five topics for the Section to discuss. These were 1) Membership in multiple AACP sections, 2) the CPE section's role in the Teacher and Leadership seminars, 3) CE director development opportunities, 4) CE provider tools being shared among CE providers, and 5) investigate the use of CE in the undergraduate curriculum. The committee also developed a survey to gather information from section members on key issues. The topics selected by the Program Committee for the CPE Section meeting in Orlando are as follows: 1) The session titled “CPD in the Ivory Tower-Implementing ACPE Standard 26 for Faculty, Staff, and Preceptors” focuses on how to involve faculty, staff, and preceptors in the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) process; how early adopters of CPD in academic settings have implemented Standard 26; and minimal required elements of CPD programs for pharmacy educators. 2) The second session “ACPE and ACCME programming: Options to CE Providers for Accrediting their Programs for Both Disciplines” addressed issues via a panel on joint accreditation and collaborative relationships between multi-disciplinary providers.
Libraries/Educational ResourcesGerri Wanserski, Chair, reported that the Section was very grateful to have received EndNote Bibliographic Management Software with funding provided from AACP. The software has been distributed to section members with editorial responsibility for the Basic Resources in Pharmacy Education list of recommended resources. Main editors, Barbara Nanstiel, Wilkes University, and Leslie Ann Bowman, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, are in the process of transferring records from the older ProCite software to the new EndNote software and will be providing guidelines for other editors as work on the updated list begins.
Vern Duba, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, and the section's chair-elect has begun the process of identifying important journals related to pharmacy education. Section members have been providing him with input on what should constitute a core list of journals. Further discussion will take place at the Section's business meeting in Orlando in July.
A committee chaired by Terry Ann Jankowski, University of Washington, L/ER chair Gerri Wanserski, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Leslie Ann Bowman, publicized the availability of Sewell Stipends for pharmacy librarians attending the annual meeting for the first time and for librarians returning to the annual meeting. Stipends were awarded to six first time attendees and two returning attendees.
PharmaceuticsCatherine White, Chair, reported that programming was completed for the 2007 Annual Meeting. Section members worked on a strategic plan which included revision of the section's goals and objectives and list of responsibilities of each office (Past chair, Chair and Chair elect). The Section also continued to work on updating curriculum with regards to the new accreditation guidelines.
Pharmacy Practice SectionRaylene Rospond, Chair, reported that the standing committee reports had been posted on the AACP website. The Program Committee, chaired by Paul Jungnickel, developed three programs. The first program held at the ASHP Midyear Meeting was well attended. The programming for the Annual meeting in Orlando focuses on the following topics: how to incorporate research and scholarship into your clinical practice, and teaching methodologies that engage students and help them apply knowledge. The section programming for ASHP in December 2007 is entitled “Interprofessional Education - Developing a Model for Collaborative Teaching, Practice, and Scholarship.” Presentation objectives and speakers have been posted on the Section web site.
The Resolutions Committee is recommending three resolutions be considered by the section for forwarding on to the House of Delegates. The resolutions revolve around cultural competency, interprofessional education, and rewards and retention systems to aid in recruiting and retaining faculty. The Awards Committee completed a comprehensive list of award winners and their section affiliations. A slate of nominees has been developed and dossiers will be developed to support their formal nominations to the organization. The Strategic Plan and Bylaws Task Force Committee reviewed the current Strategic Plan and Bylaws. A proposal is being developed to change the requirements for a quorum which will be circulated to section members for a vote, prior to the annual meeting.
The Communications Task Force Committee made a number of recommendations related to the functionality of the AACP new website. The full recommendations can be found in the report posted on the Section's website. It is also recommended that the communications task force become a standing committee for the section.
AACP Partnership Task Force reviewed the relevant offerings from both organizations and each member has provided their own assessment and recommendations for partnering opportunities. A final list of recommendations and opportunities for partnership has been identified. Three subcommittee on faculty development task force subcommittees were appointed. These were Model Faculty Development Program, Mid to Senior Career Faculty Development, and Scholarship/Research Development A survey was developed by the Scholarship/Research Development subcommittee and piloted at VCU. Survey results to date are posted on the website and a second mailing to increase response rate is underway. Complete results will be posted as soon as they are available.
Three teams comprised of three members each were appointed in 2006 to review the section's new investigator proposals. Panels were appointed considering gender, rank, and public/private institution affiliation. Two additional panels were appointed but not needed for this year. These panels will be utilized for the 2007 reviews.
Ten teams comprised of three individuals were appointed for reviewing abstracts submitted to the section for the July 2007 annual meeting. Teams were to include individuals that were not already serving the section this year in another capacity and not duplicating individuals that had reviewed abstracts in 2006.
Social and Administrative SciencesDavid P. Zgarrick, Chair, reported that the Annual Meeting Program Committee submitted three presentations. Only two of the sessions were accepted because one session duplicated content covered by the AACP graduate student program. Thus, the Section worked with AACP to provide some additional content for this specific program. Presentations to be presented at the meeting included “Teaching Quality Measures and Quality Assurance” and “Teaching Health Promotion and Behavior Change Strategies in Pharmacy”.
The Annual Meeting Abstract Review Committee reviewed 45 abstracts, of which 41 were accepted. In addition, it was anticipated approximately 15 proposals for the New Investigators Program would be submitted to the section for review this summer, so nine members were recruited to form three review panel. Each panel will review and rank their abstracts by late July. The two proposals from each panel will be reviewed by each of the three panel chairs and Dr. Chui, Chair of this committee, will pass on a final ranking to AACP by early September.
The Nominations Committee slated two candidates for chair-elect, Gireesh Gupchup of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and Betsy Sleath of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Karen Farris (Iowa) was elected chair-elect designate and Alicia Bouldin (Mississippi) was elected secretary for the coming year.
Additionally, two new business items were identified for discussion at the Business Meeting. These are 1) the need to revise the section's bylaws given the proposed changes in AACP's organizational structure, and 2) the development of AACP sponsored programming at meetings which are commonly attended by SAdS members or students (APhA, ISPOR, APHA, AERA, etc.).