Call to Order

Chair Patricia D. Kroboth called the meeting to order at 1:00 PM

Chair's Comments:

Chair Kroboth welcomed Council members and announced deans in transition:

New Deans:

• Long Island University – David R. Taft

• Pacific University – Susan M. Stein

• Samford University – Charles D. Sands, III

• South Dakota State University – Dennis D. Hedge

• The University of Louisiana at Monroe – W. Greg Leader

• University of Houston – Mustafa F. Lokhandawala

• University of the Sciences in Philadelphia – Lisa A. Lawson

• University of Washington – Thomas A. Baillie

She asked for new associate/assistant deans to stand and announce their affiliation.

Chair Kroboth encouraged the Council to nominate qualified faculty for the many Association awards that are available. She commented that toolkits will be available from AACP to address faculty recruitment and retention issues.

Report of the Secretary

The minutes of the Council of Deans Business Meeting at the Annual Meeting and the Interim meeting have been published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Volume 69 Supplement) and will be voted for acceptance at the Annual Meeting.

Board of Directors Report

Immediate Past-Chair Barbara E. Hayes noted the following highlights from the Board of Directors meeting:

1. New Associate Institutional membership was approved for the University of Notre Dame in Maryland upon their achievement of ACPE pre-candidate accreditation status.

2. Financial audit indicated that the Association is in compliance with national accounting standards. Assets from the sale of the former building are being managed by a national management team.

3. Bylaws Committee is compiling and reviewing AACP policy statements approved by the House of Delegate (HOD) since 1982. The committee will recommend to the HOD meeting in July 2009 to approve their recommendations to archive historical policy statement, eliminate redundant statements, and/or amend policy statements to make them relevant to the current environment in academic pharmacy.

4. AACP has extended invitations to academic pharmacy organizations worldwide to join and found a Global Alliance for Pharmaceutical Education. More information on this effort will be available at the July 2009 Annual Meeting.

5. A Financial Analysis of the proposed membership model will be discussed at the Town Hall Meeting.

6. AACP staff and members of the Board of Directors continue to visit member colleges/schools of pharmacy. If any schools/colleges would like to have a site visit by AACP staff and Board members, please contact Dr. Maine.

Committee Updates

1. Nominations: Immediate Past-Chair Hayes distributed forms for nominations of char-elect. The deadline for nominations is 15 April 09.

2. Resolutions: George Francisco asked members to submit resolutions for consideration at the COD business meeting in July to him for consideration by the resolutions committee.

3. COD/COF Work Force Task Force: Raylene Rospond announced that the report was posted on the COD website.

4. Cost of Experiential Education Committee: David Allen reported that the surveys were developed over the Summer of 2008 and the survey was administered in February 2009. The results of the survey and the full committee will be presented at the Annual Meeting.

5. Underrepresented Minorities and the Academy Committee: Wayne Harris indicated that activities for this committee were suspended and no report was available.

Unfinished Business

1. Academic Leadership Fellows Program. Ken Miller reported that the deadline for candidates to enroll in the program is 13 March 2009. He mentioned that Dean facilitators are needed, too. To date, 170 fellows have completed the program. He also indicated that the CEO Dean's Leadership Program is planned for the Fall in Omaha, NE if sufficient people register for the program.

New Business

1. Legislative Update and Advocacy: William Lang was available for questions concerning the President's Stimulus Bill and its impact on funding for research and programs.

2. 2009 AACP Curricular Summit: Chris Bradberry described the genesis of the upcoming curricular summit as the result of a charge to the Academic Affairs Committee given by former President Speedie. Cecilia M. Plaza described the format for the upcoming summit which is scheduled for 9-12 September 2009 in Scottsdale, AZ. She asked that participating schools/colleges form teams of three individuals to participate in the summit.

3. Pharmacy Education and Assessment Services (PEAS): An update of the PEAS system was presented, particularly its prominence on the association's new web site

4. PharmCAS update: Jennifer Athay reviewed the advancements to the services. She explained that the service will provide data not only for admissions, but also can be used for accreditation, continuous program development, advocacy, practice trends and alumni tracking and she indicated that there were 72 participating schools. She indicated that a criminal background check involving a group of 12 schools have been selected to conduct a national validity study.

5. IPPE Task Force Update. The discussion will take place at the Town Hall meeting tomorrow.

Issues Facing the Academy

Chair Kroboth led a discussion of topics that included: purpose of Interim meetings and the results of the CEO Deans small group discussions during the CEO Deans Retreat. There were four of the seven that received the most interest. They were:

1. Assessment Program Development – support of the PEAS projects

2. Preparing Clinical Faculty as Scholars

3. Curricular Issues: Reflections on the Experiences of Curricular Integration

4. Support the role of pharmacists in primary care initiative

5. Support efforts to gain Medicare Part B provider status.

From the floor, the following issues were raised:

• Bob McCarthy (UConn) – Breakout sessions at the CEO Deans Retreat were valuable; there is a need to get like-schools together during these breakouts to discuss common issues.

• Bob Day (UCSF) – asked what will be done with the 4-5 priority areas. It was noted that they could be used for the 90 minutes session for the Council of Deans at the Annual Meeting.

• Martin Brown (LIU) – suggested programming for associate/assistant deans. His recommendation was supported by George Spratto.

• Fred Weissman (USC) – Thought a discussion of accreditation / self-study preparation issues could be valuable.

• Pete Vanderveen (USC)- stated that the manpower issues need to be reconsidered. Additional comments on manpower were made by Kathy Knapp, Raylene Rospond, Jen Athay, Bob Day, Stuart Feldman, and Henry Lewis. Lucinda Maine explained the genesis of the manpower data and how it relates to the HRSA reports. Manpower issues are more complicated than the employment supply and demand issues.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

J. Douglas Bricker, Secretary