Chair report for the Academic Sections Coordinating Committee

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Winter 2000 by De Muth, James E

David Holdford, MCV) has generated a draft marketing plan for recruiting graduate students into SAS graduate programs. This report could reasonably (and likely will) be expanded to address recruitment of students into undergraduate pharmacy programs and recruitment of advanced-degreed pharmacists into academia.

This report will likely appear in revised form in an upcoming issue of AJPE. The Graduate Student Program Subcommittee (Chair: Dana Purkerson Hammer, Colorado) has planned a couple of graduate student events for the San Diego meeting. The Academic Careers Subcommittee (Chair: Jean Carter, Montana) has developed a list of teaching competencies which should be possessed by graduates of SAS graduate programs. This list should be ready for dissemination at the San Diego meeting. The Program Committee (Chair: Heidi Anderson Harper, Auburn) has prepared the program for the San Diego meeting which will start with a presentation by Section members representing different disciplines about what is being taught in colleges and schools of pharmacy, followed by commentary from a reactor panel of pharmacists representing different practice areas. The second program session will have Section member Jean Paul Gagnon conducting a presentation regarding what pharmacy educators and pharmacy students need to know about on-line pharmacies. The Strategic Planning Implementation Committee (Chair: Lucy Ngoh, Ferris State) has identified several major areas where the Section should focus its attention in coming years. Two examples include forging collaborative research relationships with colleagues from other AACP Sections as well as with pharmacies in a variety of settings and with the pharmaceutical industry, and establishing a system where committee members are assigned specific pharmacy-related associations to monitor current issues and up-date members on changes from these organizations' perspectives. The Section Web-Page Committee (Chair: Matt Murawski, Purdue) identified several issues to be addressed in the coming year, including the location of the Section's Web sub page behind the membership firewall of AACP's Web page, and the scarcity of new content from Section members to be posted. The Committee recommends that a more public placement for the Section Web page be achieved to better serve our stakeholders, and one or more Section members who possess the abilities and interest necessary to create a more professional-appearing Web page suitable for broad dissemination be appointed to the Committee. The Section Web page should be revised, either building upon the page's current content, or may undergoing complete revision. The Committee further recommends that the Committee be provided a budget to purchase the software or supportive hardware necessary for the Committee to fulfill its mission. The Administrative Committee (Chair: Tim Stratton, Montana) surveyed Section members regarding their opinions as to what types of research the Section should accept for poster presentations at Annual Meetings. The main issues examined included accepting completed research only or work-in-progress as well, and accepting research addressing pharmacy education topics only vs. topics from any SAS field. Survey results will be shared at the Section Business Meeting in San Diego.