| Goal VII: Enhance the teaching, scholarship and service functions within the College of Pharmacy.
[Level:Strategic (3-5 yrs)]
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Responsible Party
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Timeline*
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Resources Required
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Measurable Outcomes
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Monitoring & Reporting Plan
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Notes
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a. Develop an effective faculty development program which addresses the three areas listed below.
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Director of faculty development, Faculty development committee |
12 months |
creation of Director of Faculty development, fiscal resources, staffing |
Faculty participation, faculty performance, promotion and/or tenure rates. |
Periodic reports from Faculty development committee, faculty assessment of program |
Faculty College has been established. Drs. Sirmans and Parish are the Faculty Liaisons. |
1. Develop a senior faculty mentorship program for junior faculty.
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Department Heads |
12 months |
Time, staffing, example plans from other Universities |
Establishment of mentoring programs |
Periodic mentor reports to Dept Head, Departmental annual report |
Mentoring programs has been implemented in BS dept., awaiting implementation in CAS. |
| 2. Provide quality educational programs during faculty retreats and faculty seminars. |
Director of faculty development, Faculty development committee |
12 months |
Director of Faculty development, fiscal resources, faculty buy-in |
Number and quality of programs |
Periodic reports from Faculty development committee, faculty assessment of programs |
Dr. Stringer offered session on writing objectives. |
| 3. Develop strategies to send faculty to annual educational meetings and symposia. |
Dean, Department Heads |
12 months |
Fiscal resources |
Number of faculty attending meetings |
Faculty activity reports |
Many faculty attended grant writing workshops, AACP |
| b. Develop strategies to provide essential equipment which is deemed necessary to conduct quality research programs. |
Department Heads, Faculty |
Ongoing |
Fiscal resources, well developed research plan |
Additional equipment acquired, proportion of requested equipment purchased. |
Annual departmental reports |
Several large pieces of equipment have been purchased through grants or other extramural funds (e.g., LCMS, confocal microscope, scanning electron microscope). |
| c. Reestablish a continuing education department at the university level which will provide support for the school's continuing education programs throughout the state of Louisiana as well as the United States. |
Dean |
12 months |
Fiscal resources, staffing |
Development of CE office |
Program offerings, ACPE accreditation |
Based upon attendance at CE programs, it was determined that it would be more cost efficient to partner with another ACPE approved provider. |
| *Timeline - Beginning August 2004 |