UPDATED FOR 2024

Submissions will be evaluated on the following criteria:

 

Identification of problem/project

• Articulates a question focused on a substantive and consequential issue.
• Clearly describes the project aims, identifying the problem to be addressed and relevance to the Pharm.D. program.
• Clearly articulates the project’s assessment-related question.
• Clearly describes how project impacts (moves forward) the college/school, with consideration to internal and external stakeholder concerns.

Data collection and plan for use 

• Uses multiple, relevant data sources and measures.
• Collection of data is easily accessible or embedded in existing college/school processes.
• Provides a clear description of methodology that is appropriate to the problem being addressed.
• Timing of data collection is appropriate for review and decision making.

Interpretation and dissemination of data

• Describes the data analysis.
• Draws appropriate conclusions.
• Provides relevant comparisons or benchmarks of outcomes, within and/or outside the college/school.
• Provides credible evidence to answer the problem being addressed.
• Describes how assessment results are clearly communicated and disseminated within/outside of the college/school and to internal/external stakeholders.

Data-driven action/decision making

• Describes how the data has led to meaningful, useful actionable decisions for program improvement.
• Thoughtful engagement of internal/external stakeholders throughout the decision-making process.
• Provided a timeline for implementation of assessment activity.
• Changes are sustainable over time.

Evaluation, reflection, and next steps

• Evaluates impact of problem being addressed to the overall Pharm.D. program.
• Reflects on lessons learned with potential insights for implementation in other Pharm.D. programs.
• Describes next steps and plans for iterative cycle.
• Describes process for sustainability and implementation of actionable items.

Organization and overall impression of submission

• Clear writing style, well written and free of grammatical errors.
• Well organized, and met the general instructions/guidelines.
• Project demonstrates a novel or innovative approach to meeting ACPE Standard 24 or 25 at the college/school.
• Overall impression.

The year 2020 is one like none other we have experienced. A global pandemic dawned early in the year and brought its full force to the United States in February and March. Forced shutdowns, except for “essential services” that included the work of pharmacists on the frontlines, shuttered businesses and imposed economic hardship on individuals and commerce.

The Jie Du Center for Innovation and Excellence for Drug Development will promote innovation through education, training and mentorship. Pharmaceutical entrepreneur and University of the Pacific alumna Dr. Jie Du has donated $5 million to found the Jie Du Center for Innovation and Excellence for Drug Development at the university’s Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy in Stockton.

Pharmacy schools can help address the nation’s obesity crisis by incorporating competencies into the curriculum. Despite public health efforts at all levels of government, obesity continues to be a serious issue in the United States. Defined as having a body-mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or higher, obesity has been linked to numerous chronic health conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Obesity affected 42.4 percent of U.S. adults in 2017–18.

While scientists frequently study and map out future healthcare models for pharmacists and physicians, something is often missing for years: delivering clinical care.

The Award for Excellence in Assessment will require the submission of a Letter of Intent which describes the project.  After review, applicants may be invited to proceed to a full submission.

The Pharmacy Workforce Center, a nonprofit corporation comprised of nine national pharmacy professional organizations, announced the release of the Pharmacy Demand Report (PDR), a new tool that provides an enhanced measurement of pharmacist demand in the United States by utilizing artificial intelligence technology to analyze hundreds of millions of publicly available online job postings.