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Thursday, December 27, 2004 4:30 - 5:50 P.M.

Amarillo - rm 335, Dallas - rm 200, Lubbock - rm 1C163D, and El Paso - rm 235

  1. Dr. Nelson called the meeting to order at 4:30 PM.
  2. Approval of the minutes from the previous faculty meeting (1 minute)
    1. A motion to approve the minutes was made and seconded. The faculty approved the minutes unanimously.
  3. Announcements (15 minutes) – Dr. Arthur Nelson
    1. Proposal for expansion of SOP to Abilene
      1. Dr. Nelson provided the faculty with a history of the proposal for expansion of the SOP in Abilene. He referred the faculty members to attached proposal
      2. Dr. Nelson informed the faculty membership that the Executive Committee has discussed the issue several times with mixed views. He emphasized that the proposal will provide the SOP with additional resources and will increase the SOP's circle of influence in West Texas by expanding the population of patients currently served by the SOP.
      3. The proposal will not tax the SOP financially. The risk, or bulk of initial monetary expenditures, will be funded by the Abilene community.
      4. Dr. Nelson requested input from the SOP regarding the proposal.
        1. Dallas:
          1. Dr. Sara asked if the 4-year program in Dallas is a dead issue. Her understanding was that the University would continue to seek expansion with the legislature.
            1. Dr. Nelson informed the faculty that the 4-year program should be considered to be a closed issue.
          2. Dr. Shane Green expressed concern that the legislature will begin to wonder at the SOP's aggressive interest in expansion and the possibility of a future financial crunch occurring as our current funding is scrutinized.
            1. Dr. Nelson emphasized the funding of the Abilene proposal
          3. Dr. Anthony Busti asked if the SOP faculty truly had influence on the expansion process or whether the decision was being made at the HSC level.
            1. Dr. Nelson informed the faculty that their opinion is wanted by the HSC. The HSC is not attempting to
        2. Lubbock:
          1. Dr. Sleeper – do we have any sense of the practice infrastructure in Abilene? Specifically, can the site offer the clerkship opportunities required of our curriculum?
            1. Dr. Nelson responded that no specific “study” has been performed as yet, but his initial feeling is that our clerkship requirements will be met by the existing Abilene area hospitals and medical clinics. In the event that this is not the case, P4 clerkships can be performed in Dallas (1.5 hours distance) or Odessa-Midland (1.25 hours distance) if needed.
        3. Amarillo:
          1. Dr. Erik McLaughlin – does the proposal need to go through the THECB? If so, will we be running into the same difficulties we had with the Dallas proposal.
            1. Dr. Nelson responded that the proposal will need to go to the THECB, but the politics involved will be much different. Where in Dallas, there was local opposition to our proposal, the Abilene proposal is being backed by the local hospitals and community. Dr. Nelson has informed the community leadership that they will need to have a presence at THECB meetings, a presence that makes THECB aware that the SOP's presence is desired.
          2. Dr. Jochen Klein questioned whether diversion of SOP funds to this proposal – for recruitment, faculty lines – is appropriate given the current difficulties of funding within the SOP and HSC.
          3. Dr. Klein asked if offering a satellite program of P3 and P4 only to Abilene is still an option.Dr. Sara asked if the 4-year program in Dallas is a dead issue. Her understanding was that the University would continue to seek expansion with the legislature.
            1. Dr. Nelson informed the faculty that all possibilities are still on the table; however, the Abilene community has expressed an interest in a 4 year program.
    2. Dr. Nelson asked for a show of negative support of the current proposal:
      1. Dallas 8/9
      2. Lubbock 7/7
      3. Amarillo 0/38
  4. Old Business (0 minutes)
  5. Report From Standing Committees (18 minutes)
    1. Faculty Development – Dr. Michelle Condren
      1. Website development – a survey has been sent to the faculty concerning the components of the website. Dr. Condren asked the faculty to please provide their opinions and desires.
      2. Education scholar program – let Dr. Condren know if you are interested in any of the educational content available. They will be available until 2005.
      3. Retreat – leaving for the retreat on June 15th.
    2. Student Affairs –Dr. Ranee Lenz
      1. Successful completion of academic program model has been developed. This will be used to screen applicants to the program.
      2. Dr. Lenz referred the faculty the Student Affairs minutes for more information on the tool development.
    3. Student Outcomes Assessment – Mr. Joel Epps
      1. Annual assessment date is March 15, 2005.
      2. Faculty members will not be asked to write new questions.
    4. Curricular Affairs – Dr. Craig Cox
      1. New syllabi under consideration
        1. Consulting Pharmacy Clerkship: This clerkship is an elective that is offered to students during their 4th year. It has been offered in the past to students under a generic course number and title. With that being said, we were asked to approve the course officially, so that it can be given a new course number. (See attached consultingpharmacysyllabus)
          1. CAC committee response: We recommend that the course be approved and thus a new course number be assigned
            1. Vote – A majority of the faculty agreed with the CAC's response.
        2. Pharmacy Practice I Clerkship: Currently this clerkship (3 credits) is offered during the 2nd year (Spring) and all students are required to take. The proposal is to move this required clerkship to the 3rd year of the program, so that it will be with all of the other P3 clerkships. In doing so, the clerkship would be reduced to a 2-credit course to match all of the other P3 clerkships. To keep the curriculum balanced, the pharmacotherapy courses (herbals and integumentary-each 1 credit courses) would be moved from the P3 year to the P2 year (Spring), in essence replacing the Pharmacy Practice I clerkship. Understanding that one extra credit would be remaining during the Spring P2 year, it has been proposed that a new longitudinal course be developed (1 credit) that would be designed to be a continuation of the community action project (CAP) that students take during their first year. By making these changes it would also make it possible for students to complete the clerkship at either Lubbock, Dallas, or Amarillo…which now it is restricted only to Amarillo sites. (See attached pharmacypracticeproposal, and the newpharmacypracticesyllabus more for detailed information, (can also check WebCt for old clerkship syllabus)
          1. CAC committee response: We recommend that the Pharmacy Practice Clerkship get moved to the 3rd year of the curriculum, and that the above changes (moving integumentary and herbals to the 2nd year be done).
            1. Vote – A majority of the faculty agreed with the CAC's response.
          2. CAC committee response: We also recommend that Dean Nelson appoint a subcommittee to develop this longitudinal (1 credit course), with the stipulations being that the newly designed course be sent to the CAC committee for review, in enough time for appropriate changes to be made, so that the course may be implemented during the 2005-2006 academic year.
            1. Dr. McLaughlin expressed concern that the current proposal is half a plan. The faculty has not been presented with a proposal for how the 1 credit hour that is being dropped from Integumentary will be handled.
            2. Dr. Seifert amended that he new 1 credit-hour course must come to the full faculty for a vote. Dr. Allen seconded the amendment. The majority of the faculty agreed with the amendment.
            3. Vote – A majority of the faculty agreed with the CAC's response.
          3. Name change of clerkship
            1. Vote – A majority of the faculty agreed with the CAC's response.
        3. Rural Clerkship: This clerkship is a requirement for all 4th year students. The proposal was to make changes to the current syllabus to improve the overall delivery of the clerkship, (See attached Ruraloldsyllabus, Ruralnewsyllabus, and Ruralnewassessment)
          1. CAC committee response: We recommend that the current syllabus for this clerkship be replaced with the new revised syllabus with all of the proposed changes. We also recommend that Dean Nelson appoint a subcommittee to review the rural clerkship at each of the three campuses, to identify potential problems with it. We understand that by updating the syllabus will not solve the problems that currently exist with the rural clerkship, but feel that the new syllabus could be used as a template to which all new sites should be designed.
            1. Vote – A majority of the faculty agreed with the CAC's response.
        4. Infectious Disease Elective: This is a new elective that has been proposed and would be offered to 3rd year students. (See attached IDletter, IDproposal, IDsyllabus, IDassessment)
          1. CAC committee response: We recommend that the new ID elective be approved and then be first offered during the 2005-2006 academic year.
            1. Vote – A majority of the faculty agreed with the CAC's response.
    5. Continuing Education Committee – Dr. Sachin Shah
      1. Designing an evaluation form that will be applicable to a wide range of programs.
    6. Faculty Affairs – Dr. Charles Seifert –
      1. Three faculty members underwent the peer review process. Dr. Seifert congratulated Dr. Condren, Dr. Haase, and Dr. Thekkumkara for successfully progressing through the School's process.
      2. Dr. Reza Mehvar has won the HSC teaching award
  6. Report From Departments (10 minutes)
    1. Pharmacy Practice - Dr. Roland Patry
      1. Dr. Raehl is recuperating from her surgery.
      2. Dr. Patry congratulated Dr. Staring and her husband on the birth of their daughter.
      3. Assessing the departmental reorganization for improvements. Several quality assurance teams have been instituted to improve processes within the department.
      4. Recruitment is ongoing, particularly in Dallas and the recruitment for a Vice Chair of Experiential Programs is progressing.
      5. The Pharmacy Practice Management Division
      6. Dr. Raehl and Dr. Patry forwarded their well wishes to Dr. Jackson and Dr. Villareal who are pursuing opportunities at other institutions.
      7. Reminder - faculty annual reports are due January 7, 2005.
    2. Pharmaceutical Sciences - Dr. Quentin Smith
  7. Deans' Reports (10 minutes)
    1. Curricular Affairs - Dr. David Allen
      1. Dr. Allen thanked the committee chairs for their efforts.
    2. Professional Affairs - Dr. Sherry Luedtke
      1. P4 interview day in January (26th and 28th)
      2. Tech will host an Alumni dinner concurrent with the TSHP Annual meeting in April.
      3. Development of a policy on professionalism is underway and should be available for review this spring.
    3. Research - Dr. Thomas Thekkumkara
      1. Office of Research reorganized the department's websites in hopes of facilitating faculty member use.
    4. Regional Dean in Lubbock - Dr. Charles Seifert
      1. Still making progress on the pharmacy's move to the vacated morg space.
    5. Regional Dean in Dallas - Dr. Richard Leff
      1. Deferred.
    6. Student Affairs - Ms. Summer Balcer
      1. We have received 115 finalized applications. Anticipating up to 1000 finalized applications this year.
  8. Ad Hoc Committees (2 minutes)
    1. Technology Advisory Committe - Ms. Kaci Henson
      1. Trying to replace the oldest 25% computers this year for faculty members.
    2. Research Advisory Committee - Dr. James Tsikouris
      1. Seed grants
        1. 5 grants have been awarded to SOP faculty members.
  9. New Business (8 minutes) - Issues from the Faculty at large
    1. Acceptance of Strategic Planning documents
      1. A majority of the faculty voted to accept the strategic plan.
  10. Standing Motion to Adjourn (Meeting time = 70 minutes)

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