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8/27/01

The August 27th full faculty meeting was called to order by Dr. Arthur Nelson.

The School of Pharmacy presently has sixty eligible voting members (two-thirds of the faculty constitutes 40 votes). Forty-two faculty members attended the meeting. Members attending were:

Abbruscato, Thomas
Allen, David
Anderson, Allan
Anderson, Glenn
Anderson, Stephanie
Bickel, Ulrich
Bond, Cab
Bowie, Venita
Bouma, Carolyn
Condren, L. Michelle
Fischer, Charles
Haase, Krystal
Haase, Mark
Kahn, Mansoor
Lindsey, Suzanne
Luedtke, Sherry
MacLaughlin, Eric
McCall, Kenneth
Mehvar, Reza
Nadesan, Bala
Nelson, Arthur
Raehl, Cynthia
Smith, Quentin
Snella, Kathleen
Stoll, Jim
Sterling, Theresa

Supernzw, Robert
Thekkumkara, Thomas
Weidanz, Jon
Weis, Margaret
Villarreal, Maumi
Cox, Craig
Gaylor, Allyson
Irons, Brian
Reilly, Joan
Seifert, Charles
Sleeper, Rebecca
St. Onge, Erin
Tsikouris, Jim
Brouse, Sara
Griener, Jim
Greene, Shane
Humes, Shannon
Jolly, Jamie
Levi, Valerie
Treadway, Angela
Purcell, Kevin
Jackson, Kenneth
Kretschmer, Diane
Patry, Roland

Dr. Nelson opened the meeting with a message regarding the Mission Statement. School charges were discussed. A copy of the slides used by Dr. Nelson can be found at the following link (TTUHSC SOP Mission 2001-2002).

  1. Announcements
    1. The ACPE Site Team Visit will be November 12 and 13. Mark Your Calendar
    2. There will be a Spring Retreat in 2002. There has not been date set as of yet but it will be right after graduation. The Technology Committee will lead the retreat.
  2. Minutes from the previous meeting were circulated. Dean Nelson called for a motion to accept the minutes. Motion was made and seconded. Motion passed.
  3. Reports from Standing committees:
    1. Student Affairs - Dr. David Allen
      1. Dr. Allen reported that the scholarship subcommittee had awarded all scholarships for 2001-2002. Dr. Brian Irons headed this committee and Dr. Allen commended the committee on a job well done.
      2. Dr. Supernaw summarized the changes made in the Doctoral Student Handbook. All of the amended language was distributed to faculty prior to the meeting. The recommended changes were moved by committee and approved by faculty vote unanimously.
    3. Student Assessment of Learning - Dr. Mark Haase
      1. Using data from a faculty wide survey, the Committee changes Tech's Top Ten to seven major categories. They include:
        1. Communication
        2. Basic Science in the practice of pharmacy
        3. Problem prevention and solving
        4. Dispensing pharmaceuticals
        5. Providing patient specific and population based pharmaceutical care (combination of patient specific and population based pharmaceutical care categories)
        6. Professionalism (combination of moral reasoning, ethical and legal judgement, advancing the profession, promoting good health, and personal growth)
        7. Social and administrative sciences (social sciences and management)
      2. The committee received unanimous faculty support for implementing consequences for poor performance by students on the Assessment of Learning exam. A complete proposal will be given to faculty before the next faculty meeting in December.
      3. It is time for question generation for the exam, and faculty will be asked to give preference for certain categories. Afterwards, faculty will be assigned categories and ability statements for question generation.
      4. Motion was made reaffirming the bylaws stating that the performance on the Assessment of Learning shall be considered for progression within the School of Pharmacy and a more detailed document describing the process will come before the faculty before these bylaws are fully implemented. Motion passed.
    5. Curricular Affairs - Dr. Suzanne Lindsey
      1. The Committee will have a summarization of quality assurance and standardization progress on experiential programs for the ACPE report by October 15.
      2. Dr. Supernaw will be soliciting input from the faculty regarding shortening the school year by two weeks. Asked for faculty participation so that the best method can be developed.
      3. Dr. Lindsey asked for a vote on the Early Clinical Experience in Pharmacy course syllabus. The faculty asked that it be posted on the web first and it will be voted on at the next faculty meeting.
      4. Dr. Lindsey informed the faculty that the committee had received a letter from the Department of Pharmacy Practice's Pediatrics Team regarding their desire to increase the amount of pediatrics education received by students within the curriculum. The committee agreed that this goal should be pursued by the Pediatric Team members directly with the each course team mentioned in the letter.
    7. Faculty Affairs - Dr. CAB Bond - Deferred
    8. Faculty Development - Dr. Margaret Weis - Deferred
  4. Report from Departments
    1. Dr. Cindy Raehl
      1. The Department of Pharmacy Practice has reorganized into six specialty practice teams. Each teams is composed of six to ten faculty members across campuses. Each team is self governing and elects a member to serve as a leader. The following faculty are leaders for their teams:
        1. Pediatrics - Dr. Michelle Condron,
        2. Ambulatory Care - Dr. Eric MacLaughin,
        3. Community Pharmacy - Dr. Erin St. Onge,
        4. Geriatrics - Dr. Rebecca Sleeper,
        5. Medicine - Dr. Craig Cox, and
        6. Patient Care Services - Dr. Glenn Anderson.
      2. Teams meet on a regular basis and have been charged with developing team performance goals. One of those goals relates to what Dr. Lindsey just discussed, and that is integration of the P4 experiences across all campuses, those would then relate to department performance goals and hope would compliment individual faculty performance goals. Those above-mentioned six individuals, along with the two vice chairs, Dr. Allan Anderson and Dr. Krystal Haase, form the Pharmacy Practice cabinet that acts in an advisory role to the Department Chair.
      3. We have a number of new faculty members within the department. Dr. Sterling of the Amarillo Campus was introduced. She is teaching Pharmaceutical Care lab.
      4. Dr. Raehl informed the faculty that she has been appointed to a Conflict of Interest Committee for TTUHSC to look at the HSC's vast holdings and stock portfolio. As researchers, each individual must declare their conflict of interest prior to being involved in a research project. The committee that Dr. Raehl is on will manage the conflict of interests across all campuses for all researchers. If a faculty member has not had Human Subjects training (including each and every investigator, project assistant, etc. resident) the proposal will not be considered for IRB approval.
    2. Pharmaceutical Sciences - Dr. Quinten Smith
      1. Pharmaceutical Sciences has two new faculty members coming aboard soon
  5. Associate Dean's Report
    1. Executive Associate Dean of Patient Care Services: Dr. Nelson gave report for Dr. Patry
      1. Dr. Nelson informed the faculty that the School is in the process of opening several pharmacies. The first one opened earlier this year at the Pain Center in Lubbock. A second pharmacy will be opening in September in El Paso. In October, a Class B Pharmacy will open in Dallas. The last pharmacy that the School will be opening is in Amarillo at the new Medical School and will open sometime around March 2002. Dr. Nelson explained that the School is involved in these ventures because of our mission to provide Patient Care to patients in West Texas and to generate resources in the support of our academic programs.
    2. Curricular Students and Outcomes - Dr. Supernaw
      1. We are now on the Techsis Program and if we have some time at the next faculty program we will have some orientation as to how to get on and record your grades and how to use Techsis Program. Dr. Supernaw apologized to the faculty, this summer we opted to upgrade computers in every lecture room in the school. This caused many more problems than could be solved. They are working on solving the problems.
      2. Dr. Nelson gave an update on the new building. He restated the fact that Allied Health is housed in our building but they have been promised that the fourth floor of the new building will be completed for Allied Health to hold classes by January 2002.
    3. Research - Dr. Arthur Nelson -
      1. We have a search process ongoing for the Associate Dean for Research. We have quite a lengthy list of candidates. Expect to see candidates invited for visits during the Fall 2001 semester.
    4. Regional Dean in Lubbock - Dr. Charles Seifert
      1. One major announcement - Dr. Rebecca Sleeper has been awarded Presidential Scholar of Geriatrics. Each of the schools has appointed a Presidential Scholar that will kick off this fall. Dr. Seifert has also appointed AGC First Committee, which will be looking at the evaluation of HSC Human Resources activities on all the campuses.
      2. Dr. Brian Irons has been appointed to the Lubbock IRB so if there are issues with the Lubbock IRB please feel free to contact Dr. Irons.
  6. At this time Dr. Seifert announced the arrival of President Smith. Dr. Nelson introduced President David Smith. President Smith has implemented for each of the school in the HSC a Presidential Award, which consists of an outstanding medallion that is awarded for excellence in teaching, excellence in research and excellence in community service. At the School of Pharmacy that award is determined by the Faculty Affairs Committee with nominations and input from the faculty as a whole. President Smith made the following presidential scholarship awards:
    1. Excellence in Research - Dr. CAB Bond
    2. Excellence in Service - Dr. Robert Supernaw
    3. Excellence in Education - Dr. Quintin Smith
  7. Dr. Arthur Nelson thanked President Smith for participating with the School of Pharmacy. President Smith ask for any questions or comments
    1. Comment from Dallas - Regarding an article in the Dallas/Ft. Worth News, emphasizing research efforts the University has taken on. It is encouraging that research can be supported at a high level. President remarked that he appreciated that comment.
  8. Dr. Nelson presented two more awards
    1. Executive Committee presented the two faculty members who were circulating off the committee with a lovely apple that sits on a wooden pedestal so it may be placed on their desks. The recipients were:
      1. Dr. Sherry Luedtke, Department of Pharmacy Practice
      2. Dr. Joe Roder, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  9. Meeting adjourned at 5:30 PM. Reception honoring recipients followed.

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