University f Pittsburgh Schl f Pharmacy LONG-RANGE PLAN 2016 t 2020
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Missin The Schl f Pharmacy is cmmitted t imprving health thrugh excellence, innvatin, and leadership in educatin f pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists, in research and schlarship, in care f patients, and in service t ur cmmunities. Adpted July 2006 Revised July 2009 Visin T be an utstanding schl f pharmacy renwned fr excellence in discvery and advancement f science-based use f medicines and ther interventins t enhance the vitality and quality f life. Adpted July 2006 Values Integrity guides ur daily wrk. We fster: Passin, cmmitment, and diligence; Creativity and persnal grwth; Cllabratin and teamwrk; A culture f respect fr the individual. Adpted July 2006 2
Our Excellence, Innvatin and Leadership Jurney Building, renewing and revising ur Lng-Range Plan is a jurney that began in 2001 and cntinues t this day in the frm f Lng-Range Plan 2016-2020. T date, we have frged fur lng-range plans that have unified the faculty, staff, students, and alumni arund gals and their achievement. Frm the beginning ur plans have been: Missin and visin driven; Aligned with the strategic directin f the University; Highly participative; Outcme driven. In 2015, the University f Pittsburgh embarked n a University-wide strategic planning prcess fr 2016-2020, rganized under five pririty areas, many f which are similar t previusly-articulated Schl f Pharmacy strategic pririties. In the years ahead, the members f the Schl f Pharmacy will wrk with a fcus t: Ø Be Leaders in Advancing Educatinal Excellence Ø Engage in Research f Impact As a Schl f Distinctin Ø Build Healthy and Engaged Cmmunities Ø Build Fundatinal Strength Ø Embrace Diversity and Inclusin The Bubble chart t the right shws the centrality f innvatin, which is nt expressed as a strategic pririty, in each f the strategic pririty areas. The clr themes f the bubbles thrughut the Lng-Range Plan shw the intermixing f strategic pririty areas. The we believe statements assciated with each strategic area drive the gals and actins t achieve utcmes. Measures fr yearly tracking f milestnes had previusly been rganized in a dashbard frmat referred t as Prgress At a GlancE (PAGE). A mre detailed screcard is nw under develpment, incrprating new university-required measures f success. 3
Gal 1: Leader in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science Educatin We believe that persnalized educatin will enrich individual student experiences and will better prepare them fr success as they navigate the rapidly changing health care landscape and pst-graduate envirnment. We believe that greater depth f knwledge and understanding psitively affects attitudes abut pharmacists, pharmacy-centered care, and the use and abuse f medicatins. We will: Prvide students with a persnalized educatin that will efficiently prepare them t innvate, lead, and identify pprtunities t imprve health using clinical and research principles f the pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. Develp a persnalized apprach t academic advising and supprt strategies that supprt students as they utilize their wn unique strengths, talents, and interests t explre career pprtunities and develp expertise. Enrich students thrugh advancement f self-awareness, prfessinalism, and leadership experiences. Develp structured training and supprt fr faculty mentrs fr all f ur learners Expand pprtunities fr student research and inquiry Evlve ur adaptive and respnsive curricula (I STEP UP!)* t meet practice and research challenges Cntinue t innvate and embed learning strategies that will prpel learners faster t defined levels f mastery. This includes peer-learning, high-fidelity simulatins, prtflis, and technlgy tls. Build and implement educatinal prcesses by which students develp and display expertise in prblem identificatin, slving and decisin-making *Innvatin in Simulatin and Technlgy in Educatin and Practice at the University f Pittsburgh! 4
Educate innvatrs and entrepreneurs t advance pharmacy and health care, building experiences t engage in real-wrld challenges Establish curses and prgrams t develp leaders in develpment and applicatin f big data analytics Increase engagement f faculty, preceptrs and thers including teaching assistants in teaching thrugh prfessinal develpment.. Demnstrate the value f ur educatinal prgrams thrugh innvative assessment prgrams Cntextualize learning s that we enhance inclusiveness thrugh language, behavirs and brader understanding f cultures and sensitivities nt ur wn. Prvide students with experiences that develp knwledge, skills, and attitudes cnsistent with a culture f inclusiveness Prvide in-depth experiences with ther cultures. Prmte access and affrdability Enhance ur recruitment f and maintain ur recrd fr retaining students Grw schlarship supprt fr deserving and fiscally challenged students Develp greater flexibility in curricula t enhance affrdability Cntinually evaluate and, when feasible, develp dual-degree, jint degree, cmbined degree and 3-2 prgrams fr efficiency and value. Create a supprtive structure fr early and effective academic interventin Build educatinal pprtunities fr wrking prfessinals t acquire knwledge t meet practice and research challenges Select pririty areas fr curses, prgrams, wrkshps, nn-degree certificates, badging, micr-credentials and ptentially dual-frmat fferings (CE and/r credit). Develp nline and n-site educatinal prgrams fr internatinal and dmestic prfessinals. 5
Gal 2: Engage in Research f Impact as a Schl f Distinctin We believe that the faculty f the Schl f Pharmacy has expertise t bridge the drug discvery, develpment, and delivery gap fr the chemical t drug transitin. We believe that the prmise f persnalized medicine will be realized thrugh develpment and applicatin f big data analytics. We believe that pharmacgenmics is central t the rle f pharmacists in the healthcare team t make persnalized medicine a reality fr each individual patient. We will: Identify and engage in strategic research pprtunities in drug develpment and pst-marketing evaluatins f medicatins Achieve fcused grwth in strategic areas that take advantage and build n current PittPharmacy strengths Lead the data-driven revlutin in the discvery, develpment and ptimal use f medicatins. Capture the pwer f Target Hunter and the multiple knwledge bases f chemical, genes, and drugs t discver and repurpse drugs. Use vast and grwing amunt f health infrmatin t infrm therapeutic decisins fr the benefit f ppulatins Capture patient-specific medicatin utcmes and utilized infrmatin frm electrnic health recrds t identify risk fr adverse effects Develp a cre with cmbined expertise t clean, link and extract data, efficiently handle large data and securely stre data and persnal health infrmatin 6
Develp a translatinal pharmacgenmics research prgram t utilize patient-specific infrmatin as a cmpnent f persnalized patient care Integrate Schl f Pharmacy faculty int the Persnalized Medicine Institute. Establish prcesses fr incrprating pharmacgenmics int new and existing drug use prtcls and measuring clinical utcmes Apply pharmacgenmics in the day-t-day practice f pharmacists in cllabratin with ur health system and cmmunity partners. Psitin the Schl t participate in research cllabratins and partnerships with industry. Supprt research initiatives s as t becme knwledge experts fr campus and external researchers t pursue develpment f chemicals int drugs Cntinue and expand initiatives in clinical and translatinal drug research and educatin Extend ur glbal research reach Develp glbal research cllabratins leveraging technlgy t benefit the internatinal cmmunity Establish bidirectinal glbal exchange and partnerships that are mutually beneficial in areas f research, prfessinal develpment and practice 7
Gal 3: Build Healthy and Engaged Cmmunities We believe that pharmacists, wh are amng the mst trusted prfessinals, are essential in the preventin and treatment f illness and in the prmtin f health and wellness. We believe that pharmacies can becme the hme f health and wellness within cmmunities thrugh interprfessinal mdels f care. We believe that pharmacists must successfully utilize vast and grwing amunts f health infrmatin t infrm prescribing decisins regarding individual patients and ppulatins f patients. We believe that bringing tgether expertise and perspectives frm many disciplines, including thse external t health, sparks innvatin and leads t nvel pharmacy slutins t health and health care. We will: Build healthy cmmunities f patients Partner with health systems including UPMC, pharmacies and pharmacy chains, payers and ther entities t cntinually pilt, implement, evaluate and replicate best practices in pharmacist-based patient care Partner with the University f Pittsburgh t enhance emplyee health Use vast and grwing amunt f health infrmatin t infrm therapeutic decisins fr the benefit f individual patients Cntributed slutins t America s prescriptin drug abuse crisis and imprve the safety f the public thrugh plicy, research, and patient care demnstratin prgrams. Establish bidirectinal glbal exchange and partnerships that are mutually beneficial in areas f research, prfessinal develpment and practice Create glbal partnerships t prmte health, wellness, and the apprpriate use f medicatins thrugh pharmacist-prvided care. 8
Reimagine the delivery f health care prvided by pharmacists Expand ur pineering PittPharmacy Innvatins Lab as the incubatr and cncept-testing envirnment thrugh multidisciplinary teamwrk with crprate partners. Demnstrate leadership thrugh creative cmmunity-based pharmacist innvatins, pineering nvel methds f educatin, research cllabratin and implementing sustainable pharmacist-prvided care Develp a pwerful synergy thrugh enhanced diversity and a culture f inclusin in and amng ur students, staff, faculty and cmmunities. Build and strengthen partnerships with alumni, crpratins, fundatins, and gvernmental and nn-gvernmental rganizatins Expand relatinship-building with new graduate alumni Recruit alumni fr netwrking and mentrship fr learners Recruit and retain faculty and staff as ur majr resurce fr achieving the gals f the Schl f Pharmacy Expand develpment pprtunities fr faculty and staff. Create faculty mentrship prgrams Gal 4: Build Fundatinal Strength We believe that the members f the extended Schl f Pharmacy family are united in ur pride in ur past and in ur ability t shape ur future. We believe that technlgy can magnify the impact f a single persn. 9
We will: Develp the needed fiscal, physical, technlgical and ther resurces thrugh partnerships with stakehlders and cmmunities t advance ur missin Financial Technlgy Space Use a range f technlgies and scial media t ptimize cmmunicatin with future and current students, alumni and ther partners Strengthen administrative and peratinal efficiency within the Schl Facilitate prcesses that are easy, agile and accurate s as t ptimize staff and faculty time and financial resurces Enhance ur internal culture s that we are prepared t partner fr mutual benefit Gal 5: Embrace Diversity and Inclusin We believe that a special and pwerful synergy will evlve frm a diverse cmmunity with an inclusive culture. We will: Assure that inclusin and diversity becme part f the cntext in which we make every decisin. Transfrm ur Schl climate Enrich student experiences thrugh engagement (See educatinal initiatives) Attract and retain a diverse University Cmmunity - student bdy, faculty, and staff Expand access frm underrepresented cmmunities thrugh targeted prgrams and supprt Implement training prgrams t avid implicit bias in student admissins, and in faculty and staff searches, recruiting, and hiring. 10