Education and Professional Development (EPD)
Policy and Procedures
Purpose:
To assess the educational needs of our membership; to assess the educational needs of the non-members who attend the NYSCHP programs; to develop educational programs including the Annual Assembly, miniseries, webinars, certificate programs, and pharmacy specialty meetings.
I. Education Needs Assessment and Goals
a. Committee responsibilities:
i. Revise Council tools to evaluate educational needs every two (2) years to reflect the membership of NYSCHP and non-member attendees’ of NYSCHP programs current educational needs.
ii. Evaluate results of educational needs assessment.
iii. Propose educational goals for approval by the Board of Directors.
iv. Suggest approaches to meet educational goals.
b. Staff responsibilities:
i. Distribute and collect needs assessment surveys to membership and CE credit recipients.
II. Educational programs at the Annual Assembly, miniseries, webinars, certificate programs, and pharmacy specialty meetings
a. Committee responsibilities:
i. Choose educational theme 6-12 months prior to event based on needs assessment, recent trends, offerings from other organizations providing CE for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
ii. Suggest topics and speakers for meetings and develop general learning objectives (2-3 per topic).
iii. Review/develop proposals for format of meetings based on educational efficacy, attendance goals, budget considerations, etc.
iv. Present proposal to Board of Directors through EPD Director.
v. Appoint a Program Chair from among committee members.
vi. EPD Director, EPD Chair and Program Chair provide input to the Executive Director in the development of the educational program.
vii. Review educational program evaluation and suggest/evaluate suggestions for possible future revisions.
viii. Assess the needs to provide assistance to apply to educational grants.
b. Staff Responsibilities:
i. Develop educational program based on direction for the EPD, which meets ACPE requirements and financial goals as specified by the Board of Directors.
ii. Contact and coordinate with potential speakers.
iii. Solicit input from the EPD committee during development of the educational program.
iv. Collect and share program evaluation results with committee chair.
c. Program Chair Responsibilities:
i. Serve as liaison with EPD.
ii. Review credentials of proposed speakers.
iii. If necessary, contact confirmed speakers regarding proposed objectives and provide clarification.
iv. Receive copies of all correspondence with speakers and serve as a resource to speakers regarding the program, Council policy, etc.
v. Be familiar with speaker ready room, education room set-up.
vi. Make arrangements to have speakers greeted upon arrival.
vii. Deliver welcome prior to the first keynote speaker.
viii. Make arrangements for speaker introductions.
ix. Create and oversee subcommittees for programs on an as needed basis.
III. New Educational Programs
a. Suggest/evaluate proposals for new programs.
i. EPD Director to present proposal or review of proposal to Board of Directors.
ii. Assist in development of pilot program, if appropriate.
b. Staff responsibilities:
i. Suggest/evaluate proposals for new programs.
ii. Assist in development of pilot program, if appropriate.
iii. Implement approved plans.
Additional Recommendations
- Share a description of who can volunteer to join the EPD (e.g. pharmacists indifferent settings, technicians, student pharmacists, pharmacy residents), which settings do committee members work in (e.g. clinical pharmacists, academia, industry, management)
- Adding an email/contact as a call for volunteers to join EPD committee anytime throughout the year
- Listing the current members of the EPD committee
- Adding photos from events
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