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Research ArticleAACP REPORT

Minutes from the House of Delegates Meeting

Boston, Massachusetts, July 22, 2018

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education December 2018, 82 (10) 7457; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe7457
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Call to Order of the First Session

Speaker of the House of Delegates Michael Manolakis called the House to order at 10:00 a.m. on July 22, 2018. Speaker Manolakis introduced the head table and announced Lawrence M. Brown would serve as the 2018 Parliamentarian and that the Speaker, Parliamentarian and House Secretary Lucinda L. Maine were available for consultation on matters coming before the House throughout the meeting.

Quorum Committee Report

Credentials Committee Chair Dan Brazeau reported the presence of a quorum with 252 of the 272 authorized delegates present.

Sessions Conduct

Speaker Manolakis noted that sessions would be conducted according to the current House Rules of Procedure and agenda contained in the Rules with the current edition of Roberts Rules of Order. He called for a motion and a second to adopt the agenda for both sessions of the 2018 House of Delegates, and the motion was adopted unanimously.

Awards Results

House Secretary Lucinda L. Maine announced the winners of the Pharmacy is Right for Me Innovation Challenge. Joining her for the presentation of awards were Kristen Fink and Leslie Durham from Optum Rx.

  • 1st Place – University of Buffalo – Project Topic, “Opioid Educate”

  • 2nd Place – Washington State University

  • 3rd Place – Wilkes University

Melissa Somma McGivney, on behalf of the NACDS Foundation, made an announcement regarding the Foundation’s Faculty Scholars Program.

Diana Courtney, Director of Student and Professional Affairs and Committees for the National Community Pharmacists Association, announced the finalists for the NCPA Business Plan Competition. The 2018 finalists were Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacy, the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy and Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Karin Bolte, Senior Director of Health Policy at the National Consumers League, announced the winning schools for the 2018 Script Your Future Medication Adherence Challenge:

  • National Challenge Award Winners -- to further advance community medication outreach

    • ○ University of Charleston School of Pharmacy

    • ○ University of the Sciences School of Pharmacy

  • Health Disparities/Under-represented Community Outreach Focused Award – to further advance community medication outreach

    • ○ LECOM School of Pharmacy

  • Media/Communications Outreach Award – to further advance community medication outreach

    • ○ Touro University California College of Pharmacy

  • Creative Interprofessional Team Event Focused Award – to further advance community medication outreach

    • ○ University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy

  • Rookie Award – to further advance community medication outreach

    • ○ University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy

AFPC Executive Director Update

Janet Cooper, AFPC Executive Director shared a brief update on the Association and made comments on future collaboration with AACP.

AACP President-elect Address

AACP President-elect David Allen outlined the 2018 through 2021 AACP strategic plan and announced the chairs and charges for the standing and special committees that will advance AACP member priorities in the year ahead.

Pharmacy Educators in Memoriam

Speaker Manolakis announced the passing of the following pharmacy educators and then called for a moment of silence in their memory:

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New Deans Recognition

Speaker Manolakis recognized the following deans as newly appointed since the annual meeting of the House of Delegates in 2017.

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Report from the Chair of the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee

Andrew Bzowyckyj, Chair of the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee (BPDC), came forward to describe the responsibilities of the BPDC and to present one membership resolution.

  • WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Inc. provide for various levels of institutional membership for colleges and schools of pharmacy;

  • WHEREAS, the School of Pharmacy at William Carey University has been recognized by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education; and

  • WHEREAS, the School of Pharmacy at William Carey University has requested institutional membership in AACP;

  • RESOLVED that the School of Pharmacy at William Carey University be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Motion

The membership resolution was adopted unanimously in a single voice vote. Speaker Manolakis congratulated the new institutional member.

Brief Updates from Committees

David Zgarrick, AACP Treasurer, to give his report on the financial status of AACP. Speaker Manolakis called for Gayle Brazeau, the editor of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, to give her report on the Journal. Speaker Manolakis introduced Jeff Wadelin, Associate Executive Director for the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, who presented the annual report of the Council. Speaker Manolakis introduced American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education President Ellen Woods to present the annual report of the Foundation. President Woods revealed the 2018 AFPE Mentor of the Year, Professor Kathy Giacomini.

Nominations Committee Update

Speaker Manolakis called upon Joseph DiPiro, Chair of the AACP Nominations Committee, to present the candidates for the offices of President-elect, Treasurer and Speaker-elect. Chair DiPiro announced that the committee had slated the following candidates:

President-elect:

  • Philip Hritcko, University of Connecticut

  • Anne Lin, Notre Dame of Maryland University

Treasurer:

  • Eric Johnson, University of Oklahoma

  • David Zgarrick, Northeastern University

Speaker-Elect:

  • Bradley Cannon, Rosalind Franklin University

  • Robin Zavod, Midwestern University Chicago

Motion

No nominations were presented from the floor and delegates voted to close nominations for all offices.

House Final Reports and Motion

Speaker Manolakis offered for receipt by the House the final reports of the following committees of the Association. A motion to receive the reports passed unanimously.

  • The Finance Committee Report chaired by David Zgarrick

  • The Academic Affairs Committee chaired by Michael Fulford

  • The Professional Affairs Committee chaired by Susan Vos

  • The Program Committee chaired by Schwanda Flowers

  • The Research and Graduate Affairs Committee chaired by Samuel Poloyac

  • The Strategic Engagement Committee chaired by Gina Moore

  • The Argus Commission chaired by J. Lyle Bootman

Adjournment

No other business was listed on the agenda for the House of Delegates. Speaker Manolakis adjourned the first session of the House of Delegates at 11:25 a.m.

Call to Order of the Second Session

Speaker of the House of Delegates, Michael Manolakis called the House to order at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday July 25, 2018. He reintroduced Parliamentarian Lawrence M. Brown and Secretary Lucinda L. Maine

Quorum Committee Report

Credentials Committee Chair Dan Brazeau reported the presence of a quorum in the report of the Committee with 234 of the 278 authorized delegates seated.

Report of the Council of Deans

Anne Lin, Chair of the Council of Deans, came forward to present the first report of the Council. Stuart Haines, Chair of the Council of Faculties, came forward to present the second report of the Council. Steve Stoner, Chair of the Council of Sections, came forward to present the third report of the Council

Motion and Vote

Steve Stoner, Chair of the Council of Sections made a motion for approval of all three Council reports. The delegates unanimously approved the motion.

Executive Vice President Report

Lucinda L. Maine, Executive Vice President of AACP, came forward to present the report of the Executive Vice President titled, “Doing Something Differently” to the House of Delegates.

Bylaws and Policy Development Committee Proposed Policy and Resolution Statements

Bylaws and Policy Development Committee (BPDC) Chair Andrew Bzowyckyj came forward to present the final report of the committee. The House took the following actions on the resolutions and recommendations of the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee. The following policy statements were approved as presented below:

Policy Statement 1: AACP advocates that curricular modifications should occur such that competencies for leading change in pharmacy and health care are developed in all student pharmacists, using a consistent thread of didactic, experiential and co-curricular learning opportunities and takes into account the overall impact on faculty workload and balance. (Source: 2017-18 Academic Affairs Committee; Original Source: Argus Commission, 2009)

Policy Statement 2: AACP is committed to supporting the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of all preceptors to become competent educators for experiential education. (Source: 2017-18 Professional Affairs Committee)

Policy Statement 3: AACP supports the development of preceptors to ensure role modeling of the use of the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process by preceptors. (Source: COD/COF Pharmacist Patient Care Taskforce)

Policy Statement 4: AACP values all types of research and scholarship including, but not limited to educational research, scholarship of teaching and learning, biomedical/pharmaceutical science, clinical science, or social/behavioral/administrative science research and encourages recognition and reward for faculty and staff who engage in efforts to create new knowledge and advance teaching [clause removed]. (Source: 2017-18 Academic Affairs Committee)The following clauses were removed from the previous version of Statement 4: without giving added weight to one type over another when evaluating faculty members especially during the promotion/tenure process.

Policy Statement 6: AACP encourages innovative faculty development to facilitate appropriate utilization of new models of teaching and learning and the continued study of these models through the scholarship of teaching and learning. (Source: 2017-18 Academic Affairs Committee; Original Source: Argus Commission, 2013)

The word supports was replaced by the word encourages in the previous version of Statement 6.

Policy Statement 8: AACP supports the training and development of an increasingly diverse population of researchers at colleges and schools of pharmacy through active efforts to promote [phrase removed] graduate and professional education. (Source: 2017-18 Research and Graduate Affairs Committee)

The following phrase was removed from the previous version of Statement 8: M.S. and Ph.D. education along with the Pharm.D.

Policy Statement 9: AACP supports unbiased, systematic public health research on gun violence, including the determinants of gun violence and the actions required to prevent it. (Source: 2017-18 AACP Board of Directors)

Policy Statement 10: AACP encourages the allocation of federal funds to the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant agencies to support a substantial public health research agenda on gun violence. (Source: 2017-18 AACP Board of Directors)

Policy Statement 11: AACP supports the development and enforcement of local, state and federal laws, regulations and programs focused on reducing gun violence and promoting gun safety. (Source: 2017-18 AACP Board of Directors)

Policy Statement 12: AACP supports the development and adoption of a common language document that clearly defines all the various terms used to describe pharmacists’ patient care responsibilities, to serve as guidance for consistent instruction of the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process and documentation of patient care by students, faculty, preceptors and pharmacists. (Source: COD/COF Pharmacist Patient Care Taskforce)

Policy Statement 13: AACP endorses the role of academic pharmacy as a leader in the dissemination of the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process across the profession. (Source: COD/COF Pharmacist Patient Care Taskforce)

Policy Statement 14: AACP believes that all pharmacy graduates must enter practice with the requisite knowledge and competencies to achieve success in value-based practice and payment models, including but not limited to health informatics, data analytics and quality measurement and reporting. (Source: 2017-18 Argus Commission)

Policy Statement 15: AACP believes that all administrators, faculty, staff, preceptors, student pharmacists and alumni should contribute to a culture of wellness and resilience in pharmacy education. (Source: 2017-18 Student Affairs Committee)

Policy Statement 16: AACP supports the instruction of the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process across the curriculum to include basic sciences, clinical sciences, social and administrative sciences, and experiential learning. (Source: COD/COF Pharmacist Patient Care Taskforce)

Policy Statement 17: AACP supports the ongoing development of the Essential Elements for Core APPEs and encourages their use in quality assurance in Experiential Education. (Source: Experiential Education Section)

Policy Statement 19: AACP supports the measurement and evaluation of the practice-related activities of faculty, who have a practice component of their position, during annual evaluations and tenure and promotion decisions. (Source: Council of Faculties)

Policy Referral to the AACP Board of Directors:

Policy Statement 18: All colleges and schools of pharmacy should measure the practice-related activities of its faculty. (Source: Council of Faculties)

Rejected Policy Statement

Policy Statement 5: AACP recognizes the scholarship of Teaching and Learning and encourages recognition and reward for faculty and staff of schools and colleges of pharmacy who engage in efforts to create new knowledge and advance teaching. (Source: 2017-18 Academic Affairs Committee)

Policy Statement Returned to Committee of Origin

Policy Statement 7: AACP advocates for uniform guidelines by which the scholarly, teaching and service activities of all faculty members (tenure-track, clinical, instructors, preceptors, public service, administrative) will be evaluated. (Source: 2017-18 Academic Affairs Committee; Original Source Policy Development Committee, 1981)

Proposed Amendments to the House Rules of Procedures

Amendments to the AACP House Rules of Procedures were approved.

Revisions Adopted to the AACP Strategic Plan

Delegates adopted modifications to the AACP Strategic Plan.

Speaker-elect Election

AACP staff members distributed ballots for the election of Speaker-elect. Speaker-elect candidates Robin Zavod and Bradley Cannon were called to the front of the delegates. The Credentials Committee was then called forward and they reported that Bradley Cannon had been elected Speaker-elect for 2020-2021. House Secretary Maine administered the oath of office to Speaker-elect Cannon and congratulated him on his election.

Speaker Manolakis noted that there was neither unfinished business nor items of new business to be addressed by the House.

Open Microphone

During a period of open microphone, President-elect Todd Sorenson strongly encouraged the profession and the Academy to create greater awareness of the value of the pharmacist to the public, as it relates to public health and the opioid crisis.

Past President Joe DiPiro installed the officers and members of the 2018-19 Board of Directors:

  • President, David Allen

  • Immediate Past President, Steve Scott

  • President-elect, Todd Sorenson

  • David Zgarrick, Treasurer

  • Michael Manolakis, Speaker of the House

  • Evan Robinson, Chair, Council of Deans

  • Anne Lin, Immediate Past Chair, Council of Deans

  • Russ Melchert, Chair-elect, Council of Deans

  • Daniel Brazeau, Chair, Council of Faculties

  • Stuart Haines, Immediate Past Chair, Council of Faculties

  • Craig Cox, Chair-elect, Council of Faculties

  • Jennifer Danielson, Chair, Council of Sections

  • Steven Stoner, Immediate Past Chair, Council of Sections

  • David Holdford, Chair-elect, Council of Sections

  • Lucinda L. Maine, Executive Vice President

Newly installed President Allen was congratulated and presented a gavel by Past President Scott.

Adjournment

Speaker Manolakis then called for any additional or unfinished business. Hearing none he adjourned the House of Delegates at 10:30 a.m.

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