The Organizational Plan of the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy
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O = organization plan level goal
Capital Letter (E, RS, PS, A, AI) = goal category (e.g., education)
Number = goal number
Lower case letter = organizational objective

• EDUCATION

  • OE.1. Recruit and admit a diverse group of students who have the potential for academic and professional success and leadership.

    • OE.1.a.  Implement a timely and efficient recruitment program that results in a large, diverse pool of qualified applicants.

    • OE.1.b.  Use contemporary, thoughtful, evidence-based, and ethical admissions guidelines and practices.

  • OE.2.   Using best educational practices, provide a competency-based curriculum that prepares graduates for professional careers and develops leaders and lifelong learning skills.

    • OE.2.a.      Support faculty in using evidence-based instructional practices that meet diverse teaching styles and learning needs.

    • OE.2.b.      Develop and maintain contemporary, coherent, competency-based curricula that produce highly capable professionals.

    • OE.2.c.      Use a variety of formative and summative assessments to identify and track gaps and growth in student skills, knowledge, abilities, attitudes, and values.

    • OE.2.d.      Employ continuous quality improvement strategies to ensure high quality education in pharmaceutical sciences and contemporary pharmacy practices.

  • OE.3.   Provide support to optimize student success and maximize completion of degree programs for professional careers.

    • OE.3.a.      Provide clear expectations for student behavior and learning.

    • OE.3.b.      Implement grading and student policies with integrity, fairness, consistency, and transparency.

    • OE.3.c.      Offer efficient and functional student support services.

    OE.4.   Achieve recognition of the value and effectiveness of our educational programs from students, graduates, faculty, and other stakeholders.

    • OE.4.a.      Conduct and publish pharmacy education research.

    • OE.4.b.      Promote our programs and activities to professional, student, community, and educational outlets.

  • OE.5.   Maximize student participation in residency, fellowship, and other postgraduate programs.

  • OE.6.   Recruit, retain, and develop qualified, dedicated, and enthusiastic faculty and staff who implement best educational practices.

    • OE.6.a.      Hire personnel and distribute responsibilities to meet programmatic needs.

    • OE.6.b.      Provide and implement clear and consistent personnel policies that advance education goals, delineate authority, and reward excellence in teaching.

• RESEARCH and OTHER SCHOLARSHIP

  • ORS.1. Maximize research and scholarship productivity and funding.

    • ORS.1.a.   Implement mechanisms for sharing ideas for and products of research and other scholarly activities.

    • ORS.1.b.   Provide resources and support for professional development that advance research and other scholarly activities.

    • ORS.1.c.   Provide appropriate, adequate, and up-to-date physical facilities and equipment.

  • ORS.2. Provide training and research opportunities for students and post-doctorates that develop strong scientific literacy and scholarship.

  • ORS.3. Recruit and retain qualified, dedicated and enthusiastic faculty and staff who engage in high-impact research and scholarly activities.

• PHARMACY PRACTICE and PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

  • OPS.1. Provide services that enhance the quality of life for the people of New Mexico.

    • OPS.1.a.    Maximize quality direct patient care and reimbursable services.

    • OPS.1.b.    Provide education on contemporary pharmaceutical issues for other healthcare professionals.

    • OPS.1.c.    Provide community outreach and education programs and activities for the public.

  • OPS.2.  Provide services to assist and advance professional organizations.

  • OPS.3.  Provide services to support the University, the Health Sciences Center, and the College.

• ADVANCEMENT

  • OA.1.  Promote the UNM College of Pharmacy and its accomplishments through events, collaborative partnerships, and public awareness.

  • OA.2.  Generate resources to assist the UNM COP in achieving its mission and goals

    • OA2.a.      Identify, evaluate, and prioritize key programs that need funding.

    • OA2.b.      Identify the amount of funding needed to implement key programs and accomplish key tasks.

    • OA2.c.       Create a culture of philanthropy among alumni, pharmacy constituencies, faculty, staff and students

  • OA.3.  Develop and maintain strategic alliances for collaboration, funding, and the advancement of the College’s mission and goals.

  • OA.4.  Develop and cultivate relationships with alumni and friends of the UNM College of Pharmacy

• ADMINISTRATION and INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Governance

    • OAI.1.Foster and maintain productive relationships within and outside the University to support and advance the College’s mission and goals.

      • OAI.1.a.    Foster organizational development and collegiality.

      • OAI.1.b.    Align with University and HSC policies, bylaws, and procedures.

    • OAI.2. Responsibly allocate resources to support and advance the College’s mission and goals.

      • OAI.2.a.    Allocate resources in a fair and transparent manner.

      • OAI.2.b.    Provide appropriate authority and responsibility of faculty leadership regarding resource allocation and management.

    • OAI.3. Provide meaningful and defined lines of authority, responsibility, and accountability that enhance efficiency in College functioning and directly align with the College’s mission and goals.

      • OAI.3.a.    Enable appropriate College-wide participation in governance.

    • OAI.4. Employ continuous review and revision of College bylaws, policies, plans, and procedures using staff and faculty input.

    • OAI.5. Recruit and retain qualified, dedicated, and enthusiastic administrators who competently serve the College.

      • OAI.5.a.    Demonstrate understanding of and support the unique needs of the diverse College personnel and students

      • OAI.5.b.    Ensure all accreditation requirements are met.

      • OAI.5.c.    Provide clear expectations of personnel

      • OAI.5.d.    Provide authority commensurate with responsibilities.

      • OAI.5.e.    Implement and enforce policies and decisions.

  • Personnel

    • OAI.6. Recruit, retain, and develop an optimal number of diverse and qualified people to effectively deliver COP programs and support the operation of the College.

      • OAI.6.a.    Appropriately reward activities that advance the mission of the College.

      • OAI.6.b.    Distribute responsibilities to meet programmatic needs.

      • OAI.6.c.    Support effective and useful continuing professional development programs for personnel.

    • OAI.7. Provide access to effective and useful continuing professional development programs for personnel.

    • OAI.8. Provide clear roles, duties, and expectations for personnel.

      • OAI.8.a.    Provide rewards commensurate with work quality, quantity, and self-initiative.

      • OAI.8.b.    Provide clear expectations and methods for improvement and accountability.

    • OAI.9.  Conduct meaningful annual performance reviews that accurately assesses achievement of expectations and the overall contributions to the college.

  • Facilities

    • OAI.10.  Provide a sufficient quantity of satisfactory and appropriate education, research, service and administrative facilities that maximize the college’s ability to achieve its mission and goals.

  • Information Technology (IT) and Communications

    • OAI.11. Implement an efficient and effective contemporary knowledge management and IT program that maximizes the College’s performance.

      • OAI.11.a.  Employ continuous quality improvement strategies to evaluate and prioritize IT needs using faculty, student, and staff input.

      • OAI.11.b.  Maintain an IT system that provides hardware and software support, user training, resource management, and other IT support.

      • OAI.11.c.  Employ strategies to identify and prioritize new IT technologies and resources to support and advance education, research, professional practice, and administrative activities.

      • OAI.11.d.  Recruit and retain qualified, dedicated, effective, and efficient personnel to support daily functioning and advance IT in the College.

    • OAI.12. Provide a communications framework that supports efficient dissemination of information to local, regional, national, and global audiences.

      • OAI.12.a. Orient and update the COP community to the IT environment, issues, and topics in the COP.

      • OAI.12.b. Develop and maintain informative, attractive, highly usable, and easily accessible mechanisms for COP audiences to obtain COP-related information.

  • Finance

    • OAI.13. Ensure that the College has the financial resources to accomplish its mission and goals.

      • OAI.13.a.  Implement financial and business policies that are aligned with the College values, mission, goals, and objectives.

      • OAI.13.b.  Provide a mechanism for faculty/departmental leaders to participate in allocation of College funds.