Committees

College of Pharmacy Committees 2017 - 2018

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Academic Promotion Committee

Objective: To evaluate faculty academic promotion dossiers.

Accreditation Committee

Objective: Prepare for renewal of the BSc and PharmD accreditation.

Assessment Committee

Objective: To oversee assessment at the College and Program levels. To ensure proper scheduling of exams. To facilitate professional development of preparing exams.

BSc Admission Committee

Objective: The committee is charged with the responsibility of selecting top student applicants to the College of Pharmacy. The committee coordinate all application, selection and admission processes related to BSc (Pharm) program.

Clinical Pharmacy and Practice Section

Objective: Providing the management and leadership necessary to enable successful academic endeavors in the areas of teaching, research and service.

Community Outreach, Planning and Engagement Committee

Objective: Coordinate internal/external events and oversee activities aimed at strengthening links with the off-campus academic and lay public communities.

Continuing Professional Development for Healthcare Practitioners Advisory Committee (CPD-HCP-AC)

Objective: To ensure that the contents of the CPD-HCP topics are adequately mapped with the professional needs of pharmacists and other healthcare practitioners in Qatar and are aligned with Qatar’s NAPRA competency standards.

Curriculum Committee

Objective: Review and refine the curriculum each semester, based on course evaluations and student grades. Continuously review and refine the curriculum of all professional years courses horizontally in coordination with pharmacy practice skills committee. Review CPH PLOAC recommendations for approval and implementation. Review and approve curriculum refinement requests from college sections and programs. Review CPH honors program courses. Report college approved curriculum change requests to QU Academic Program Review and Curriculum Enhancement Committee for approval as necessary.

Dean’s Advisory Council

Objective: To provide advice and counsel to the Dean on any and all matters pertaining to the College of Pharmacy mandate.

Entry-to-Practice PharmD Planning Committee

Objective: To plan and develop the curriculum and core structure of the proposed entry-to-practice PharmD program by benchmarking with current successful CCAPP approved programs and mapping to CCAPP guidelines.

Faculty Seminar and Research Committee

Objective: To oversee research affairs, policies and procedures, and promote scholarly activity. As well as oversee the periodical research and professional development seminars activities of faculty and students.

Graduate Studies Steering Committee

Objective: To oversee graduate studies, approve policies and procedures, student’s admission, students’ affairs, approve new graduate studies programs.

Interprofessional Education Steering Committee

Objective: To provide guidance and support in implementing interprofessional education within the pharmacy curriculum at the College of Pharmacy in Qatar University and other Healthcare Program in Qatar including medicine, nursing and health sciences.

Laboratory Health & Safety Committee

Objective: Responsible for reviewing and improving the operational health and safety of College of Pharmacy teaching and research laboratories.

MSC program admission committee

Objective: Review the application forms, Screen and interview the candidates and Select the candidates based on the pre-determined criteria.

New CPH Building Planning Committee

Objective: To oversee the progress of the new building.

Partnership and International Engagement Committee

Objective: Seek opportunities for international collaborative initiative in research and teaching. Set up policies and facilitate the movement of these initiatives towards implementation.

Peer Assessment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement Committee (PATLEC)

Objective: CPH-PATLEC aims at creating within CPH, a structured process for mentorship and peer assessment of teaching to be used as a mechanism for supporting faculty development, enhancing teaching and learning quality and to provide one mechanism to satisfy College and University requirements for peer review of teaching assessment.

Pharmaceutical Sciences Section

Objective: Providing the management and leadership necessary to enable successful academic endeavors in the areas of teaching, research and service.

PharmD Program Steering Committee

Objective: To oversee the PharmD program.

PharmD Internship Advisory Committee

Objective: To provide feedback and suggestions to continuously improve the quality of the PharmD rotations.

Pharmacy Professional Skills Committee

Objective: To provide guidance and support to the practical training components (skills labs) in each year of the curriculum to ensure consistent and sequential skills experiences.

Pharmacy Research, Evaluation and Presentation (PREP) Skills Committee

Objective: Review the topics covered in the PREP series (P2 and P3 years) to streamline the content to limit overlap and eliminate redundancy, and offer suggestions on how to improve student retention of the knowledge and skills needed to critically appraise and present the medical/pharmaceutical literature.

PhD Admission Committee

Objective: Review the application forms, Screen and interview the candidates and Select the candidates based on the pre-determined criteria.

Program Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee (PLOAC)

Objective: Review the achievement of student learning outcomes across all college programs. Make curriculum refinement recommendations to the college curriculum committee. Present yearly reports to QU PLOAC.

Strategic Planning Committee

Objective: To produce, update and facilitate information that provides a framework for all major directions of the CPH, made from the context of the fundamental principles and strategic priorities outlined by QU.

Structured Practical Experiences in Pharmacy (SPEP) Steering Committee

Objective: SPEP site coordinators provide feedback on behalf of preceptors in order to improve the quality and coordinate the effective planning for the SPEP rotations.

Student Support and Retention Committee (SSRC)

Objective: The committee has the responsibility of screening and identifying students at risk during their pre-pharmacy and pharmacy years and to offer support to these students.

Student Travel Committee

Objective: To encourage and select the best student to represent the college at national and international conferences.

Teaching and Technology Committee

Objective: Facilitate the use of technology in education. Organize faculty/student development sessions and email circulations about updates of recent teaching technologies and methods. Conduct research projects to assess the utilization and outcomes of different technologies used in the college. Create an archive of teaching technologies used at the college.

CPH Travel Committee

Objective: To review and decide on Faculty travel request and develop CPH travel policy.

Undergraduate Student Advisory Committee (USAC)

Objective: To serve as a forum for communication between representatives of students and senior faculty concerned with student relations.