ACPE REPORT Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education ...

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2010; 74 (3) Article 54.
d Timothy Welty, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS University
of Kansas School of Pharmacy).
Donna S. Wall, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP was elected
by her peers to serve as the ACPE Board Liaison to the
Commission in 2009 and was re-elected by her peers to
serve as the 2010 ACPE Board Liaison to the Commission.
The Commission receives staff support from the
ACPE CPE staff.
Commission Officers for 2010-2011 are Chair –
Jeanine Dickerhofe, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of
Colorado Department of Pharmacy, and Vice Chair - Scott
Meyers, RPh, MS, FASHP, Illinois Council of Health-
System Pharmacists. Outgoing officer Cline was thanked
for her meritorious service as Chair of the CPE Commission.
STAFF CHANGES
The ACPE full-time staff has grown to 13 FTE. In
April 2009, Rachael A. Deeds was hired as Administrative
Assistant. In August, 2009, Jennifer L. Baumgartner
was hired as Assistant Executive Director, Continuing
Pharmacy Education Provider Accreditation Program.
Consultants working with ACPE on accreditation activities
included: Kimberly Catledge, Robert Elenbaas,
Max Ray, Anne-Marie Sesti, and Dawn Zarembski.
PUBLIC INTEREST PANEL
The ACPE Public Interest Panel reviews all proposed
professional degree program actions and recommendations
and provides comments and recommendations to the
ACPE Board of Directors for their consideration. The panel
members for 2009-2010 were: Michael A. Diamond, President
of World Resources Chicago and adjunct professor at
Northwestern University and DePaul University; James E.
Hall, MBA, Partner, Director and Chief Financial Officer,
Apex Insurance Managers, LLC, Chicago; and Erin Keyser
Norton, MBA, Vice President - Credit, Corporate and Investment
Banking, Bank of Montreal / Harris NA.
SUMMARY OF ACCREDITATION
ACTIVITIES
A summary of accreditation activities for the year is:
d For the professional degree accreditation program:
j Number of accredited programs: 120 (94
full, 18 Candidate, 8 Precandidate)
j Full site visits for continuation of
accreditation: 19 (Customary 6
j -year term, n5 12; 2-year term, n55; 1-
year term, n52)
j Preaccreditation site visits:
d For precandidate: 7
d For advancement to candidate: 10
d Continuation of candidate: 6
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d For advancement to full: 4
j Focused site visits (for additional
monitoring): 10
j Interim reports: 54
j Programs placed on Probation: 0
j Programs having Probation removed: 3
j New program evaluation activities:
d
Pre-candidate on-site visits
authorized: 5
d Pre-candidate status granted: 7
d Candidate status granted: 9
d Continued candidate status: 6
d Full accreditation status granted: 4
For the continuing education provider accreditation
program:
j Number of accredited providers: 389
j New Applications: 11
j First Reviews: 11
j Second Reviews: 18
j Comprehensive Reviews (formerly called
Petitions for reaccreditation): 38
j Interim Reports: 116
j Progress Reports: 28
j Shorter terms of accreditation: 19
j Programs placed on Probation: 0
j Inactive: 1
j Discontinuations: 24
ACPE ACTIVITIES
d A new Strategic Plan was developed, distributed
to ACPE stakeholders, and implementation
was begun.
d The ACPE Report of Proceedings were distributed
electronically to ACPE stakeholders and
posted on the ACPE web site after the June
2009 and January 2010 Board of Director meetings.
Opportunity was given for the submission
of written third party comments concerning
qualifications for accreditation or preaccreditation.
No comments were received.
d Two issues of our newsletter, ACPE Update,
were published and distributed to ACPE stakeholders.
Sharon Hudson serves as the editor of
the ACPE Update.
d The Directory of Accredited Professional Degree
Programs of Colleges and Schools of
Pharmacy and the Directory of Accredited Providers
of Continuing Education were maintained
on the ACPE website. These directories
provide both program/provider accreditation
information and public information regarding
the ACPE accreditation processes.