UBC's Next Pharmacy First Professional Degree Program Task Force

Task Force Mission

To develop and implement a new pharmacy first professional degree program at UBC which commences in September 2016. The program will prepare pharmacists as medication therapy experts who care about improving their patients’ health, who are competent to practice pharmacy to the full scope and adapt as this expands, and who are equipped to lead in reshaping the profession. This program will fulfill all the criteria to be called a professional doctoral (Pharm.D.) degree.

Terms of Reference

Members

Peter Loewen, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (co-Chair)
Glenda MacDonald, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (co-Chair)
Colleen Brady, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Brian Cairns, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Roxane Carr, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
Dorothy Cram, Pure Integrative Pharmacy
Patricia Gerber, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tamiz Kanji, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Angie Kim-Sing, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
James McCormack, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Wayne Riggs, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Brian Rodrigues, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Aaron Sihota, UBC E2P Pharmacy student, PhUS President
Richard Slavik, Interior Health Authority
Susan Troesch, Mid-Main Clinic
Janice Yeung, Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
Peter Zed, UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Advisor to the Task Force: Andrea Han, UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology

Meeting Minutes

Task Force Meeting Minutes