TSHP Research & Education Foundation

Strategic Plan 2005-2008 

Mission Statement

To enhance the practice of pharmacy through developing and supporting research, education and professional practice opportunities which enhance patient care.

Vision Statement

Achieve national recognition for being the premier state pharmacy foundation:

• As the leader in providing opportunities for pharmacy research, education, training and scholarships. 

• In stimulating the development of quality programs and systems for advancing pharmacy practice.

• In supporting and enhancing programs to develop pharmacy leadership, patient care and professional practice.

• In recognizing excellence in pharmacy practice.

Goals and Objectives

Internships

            Responsible parties: Noted

• Update web site (Nelson-Davis). Due 12/31/04.
• Develop an on-line internship application (Nelson-Davis).  Due 12/31/04
• Create a promotional piece to go to potential internship sites and students (on-line, with a brochure for distribution to sites). Due 01/15/05
• Continue paying for student interns registrations at Annual Seminar and have them present at Foundation breakfast.  No action required.
• Increase the number of sites to 10 each summer (May – August) and create a Fall site (Cuellar and Board members). Due _____
• Develop competitive opportunities at focused practice sites. Due _____
• Explore partnering with schools/colleges; improve the mechanism for schools to know logistics of applying for internships; promote to JCIP (Traci/Randy thru TPC).  ??
• Consider reimbursing costs to the sites for programs.  Tasks:
• Celebrate internships (at seminar with picture-poster and report). Include scholarship and interns recipients at seminar (with R&E Board) plus places providing internships.

Alcalde

            Responsible parties: Alcalde Planning Committee

• Continue communications & joint meetings between Alcalde, R&E and TSHP; (Annual seminar planned meeting).  No action required.
• Increase participation from other states (LA, AK, OK, and NM).  Review ‘why would they want to come here?’ to determine marketing approach.   (Others regions pay for travel and have larger budgets). Target one site in each state to get for 2005 (Albrecht) ASHP may be able to help identify appropriate locations. Tasks?
• Emphasize that the conference is for fellowships as well as residencies. Tasks?
• Sell the idea that Alcalde allows individuals to get to know each other better. Tasks?
• Promote to and partner with schools. Tasks?
• Continue partnership with TSHP meeting (Ginsburg).
• Show advantages to other states of having them  participate. Tasks?
• Promote to directors and residency directors to come with their residents (Albrecht/Davis). Tasks?

Grants

            Responsible parties: Sharon Bronson, David D. Allen, Paul F. Davis

• Need a systematic approach to achieve maximum dollar grant – how to approach solicitation of grants
• Focus on how to get and award grants
• Develop a plan on how to obtain grants
• Undertake a Zoomerang survey (before the end of the year)to identify research interest areas of members and a panel to evaluate resources and potential interest area;
• Identify where to target interest areas
• Do a 6 month plan then use next 6 months to evaluate interest; solicit for interest in funding, partner with individuals – develop research pool and facilitate them getting grants 
• Separate ‘grants’ and ‘awards’ effective in 2006
• Develop a ‘cover sheet’ (Bronson) for grant submissions
• Develop an online grant application form (Davis/Patry).

Posters

            Responsible parties: Sharon Bronson

• Poster form can be currently printed off web site
• Develop on-line submission form; on line review.  1 Due 12/31/04; 2 due 4/1/05.
• Determine if a poster can be published on line.
• Use a publication of abstracts and papers policy as suggested by TSHP for presenters.

Scholarships

             Responsible parties: Noted

• Endow all named funds (currently established at $12,500 to allow a $1,000 scholarship)
• Consider if a $1,000 scholarship is really valuable or should it be increased
• Determine if we should change the dollar amount for endowment as a result of market conditions
• Analyze donations and see how much and how many total donors are directed towards named funds vs. general fund
• Re-consider the Foundation’s goal for scholarships.  Are we/students better off with many, small scholarships or fewer, larger scholarships?
• Revise criteria for scholarships
• Update website
• Develop an on-line application and reference submission
• Determine which scholarships will be awarded in 2005 by January 31; get applications to schools by February
• Initiate periodic contact with named scholarships
• When moving to establish new named scholarship, put a person with a partner to guide giving and help fund raising
• Highlight named scholarships and who they are named for, maybe publicize one or two a year
• Make endowed scholarship more TSHP R&E recognizable, including R&E as part of scholarship name
• Consider bank drafts
• Tie into TSHP database; rolling contributors – to recognize at a level;

Development

Responsible parties: Noted

Annual fund raising plans – focus on theme; focus on targeted corporate partners with corporate partners; investigate expansion beyond typical pharmaceutical manufacturers.  It is a good time to hit corporate partners at ASHP Mid year meeting. In the spring, focus on annual seminar activities (donor recognition at the meal function; develop a special fund raiser; meet with targeted corporate partners); in the autumn and winder work on funding requests to targeted corporate partners.  Recognize there is competition for funds with TSHP, Alcalde, hospitals, physicians, other organizations.