The Pathways to Career Advancement Task Force is charged to:
- Conduct an inventory of curricular and co-curricular activities that educate students about the career opportunities available to PharmD graduates. This inventory will serve as the basis for expanding our offerings to students to enhance their understanding of opportunities.
- Develop and lay out a plan for implementation of a program (or expand on current offerings) that educates students on the wide range of clinical practice activities, ranging from opportunities in the community pharmacy setting (chain and independent), hospital, long-terms care, consultant, specialty practice, etc, including providing insight into the steps to success in these paths, including whether additional education/training beyond the PharmD is required, and articulating areas where opportunities are strong (i.e. demand seems to exceed supply). Execution of the plan is to be overseen by Assistant Dean Stacy Miller.
- Develop and lay out a plan for implementation of a program (or expand on current offerings) that educates students on the wide range of non-traditional opportunities for PharmD graduates. These might be defined as areas where the knowledge of a PharmD is valued/required but it might be questionable whether a license is required to execute the role. These include roles in academia, pharmaceutical industry, wholesalers, contract research organizations, private industry, FDA, NIH, etc. The plan should not only have a means for providing exposure to students of these areas, but providing insight into the steps to success in these paths, including whether additional education/training beyond the PharmD is required, and articulating areas where opportunities are strong (i.e. demand seems to exceed supply). Execution of the plan is to be overseen by Associate Dean Michael Ujhelyi.
- Develop and implement recommendations for ways that increase the focus of students on preparing themselves to enter the workforce, including formal processes to evaluate the career path they are on and their personal brand development (e.g. curricula vitae, interviewing skills, elevator speech, networking, internships, etc.).
- For 2-5 above, define the mix by which this will be accomplished within the required curriculum, elective curriculum, co-curriculum, or optional participation in activities.
Chair
- Stacy Curtis – Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research – SCurtis@cop.ufl.edu
Members
- Elizabeth Zipper – Development and Alumni Affairs – Zipper@cop.ufl.edu
- Janet Schmittgen – Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research – JSchmittgen@cop.ufl.edu
- Jenny Dillon – Student Affairs Program Director, JAX Campus – jpalgon@cop.ufl.edu
- John Allen – Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research, ORL Campus – john.allen@cop.ufl.edu
- Mike Ujhelyi – Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research, ORL Campus – michael.ujhelyi@cop.ufl.edu
- Priti Patel – Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research – PPatel@cop.ufl.edu
- Shauna Buring – Dean’s Office – sburing@cop.ufl.edu
- Jessica Reid – Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research, JAX Campus – jessicacreid@cop.ufl.edu
- Stacy Miller – Dean’s Office – stacy.miller@cop.ufl.edu
- Stephan Schmidt – Pharmaceutics, ORL Campus – SSchmidt@cop.ufl.edu
- Stephanie McCormick – Administration Residency Program, JAX Campus – Stephanie.Mccormick@jax.ufl.edu
- Veena Venugopalan – Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research – VVenugopalan@cop.ufl.edu
- Kristin Wiisanen – Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research – kwiisanen@cop.ufl.edu
Graduate Students
- Andrew Asenta – andrewasante@ufl.edu