This morning, the Florida Board of Governors’ “Academic Programs Team” is expected to support the University of South Florida’s proposal for a College of Pharmacy. If approved by the full BOG at its Nov. 20 meeting, the new pharmacy school will open in Aug., 2010.
The analysis provided by BOG staffer Danielle Duffourc clearly indicates that both the board and USF consider FAMU’s pharmacy school to be the benchmark that the new one needs to meet (and surpass).
According to Duffourc: “FAMU’s College of Pharmacy, which has been in existence since 1951, has a FY 2008-09 budget of $9,289,681 in state funds, $20,620,552 of contract and grant funding, and $220,947 of biomedical endowment funds. The FAMU program is comparable in size to USF’s proposed pharmacy school, although it is unlikely that USF would have this level of contract and grant funding for several years.”
Here’s what USF has to say on why a new pharmacy school is needed:
The Florida Pharmacy Association (FPA) reports that of the 22,000 registered pharmacists in Florida, only 16,000 maintain a Florida address.
The state of Florida leads the nation in the percentage of the population over the age of 65; this number is expected to significantly increase by the year 2015. The majority of these potential patients will require medication therapy as part of their healthcare, services commonly expected to be performed by trained pharmacists.
Florida’s population demographics support the need for additional professional programs in pharmacy. As an example, Ohio, a smaller state in population, has six Colleges of Pharmacy, with a seventh being proposed. With only four pharmacy programs in Florida currently producing graduates, it is evident that another program is needed in the state. Initiating a program in a large metropolitan region like Tampa makes sense. There is no doubt about the workforce demand for the graduates of the proposed program.
In other words: the pharmacy programs at the University of Florida and FAMU aren’t producing enough graduates to fit the state’s needs.
While USF can’t be faulted for being ambitious and wanting a pharmacy school of its own, the information it’s provided on Florida’s pharmacist shortage also shows why the state should invest more money into creating additional satellite campuses of FAMU’s college.
UF operates 4-year pharmacy degree satellites in three cities: Jacksonville, Orlando, and St. Petersburg.
FAMU just received the money to open its first degree-granting satellite in Crestview. The university’s campuses in Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa do not offer full degrees. They are used as clinical training divisions for advanced students.
When it comes to pharmacy training, FAMU is still an under-utilized resource. Lawmakers, in particular, should give serious consideration to helping the university open up degree-granting satellites in cities such as Miami (where FAMU already has an established presence) and Pensacola.
The full agenda for the BOG’s Academic Programs Team is available here. USF’s proposal is available at this link.
The analysis provided by BOG staffer Danielle Duffourc clearly indicates that both the board and USF consider FAMU’s pharmacy school to be the benchmark that the new one needs to meet (and surpass).
According to Duffourc: “FAMU’s College of Pharmacy, which has been in existence since 1951, has a FY 2008-09 budget of $9,289,681 in state funds, $20,620,552 of contract and grant funding, and $220,947 of biomedical endowment funds. The FAMU program is comparable in size to USF’s proposed pharmacy school, although it is unlikely that USF would have this level of contract and grant funding for several years.”
Here’s what USF has to say on why a new pharmacy school is needed:
The Florida Pharmacy Association (FPA) reports that of the 22,000 registered pharmacists in Florida, only 16,000 maintain a Florida address.
The state of Florida leads the nation in the percentage of the population over the age of 65; this number is expected to significantly increase by the year 2015. The majority of these potential patients will require medication therapy as part of their healthcare, services commonly expected to be performed by trained pharmacists.
Florida’s population demographics support the need for additional professional programs in pharmacy. As an example, Ohio, a smaller state in population, has six Colleges of Pharmacy, with a seventh being proposed. With only four pharmacy programs in Florida currently producing graduates, it is evident that another program is needed in the state. Initiating a program in a large metropolitan region like Tampa makes sense. There is no doubt about the workforce demand for the graduates of the proposed program.
In other words: the pharmacy programs at the University of Florida and FAMU aren’t producing enough graduates to fit the state’s needs.
While USF can’t be faulted for being ambitious and wanting a pharmacy school of its own, the information it’s provided on Florida’s pharmacist shortage also shows why the state should invest more money into creating additional satellite campuses of FAMU’s college.
UF operates 4-year pharmacy degree satellites in three cities: Jacksonville, Orlando, and St. Petersburg.
FAMU just received the money to open its first degree-granting satellite in Crestview. The university’s campuses in Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa do not offer full degrees. They are used as clinical training divisions for advanced students.
When it comes to pharmacy training, FAMU is still an under-utilized resource. Lawmakers, in particular, should give serious consideration to helping the university open up degree-granting satellites in cities such as Miami (where FAMU already has an established presence) and Pensacola.
The full agenda for the BOG’s Academic Programs Team is available here. USF’s proposal is available at this link.
Also see: USF wants a pharmacy program
They are going to then raise money for "minority" scholarships and start targeting African-Americans in the I-4 corridor. It is all a part of the Pappas/Jeb Plan to attack FAMU from all sides. The BOG was, at first, not a part of the grand plan but it has worked out perfectly for the haters of FAMU!
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