Pharmacy Academic and Leadership Post-Doctoral Fellowship

While being mentored for a career in academia, the Fellow will have the opportunity to develop and refine their teaching skills through various types of teaching experiences and projects relating to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).

• Deliver coursework (including facilitation of small group active-learning and practicums) in the school’s PharmD curriculum.
• Develop integrated cases, in cooperation with faculty, for use in the PharmD curriculum.
  
• Facilitate interprofessional education in the school’s PharmD curriculum.
• Serve as a preceptor for students completing introductory (IPPE) and advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPE).
• Enroll in and successfully complete the SPPS Advanced Teaching Certificate Program.
• Attend faculty development sessions focused on teaching.
• Engage in one or more projects relating to the SoTL.
• Develop and launch an elective course within the PharmD curriculum.

The Fellow will have the opportunity to develop and refine research skills through active engagement in clinical and educational research under the mentorship of faculty at an R1 institution.   

• Engage in collaborative and independent clinical and/or educational research. Fellows are expected to lead 1 major research project each year.
• Engage in grant writing and submission to support research endeavors.
• Present research locally, regionally, nationally, and/or internationally.
• Publish research and other scholarly works.
• Attend faculty development sessions focused on research/scholarship.

The Fellow will have the opportunity gain experience in the service and governance roles of a faculty member. Leadership development of the Fellow will be of high priority: To realize this goal, the Fellow will partake in leadership development activities at the School under the mentorship of higher-education administrators and leaders.

• Participate in school and department service initiatives (e.g., committees, working groups, student recruitment).
• Attend university/school/department meetings as directed.
• Actively engage in professional organizations and attend select professional meetings.
• Audit Leadership in Pharmacy (PHM550)
• Attend faculty development sessions focused on service/leadership.

The Fellow will have a clinical practice expectation within affiliate healthcare systems, tailored to the interests and aspirations of the Fellow. The practice sites all employ postgraduate pharmacy residents and are therefore well-equipped to train postdoctoral fellows.  

• Complete clinical pharmacy experiences. This is guided by the Fellow’s experience and competence in pharmacy practice and direct patient care- Fellows lacking a postgraduate residency will be required to complete additional patient care experiences during year 1.
• Optional, but strongly encouraged (for Fellows who have completed a postgraduate residency or who have > 3 years practice experience): Pursue Board Certification through the Board of Pharmacy Specialties in an area of emphasis (https://www.bpsweb.org/bps-specialties/).