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Award Description
The NACDS Foundation recognizes the important role that community pharmacy faculty play in preparing students for careers as healthcare providers in community pharmacy, as well as advancing the practice of community pharmacy.
The NACDS Foundation, with support from Wyeth, established an award to recognize a pharmacy school faculty member (full time or shared faculty) who has made significant contributions to the practice of community pharmacy through innovations in patient care. These contributions may be in the form of sustained exemplary service to help advance patient care through community pharmacy, a single outstanding achievement, or a combination of accomplishments that have advanced patient care through community pharmacy practice. The award will be presented annually at the NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference.
Nature of the Award
The faculty member honored as the awardee will receive a $5,000 stipend awarded to the recipient’s academic institution, to fund a current or future project in the recipient’s area of community pharmacy practice. The recipient will receive round trip, coach class airfare, two nights lodging, and complimentary registration to attend the NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference where the recipient will be publicly recognized and provide remarks during an award presentation.
Click here to view the 2009 Community Pharmacy Faculty Award Winners.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria for the award are as follows:
- Nominee must hold a full-time faculty appointment to an accredited U.S. college or school of pharmacy or a shared faculty position with a college or school of pharmacy and a community pharmacy.
- Nominee must be an advocate for community pharmacy in the campus community.
- First-place award winners from previous years are not eligible to apply.
Nomination Process
The nomination for this award may be from a dean, department head, colleague, student, community practitioner, or a self-nomination.
The deadline for application materials is March 1, 2010.
Nominators are required to submit the following:
- A separate narrative statement including detailed descriptions, of the following:
- The nominee’s contributions to the advancement of community pharmacy through innovative patient care service.
- The nominee’s achievements, teaching methods, and measures of success in educating pharmacy students about community pharmacy and patient care related subjects.
- The nominee’s teaching philosophy and professional goals to advance community pharmacy practice for patient care.
- Specific accomplishments where the nominee positively impacted patient care through the practice of community pharmacy, either directly or indirectly.
- Biosketch: Please visit the NIH website for an example of an appropriate biosketch.
- One letter of recommendation from department head or dean of the college or school of pharmacy.
- At least one letter of recommendation from a pharmacy student enrolled in the college or school of pharmacy addressing the following questions.
- How has the nominee made an impact on you in regards to patient care via community pharmacy practice?
- Describe how the nominee’s teaching methods enhance your education about community pharmacy practice advancing patient care.
- Why does the nominee deserve this award?
- One letter of recommendation from a community pharmacy. This letter may be from the staff pharmacist, pharmacy manager, district manager, regional manager, or corporate office.
Please send all application materials in a completed packet to:
NACDS Foundation
c/o Faculty Award Selection Committee
413 North Lee Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Selection Process
A team of reviewers including NACDS and NACDS Foundation representatives, and representatives from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) will review the applications and select the winner. All nominators will be notified as to the status of their application via email or mail no later than June 1 annually.
Questions
Contact Sarah Sneeringer at ssneeringer@nacds.org or (703) 837-4278
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