With the announcement of our newly revised organizational structure, I decided now would be a good time to revisit the strategic planning blog, Knowledge Dispensary. Moving forward, the blog will transition into a news update on college-level projects and initiatives. I have asked Associate Dean Kelley to take over organizing the process for this news update. The name Knowledge Dispensary will remain, but the content will shift to include updates on many of the strategic initiatives across the college, such as curricular change, research initiatives, and outreach and engagement plans. Look for the first installment in the upcoming weeks.
Best regards,

HENRY J. MANN, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP
Dean and Professor
College of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University

Over the past week, Dean Kelley, Joanne Pearsol and Erin Delffs met with Mike Boehm and Julie Carpenter-Hubin from the Office of Academic Affairs and received feedback on our strategic plan draft. Mike and Julie encouraged the use of a logic model and accompanying processes to clarify and refine our implementation initiatives and to answer broad questions of why we chose these initiatives and what impact they will have. This exercise will help articulate what bigger, grander things we wish to accomplish. An example from our strategic plan would be the revision of our curricula. Why do we want to revise our programs, and what impact will this have? Ultimately, we want to attract the best students to the Ohio State College of Pharmacy, and subsequently have curricula that prepare students in ways that make them top picks by employers when they graduate. The strategic plan writing team will meet on September 8 and will review these revisions.

A copy of the draft strategic plan can be found at http://www.pharmacy.ohio-state.edu/sites/default/files/forms/about/StrategicPlan_BD-DRAFT1b-2cnatng.pdf

Until next week,

HENRY J. MANN,
PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP
Dean and Professor
College of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University

As we enter a new academic year, we will begin the implementation phase of the strategic plan. Dean Kelley and Joanne Pearsol will begin meeting with standing committees, deans, and directors to provide templates and tools to guide in the generation of action plans and tracking for the implementation initiatives of the strategic plan. During these meetings, they will review the charges to the committees, answer questions, and share the resources available to assist with this phase. We are still waiting on comments from central administration.

A copy of the draft strategic plan can be found at http://www.pharmacy.ohio-state.edu/sites/default/files/forms/about/StrategicPlan_BD-DRAFT1b-2cnatng.pdf

Until next week,

HENRY J. MANN,
PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP
Dean and Professor
College of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University

We continue to refine the strategic plan based on the feedback from some of our key stakeholders. One message we heard from the Dean’s Corporate Council was that the introduction of the plan should include two additional sections: a brief description of the steps we will take to accomplish the plan, along with a showcase of some of our strengths. They encouraged us to brag a little about our assets such as our drug discovery and development research programs, our innovative ambulatory care practices, and the Latiolais Leadership Program. Be on the lookout for the updated plan (coming soon) to include these new additions.

A copy of the draft strategic plan can be found at http://www.pharmacy.ohio-state.edu/sites/default/files/forms/about/StrategicPlan_BD-DRAFT1b-2cnatng.pdf

Until next week,

HENRY J. MANN,
PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP
Dean and Professor
College of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University

This week I met with deans Carnes and Kelley, as well as with Erin Delffs and Joanne Pearsol, to prioritize the implementation initiatives of the strategic plan. While every initiative in the plan is important to our future success, we cannot begin working on them all at the same time. Thus, we assigned an A, B or C priority and a responsible party to each item. In the upcoming weeks, we will be rolling out assignments to various committees and responsible parties. In advance of these assignments, Dean Kelley will meet with individuals to review initiatives and provide background tools and materials.

Please remember that this blog and a copy of the draft strategic plan can be found at http://www.pharmacy.ohio-state.edu/

Until next week,

HENRY J. MANN,
PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP
Dean and Professor
College of Pharmacy

This week, we participated in a teleconference with the Latiolais Leadership Program (LLP) Executive Committee. As we found with Corporate Council last week, the feedback from the LLP Executive Committee was thoughtful and will be useful as we move into our implementation initiatives. The Executive Committee challenged us to think creatively and aggressively about updating our curricula to ensure that our students are well prepared for the challenges of the changing face of pharmacy. They emphasized the importance of partnerships with external agencies to promote and enhance pharmacy practice. They also pointed out the import role the college should play in developing the next generation of pharmacy practice leadership.

Please remember that this blog and a copy of the draft strategic plan can be found at http://www.pharmacy.ohio-state.edu/. A draft copy of the strategic plan can be found here.

Until next week,

HENRY J. MANN,
PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP
Dean and Professor
College of Pharmacy

We conducted a webinar with the Corporate Council this week. The feedback was very insightful and will help us further refine the strategic plan and the upcoming formulation of action plans. The council suggested adding a section to the plan that outlined the college’s strengths, and provided other valuable feedback relative to the research and education sections. Council felt the draft plan and links to this blog should be visible on the college website. Thus, you will find a link to this blog at http://www.pharmacy.ohio-state.edu/ . A draft copy of the strategic plan can be found here.

Until next week,

HENRY J. MANN,
PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP
Dean and Professor
College of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University

While we await feedback for main campus on the strategic plan draft, we are moving forward with the next steps of the strategic planning process. In the upcoming weeks we will meet with the Dean’s Corporate Council and the Latiolais Leadership Advisory Group to ask for their insights on the current environment relative to our plan. In addition we are planning to meet with the Office of Institutional Research for guidance on creating the metrics for the plan.

Until next week,

HENRY J. MANN,
PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP
Dean and Professor
College of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University

I’d like to make you aware of a few upcoming activities related to strategic planning.

This month, the leadership team (Kathy Kelley, Cynthia Carnes, Erin Delffs, Joanne Pearsol and I) will meet with the Dean’s Corporate Council to get their input on the implementation initiatives. Specifically, we will ask for their input as we move into the next phase of the process: creating action plans around each initiative. A similar conversation will occur with the advisory panel of the Latiolais Leadership Program.

The writing team will begin the process of assigning metrics to the top level strategic planning items. We will be working with Julie Carpenter-Hubin in the Office of Institutional Research, who will assist us with the creation of appropriate and useful metrics.

We will also begin the process of prioritizing implementation initiatives and assigning them to college committees and newly-created task forces. If anyone is interested in working on an initiative, please contact Kathy or me.

Until next week,

HENRY J. MANN,
PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP
Dean and Professor
College of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University

Thanks to all of you for following our strategic plan progress and for giving input. We are now completing the draft plan and readying it for review. Draft language has been completed, and final steps are being taken for layout. Following internal approval of the draft, we will submit it to the university. The draft will post to our website in the days to come.

Until next week,

HENRY J. MANN,
PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP
Dean and Professor
College of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University