Greater focus on career preparation and professionalism, both through curriculum and through introductions and networking, again leveraging our alumni and partners

Core Area
Education
Strategic Area
Graduate and post-graduate program development and refinement aligned with areas of learner and industry and sector demand
Goal Status
In Progress
Objectives
  • Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development (CPPD) to continue to develop new programs (2025). 
  • Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development (CPPD) to look into opportunities to increase the number of events offered, in particular to address the changing scope of practice (2025).

Graduate Education

  • ADGPS portfolio will form a Professional Development Working Group, allowing students to play a central role in organizing and shaping the future programming of professional development events and initiatives for graduate students (2025).
  • ADGPS will establish a Graduate Program Student Advisory Committee to gather student input on grad program content and structure. The committee will represent the graduate student body, provide advice and consultation on many program aspects and serve as a liaison between the grad students and the ADGPS Office (2025).
Achieved Goals

Post-graduate Education

  • Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development (CPPD) and OELTD developed and implemented the College of Pharmacist of BC’s Regulatory module for Pharmacist prescribing for minor ailments and contraception (July 2023). CPPD to continue to develop expanded injection training programs to be offered from 2024/2025; as well as other significant internal and external partners (2025). 
  • Launched CPPD website (July 2023).
  • Update Conference had fully online accredited events: 239 attendees (April 2023); 139 attendees (April 2024). 
  • Released Update Independent Study Units to prepare for minor ailments prescribing launch (June 2023).
  • Launched UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Independence Research Grant to aid outstanding postdoctoral fellows in developing their first research grant application as an independent academic researcher by offering a small amount of independent funding of $10,000 (to support 1 grant), to support them in making the transition to become competitive candidates for tenure-track faculty positions in academia (2024).
  • Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development (CPPD) reviewed current practices and identify where revisions may be required to best align its accreditation process with  the upcoming revisions to the Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy (CCCEP) Standards and Guideline (2023). 
  • Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development (CPPD) reviewed options with regard to marketing for Canadian Pharmacy Practice Program (CP3) (2024).

Graduate Education

  • Initiated admissions to Graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Leadership (spring 2024). Launched program (Sep 2024).
  • ADGPS Office organized a professional development event aimed at equipping students with valuable career insights. The event featured a talk by a Pharm Sci grad program alum who shared their career journey and provided practical advice on navigating the transition from academia to industry and then to entrepreneurship and beyond (fall 2024).  
  • ADGPS Office organized a 4-week interactive Catalyze Your Career Workshop Series was held, designed to support students in career exploration, job searching, resume building and interview practice (2025).
  • Launched Introduction to Ordering and Interpretation of Laboratory Tests for Pharmacists continuing professional development (Jan 2025).
  • ADGPS Office organized a series of career-focused events. Examples include "Designing Your Grad School and Career Strategy (Nov 2024) and UBC President Bacon gave a presentation on "Growth Mindset: Continuous Improvement for Individuals and Institutions" to graduate students, researchers and staff (Jan 2025).
  • Drs. Gerber and Jarvis-Selinger presented "Shaping Tomorrow’s Healthcare Leaders: An Innovative Curriculum for Leadership Identity Development” to share their efforts to embed activities focused on the "leader identity formation" into the Graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Leadership (GDPL) curriculum (Oct 2024).

Undergraduate Education

  • Released Minor Ailments prescribing module for PY3 and PY4 students to ensure they are prepared for the expanded scope of practice (June 2023).
  • Implemented career-focused workshops in BPSc program in partnership with UBC Careers Centre (Jan 2025).

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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