Kudos to our staff and faculty for recognitions both regionally and nationally for operational excellence. As one example, both the pharmacy and medical schools at UC San Diego were audited by Meeks & Company Consulting, a company with expertise in health sciences disability inclusion practices. Overall, the company was extremely impressed with our inclusive culture here at SSPPS. The audit report noted that, "we found the admissions representatives highly receptive to the inclusion of learners with disabilities and enthusiastic about making improvements to language and/or processes." Further comments included, "The reviewers were very impressed with the student affairs team and the proactive approach to student well-being. Dr. Morello and her team are clearly very devoted to the students." Notably, the company requested permission from our Office of Student Affairs to use our SSPPS Technical Standards as a Best Practice Example, which was provided to attendees at the national AACP Webinar held on September 27, 2023, "21st Century Technical Standards for Pharmacy Education".
At the CORE Annual Summit in Rhode Island, Shelly Janger was invited as one of four "SuperUsers" across the country to present her experiences and pearls of wisdom about using CORE CompMS. Attendees from multiple pharmacy schools rated this presentation as their favorite of the whole conference, and noted they learned more in that one hour than they had in many hours working with entire teams at their own institutions.
Closer to home, our Human Resources (HR)/Academic Personnel (AP) team represented SSPPS in a health sciences-wide venue, describing our onboarding practices that create positive partnerships and a high level of credibility with the VCHS office and the Academic Resource Center (ARC). Feedback from the presentation included, "You raise the bar for all!!!" and that our staff are "amazing stewards of the AP process".
Education is at the core of what we do - educating our students and trainees, our patients, our colleagues, and our peers across the country. Fantastic work representing our excellence here at SSPPS!