International Collaboration and Education Committee

Mission Statement

The Committee on International Pharmacy Education and Research (CIPER) is a standing committee of the SSPPS that serves to promote international pharmacy-related educational, outreach and scholarly activities.

In an advisory capacity to the Dean, the committee:

  1. develops international collaborations in education, service and research, and,
  2. identifies funding opportunities for supporting students and faculty members.

For the functions that follow, CIPER is a subcommittee of the Committee on Educational Policy (CEP). The committee is charged with the responsibility to perform the academic review of all existing and new international programs for pharmacy-related education that do not grant UC San Diego Health Sciences degrees (e.g., doctorate or master’s degrees), or are not part of the ASHP-accredited post-graduate Pharmacy Practice Residency programs at UC San Diego Health. The committee:

  1. establishes policies and procedures for selecting training programs and sites for international trainees,
  2. assesses quality and examines the impact of pharmacy programs on current student and post-graduate programs and on the utilization of resources at University of California San Diego, and
  3. oversees program assessment and review.

Ad hoc committee members may be sought based on expertise and need for specific international programs.