DEPARTMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE

External program review should generally be preceded by a process of self-evaluation in which the faculty and department chair examine the goals, strengths, weaknesses, and other features of the program. A qualitative examination can be helpful in preparation for externally conducted evaluations as well as in providing points of focus for the quantitative self-assessments that follow. This questionnaire is a tool for program leaders to use for their own internal purposes in reflecting on the mission, organization, administration, and educational processes that are characteristic of the program.

1. What is your department?
Pharmaceutics
Medicinal Chemistry
Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacy Health Care Admin

2. What are the program’s greatest strengths and greatest current needs in both the didactic instruction and research training portions of your program? How does the program provide didactic instruction or research training not adequately by present faculty in your program?
3. How do the program’s strengths and weaknesses affect the graduate curriculum and research training?
4. What is the nature of research funding in your program (e.g., what percentage comes from federal sources, industrial sources, state sources, etc.)? Do these percentages vary widely from year to year?
5. How does your graduate program substantially differ from other programs within the University of Florida (i.e., what makes it unique)? Alternately, is there a program within the university that is similar in goals and objectives to your program?
6. How does your program substantially differ from disciplinary programs at other colleges and schools of pharmacy?
7. When was the last time your curriculum offering and requirements at the graduate level (e.g., qualifying examinations) were reviewed? How were curriculum changes implemented?
8. Describe your admission process. How do you determine the target number of students to recruit and admit?
9. What faculty advising and mentoring is provided to graduate students in the first year
10. How and when do students chose their dissertation advisor?
11. Is there any mechanism for helping faculty improve their graduate student advising skills?
12. List the total teaching obligations of faculty. Do they vary significantly among faculty?
13. If you could change one thing about your graduate program, what would it be if (a) no more resources were available, and (b) if you had new funds to achieve significant change?
14. Do you have a student disciplinary mechanism? What are the mechanisms for dealing with violations of academic and research integrity? How is the student represented in the process? Are the students aware of the mechanism?
15. Do your students have formal channels of communication with the faculty on issues that impact all graduate students? Is there a graduate student organization on campus? Do students from your program actively participate in the program? Why or why not?
16. What percent of student support comes from teaching assistantships? From faculty-sponsored research assistantships? From other sources? Has this changed significantly over the last five years?
17. What opportunities do students have to teach other than laboratory supervision or correcting examinations? Are there university programs in place to assist graduate students to become competent teachers? Does the program encourage students to improve their teaching skills?
18. Do you conduct an exit interview with students who leave before completing the program, and with students who complete the program? What do you do with the results of these interviews?
19. Do you keep track of your graduate’s careers?
20. Do you have a website or newsletter for keeping in contact with your program alumni? Do you publicize your graduate’s careers on your website or in your newsletter?
21. Do all faculty have teaching responsibilities in both the professional degree and graduate degree programs?
22. Is there a formal college/school or department effort in place to encourage either professional degree students or students from other programs or colleges to pursue a graduate degree?

23. The total number of faculty actively participating in your graduate program through teaching graduate courses, advising graduate students, supervising research, or graduate committee work in Fall 2007?
24. The number of the faculty cited in question 22 eligible to be Ph.D. thesis advisors to graduate students in your program in Fall 2007?

The number of faculty that have the following number of student advisees:

25. one student
26. two students
27. three students
28. four students
29. five students
30. more than five students

31. Number of underrepresented minority graduate program faculty
32. Percent of underrepresented minority graduate program faculty
33. Number of women graduate program faculty
34. Percent of women graduate program faculty
35. Over the last five years, the number of graduate program faculty has:
risen
declined
remained the same

Indicators of national and international leadership in the scientific community. The number of graduate faculty in the most recently completed academic year who were:

36. elected (not served) as an officer of a scientific society
37. inducted as a member of an honorary society (e.g., IOM)
38. chosen as a scientific fellow (e.g., AAAS, AAPS, APhA-APRS, ACCP fellow)
39. served on a scientific review body (e.g., NIH study sections, foundation reviewers)
40. served on an editorial board of a scientific journal
41. received a national association-sponsored research award (e.g., AACP, AAPS)
42. awarded an honorary degree by a U.S. or non-U.S. university or college

Graduate program faculty research support. Number of graduate faculty with an actively funded research grant as of Fall 2007 from:

43. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
44. The National Science Foundation (NSF)
45. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
46. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
47. Other federal agency
48. If other, please List agency
49. Industrial sources (pharmaceutical, biotechnology, etc.)
50. Private foundations (e.g., American Heart Association)
51. Other sources of external research support

52. The amount of new research grants or contracts monies requested from government agencies and foundations by graduate faculty in the past five years reported by year.
53. The amount of new research grants or contracts funded by government agencies and foundations to graduate faculty in the past five years reported by year.
54. The amount of new research grants or contracts monies requested from the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry by graduate faculty in the past five years reported by year.
55. The amount of new research grants or contracts funded by the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry to graduate faculty in the past five years reported by year.
56. The total amount of dollars from external sources expensed in the most recently completed academic year to support the research and graduate education enterprise, including salaries.
57. The number of peer-reviewed articles published (not submitted or to be published) in the most recently completed calendar year authored or co-authored by graduate faculty? (Do not repeat count publications. For example, if three graduate faculty co-authored one publication, that is one publication, not three).

58. The number of books edited or book chapters published (not submitted or to be published) in the most recently completed calendar year authored or co-authored by graduate program faculty. (Do not repeat count books edited or chapters published.)
59. Number of books edited
60. Number of book chapters published

Admission exam, GPA and other requirements for students who matriculated into your graduate program in Fall 2007.

61. Minimum GPA in science-related courses required for admission:
62. Minimum GPA in all courses required for admission:
63. Is the test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam required for all students from countries where English is not the primary language?
Yes
No
64. If yes, what is the minimum TOEFL score required for admission?
65. Is the Test of Spoken English (TSE) exam required for all students from countries where English is not the primary language?
Yes
No
66. If yes, what is the minimum TSE score required for admission?

Diversity of students who matriculated into your graduate program in FALL 2007.

67. Total number of matriculating (first year) students:
68. Number of women in matriculating class:
69. Number of underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Pacific Islanders) in matriculating class:
70. Number of students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents:

Indication of the success of recruiting activity.

71. The total number of completed applications for admission to all graduate program for Fall 2007:
72. The number of applicants who received formal offers of admission for Fall 2007 (not including internal PharmD./Ph.D. students):
73. The number of those offered admission who actually matriculated in Fall 2007 (not including internal PharmD./Ph.D. students):

74. Number of students applying for grant funding:
75. Honors received by graduate students (i.e. Best presentation at a scientific meeting):