title: Engaging external senior faculty members as faculty mentors.
abstract: A small nonprofit private college with limited resources and a high proportion of junior faculty developed a nontraditional external faculty mentor program in the summer of 2011 in response to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) faculty survey data regarding the professional development needs of pharmacy faculty members. Experienced faculty members with national reputations from other colleges and schools of pharmacy were hired as consultants to serve as mentors for assigned faculty members. Program goals were to provide directed, individual mentorship for pharmacy practice and basic science faculty members, expand peer review of faculty teaching prowess, and enhance monthly faculty development programming. The latter was based upon the specific needs assessment of the faculty. Program outcomes reported will include faculty satisfaction (AACP faculty survey data) changes over time, achievement of board certification for clinical faculty members and other credentialing, and other benchmarks, eg, publications, grant funding, service engagement (site development, professional organizations), after the implementation of the nontraditional faculty-mentoring program.
authors: Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida.
authors: Seena L
authors: SL
authors: Haines
authors: College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors: Nicholas G
authors: NG
authors: Popovich
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005178:Faculty / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D016730:Program Development; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce