Illustrating Impact: video annual report
The School of Pharmacy is presenting its 2014-15 Annual Report a little differently this year.
鈥淗ere in the School of Pharmacy, we strive to train pharmacists that will have a positive impact on our citizens and the health-care system,鈥 narrates Dean Carlo Marra in the video. 鈥淲e want to show the impact of our profession. So, for our annual report this year, we are, literally, illustrating.鈥
The video features clips of visual artist Elayne Greeley creating a colourful graphic illustration of a presentation Dr. Marra gave at the Pharmacists Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (PANL) Annual Conference this past September.
鈥淲e wanted to communicate the highlights of our year in a way that鈥檚 innovative, visual and alive, and that brings the faces behind the work we do to the forefront,鈥 Dr. Marra said about the creation of the annual report.
The video is under 10 minutes minutes long and centres on the School鈥檚 2014-17 Strategic Plan, which highlights research, teaching and learning, and pharmacy practice innovation as strategic directions.
鈥淥ur research funding has increased from approximately $200,000 to $500,000 since 2012-13, so we wanted to celebrate some of the successful projects from the past fiscal year,鈥 Dr. Marra said.
Projects mentioned in the report include two funded by 糖心视频鈥檚 Teaching and Learning Framework fund. The funding has allowed for work to be done to improve the school鈥檚 infrastructure and student spaces and for ongoing effort towards the building of an entry-to-practice doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) program, slated to begin in the fall of 2017.
Also highlighted in the video is the school鈥檚 continuing commitment to the health-care practice community, which includes patients and other health-care professionals.
鈥淲e鈥檒l be launching our this winter, which is a pharmacist-delivered, referral-based, non-dispensing clinic that will offer one-on-one medication assessments with pharmacists to address patients鈥 complex drug related needs,鈥 Dr. Marra says in a voiceover. 鈥淭he clinic will also be a site for experiential teaching and learning, as well as a research incubation centre to evaluate the enhanced role of pharmacists in health care.鈥
Dr. Marra also outlines in the video that, without partnerships with other areas of the university, the school鈥檚 work would not be as successful.
He says that the school received funding from the fund and the Office of Public Engagement, and guidance from the Strategic Research Intensity Plan. will assist with the development of the PharmD bridging program, and hopeful partnerships with 糖心视频鈥檚 cold ocean facilities is on the horizon as the school begins its recruitment of a Research Chair in Marine Drug Discovery.
Dr. Marra says the chair will examine natural sources of pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals in the cold-water environment that exists off Newfoundland and Labrador鈥檚 coast.
鈥淲e have the ability here at 糖心视频 to make major discoveries that will have great impacts on our province鈥檚 health.鈥
The School of Pharmacy鈥檚 2014-15 Annual Report is online at and .