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  • Pharmacy Education
  • Academic Administration
  • Mathematical Modeling

Background:

  • Team-based learning (TBL) in pharmacy curricula requires significant faculty time.
  • Accurate faculty workload assessment is crucial for institutional efficiency and faculty satisfaction.
  • Existing workload models may not adequately address the unique demands of TBL.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a mathematical model for faculty workload determination.
  • To apply the model to a college of pharmacy with a TBL curriculum.
  • To inform adjustments in faculty responsibilities based on workload analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Collected faculty-provided data on teaching, scholarship, and service activities.
  • Calculated activity means and weighted means for each faculty category.
  • Developed departmental and institutional workload models using the calculated data.

Main Results:

  • In the pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences department, service accounted for the highest faculty activity, followed by teaching and scholarship.
  • In the clinical sciences department, teaching showed the highest faculty activity, followed by service and scholarship.
  • The institutional workload model indicated teaching as the highest activity, followed by service and scholarship.

Conclusions:

  • A novel mathematical workload model effectively optimized faculty workload in a college of pharmacy.
  • Workload analysis led to significant changes in faculty service commitments, notably reducing committee involvement.
  • This model is particularly beneficial for pharmacy colleges utilizing TBL curricula with substantial teaching demands.