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Design and Refinement of a Faculty Workload Estimator.

Gloria R Grice¹, Amie Brooks², Sara Richter¹

¹University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, USA.

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

|July 23, 2024

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A new Workload Estimator tool was developed for pharmacy schools to calculate faculty workload. This comprehensive Excel-based tool is adaptable for various pharmacy science faculty, aiding in workload estimation.

Keywords:

Effort Estimator Faculty workload

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Pharmacy Education
Academic Administration

Background:

Accurate faculty workload assessment is crucial for academic institutions.
Existing methods for estimating faculty workload in pharmacy schools may lack comprehensiveness or adaptability.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the creation and refinement of a faculty workload estimation tool for Colleges/Schools of Pharmacy.
To develop a comprehensive and adaptable tool for calculating pharmacy faculty workload.

Main Methods:

Initial development involved consensus-building methodology for pharmacy practice faculty.
The tool underwent annual refinement and expansion to include pharmaceutical and administrative sciences faculty.
An Excel file format with built-in multiplication factors was utilized.

Main Results:

The final product is a user-friendly Excel file designed for estimating pharmacy faculty workload.
The tool incorporates specific multiplication factors to quantify diverse faculty activities.

Conclusions:

The Workload Estimator was recognized as a comprehensive and adaptable tool by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) in July 2023.
A multi-institutional study is underway to evaluate the tool's implementation across diverse pharmacy programs, with data collection and sharing planned for 2024.