Faculty awards at US colleges and schools of pharmacy.

Objectives: To determine recognition given for outstanding teaching, service, and scholarship at US colleges and schools of pharmacy, the types of awards given, and the process used to select the recipients.

Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was made available online in 2006 to deans at 89 colleges and schools of pharmacy.

Results: Sixty-four usable responses (72%) were obtained.

Programmatic curricular outcomes assessment at colleges and schools of pharmacy in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Objectives: To categorize the manner in which programmatic curricular outcomes assessment is accomplished, identify the types of assessment methodologies used, and identify the persons or groups responsible for assessment.

Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was mailed to 89 institutions throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

Results: Sixty-eight of 89 surveys (76%) were returned.