Plans

Formal planning is essential to the progress of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, and I am committed to it wholeheartedly. While we begin a structured planning exercise every 5 years, we operate continuously in a planning mode. We are always reviewing plans in place, assessing changing circumstances, adapting plans as need be, and looking for tomorrow's next opportunities.

Planning is a collaborative process. Keep in mind that while we at the UCSF School of Pharmacy function administratively within departments, we actually work across departments and schools, and with colleagues in academia, government, and industry -- both nationally and internationally. A successful School plan must, therefore, look at what we do from all of these perspectives, gather our collective wisdom, and shape it into a big picture for the future. It must be guided from the top but not dictated from the top. And someone must be accountable for meeting plan goals. In our case I, as dean, along with the School's Leadership Group ensure that our plans progress.

During my deanship, the School has developed 2 strategic plans:

strategic plan 2000-2005
Unleashing Our Potential: Strategic Direction 2000 through 2005

strategic plan 2007-2012
Pressing Ahead in New Directions: Strategic Course 2007-2012

We delayed finalizing our latest plan to make sure it supported the overall goals of UCSF's first campus strategic plan, Advancing Health Worldwide, which was published in 2007.

I encourage you to read all of these documents and to remain alert to how they translate into discoveries, patient care, education, and community service for the benefit of people near and far.

Regards,

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD
Professor and Dean
Thomas J. Long Chair in Community Pharmacy Practice
School of Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco

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