Survey Results & AnalysisAmerican College Health AssociationPharmacy SectionNeeds AssessmentSummer 2014 . The results analysis includes answers from all respondents who took the survey in the 43 day period from Friday, July 18, 2014 to Saturday, August 30, 2014. 26 completed responses were received to the survey during this time.

Survey:

American College Health AssociationPharmacy SectionNeeds AssessmentSummer 2014

Author: ACHA

Which best describes your role in college health?

Other Responses:

Both administrator and pharmacist

Pharmacy faculty member

How many years have you professionally been involved in college health?

Please select the highest professional degree you have completed.

Other Responses:

PharnD

Which best describes your frequency of attendance at the ACHA Annual Meeting?

Why have you never attended?

Why have you never attended?

Cost and time of the year. Usually it is finals week for us

Our university had been a member in the past, but is not currently.

New to college health this year.

budget

I recently learned of ACHA.

The three factors that most affect your decision to attend the ACHA Annual Meeting. (Select no more than three choices)

Other Responses:

Do you plan to attend the ACHA 2015 Annual Meeting in Orlando (May 26 - May 30, 2015)?

What topics/issues are essential to address at future ACHA Annual Meetings? (Select all that apply)

Other Responses:

What type of information/skills/training would greatly improve your pharmacy practice? (Select all that apply)

Other Responses:

Establishing non-dispensing pharmacy services in the absence of a dispensing pharmacy

What is the one thing that the Program Planning Committee could do to improve the ACHA 2015 Annual Meeting?

What is the one thing that the Program Planning Committee could do to improve the ACHA 2015 Annual Meeting?

Keep the speaker on time to allow for questions.

Change the time of the year

The PPC always does a great job so I can't think of anything that needs to be improved

More applicable Hot Topics

None

I have never attended before

More CE opportunities

N/A...I have never attended an annual meeting.

Which ways of networking with pharmacy colleagues would most interest you? (Select no more than three choices)

Other Responses:

What types of colleagues would you most like to network with? (Select no more than three choices) Colleagues who:

Other Responses:

any and all! networking is very valuable

Those who work for a historically black college/university and those who would like to establish a new pharmacy service where none currently exist at the university (including a dispensing pharmacy)

Would your institution send a pharmacy technician to the annual meeting if there were sessions geared specifically toward their educational/training needs?

What are some new or "hot" health topics, situations, or trends on your campus?

What are some new or "hot" health topics, situations, or trends on your campus?

not sure

Opiate prescribing policies

Integrative medicine, marketing, OTC's, broad use of technicians, pitfalls or foreseeable problems.

A new trend on our campus is caring for the non traditional student on campus.

Insurance reimbursement issues

Sleep, stress, and academic performance; use of energy drinks (with or without alcohol)

What is the one thing that the Pharmacy Section leadership can do for you in the upcoming year?

What is the one thing that the Pharmacy Section leadership can do for you in the upcoming year?

Law CE

I realize how difficult it is to choose pharmacy specific programs when there is only a small summary about the program. Could we request more info on the programs so they REALLY are relevant to pharmacists?

Help with developing unique rotations, ie sports medicine

Compile & share results of List Serve questions

Benchmarking Ideas

Help me network with peers

Help us stay more connected throughout the year (in between ACHA meetings)

Unable to think of one at this time.

Other comments

Other comments

Under current financial constraints we are unable to participate.

Excited about joining ACHA and learning more through the pharmacy section!