Could not have put it better myself. I do not think that MBBIO.. or what's his face knows much more about ACPE than any of us. Just wait until June to find out. And I did call the ACPE committe and talked to one of the Associates of the Accredidation Council of Pharmacy Education, her name is Joan, and I also got the chance to talk to one of the Directors of the onsite visit, Dr. Greg Boyer. And from all of the questions that I have asked them, which are questions that are concerning to us about this school, the answers were very comforting and reassuring. Dose this mean that I think CNCP will be gauranted the pre-cand. status in June? Absolutely not. But in the mean time, from what Dr. Boyer had mentioned, things are looking REALLY good for this school: With regards that CNCP must find a department chair for the clinical pharmacy department before the April visit, this does not have to happen. Yes, the ACPE will frown upon that a little, but this will absolutely not prevent CNCP from gaining pre-candidate status. Joan states that "It is alright that a school has not found a person to fill that position, however, they must be actively searching for one, and we will give the school a time limit on when that will have to be done." This is because since a school is still in the early stages of develpment, it is very difficult for them to complete everything before a thorough visit is conducted. So is this what CNCP is currently doing? I believe so, with the ad that was mentioned in the previous posts. So what did happened during the first visit and why CNCP had voluntarly withdrew their application? When the ACPE came out back in November, there was obviously a lot of work left that were needed to be done. The first visit from ACPE served as a splash of reality for CNCP. They obviously did not have anything set up, no list of professors, no physical building established, and that the budget structure needed a little work. They were then given some additional feedbacks and had to voluntarly withdrew their application to establish and complete the above criteria. So from November up until now, has CNCP been progressive in obtaining all of these criteria? From the visit that I had two weeks ago, they are definitely on schedule for the upcoming April visit. But one of the main criteria that the ACPE will focus on most is curriculum that CNCP is proposing and trying to implement and also having a full staff of professors to accommodate the students that they are admitting. Will this curriculum work for the students? and Does CNCP have the correctly personel to carry out it's missions? When the ACPE grants a school pre-candidate status, what this means, is that they are counting on the school to succeed and carry out the missions and promises that the school hopes to deliver. And I am pretty sure that the professors that CNCP HAD HIRED have the same visions as the Dean and the Founders of the school. Another concern is that so what happens if CNCP flakes and happen to close their doors on us after the candidate status has been granted in about one or two years from now. Dr. Boyer mentioned that, if this happens, which had never happened before, the ACPE will work with the students and other programs, meaning other pharmacy schools to try and help the students complete the remainder of the program. Then I asked, does this mean that it is a "fail-safe" type of system that ACPE is implementing? Absolutely not. We are obviously taking a huge risk by attending newly established schools, but Dr. Boyer does state that they will work with the students and the school, and other programs to try and help the students complete the pharmacy program. This is obviously comforting. So this is what I had gotten after talking to one of the associates at ACPE and the Director himself. And again, it does look like that things are moving in a positive direction for CNCP. Most of you can say that I might be a bit bias because I am planning on attending this school, but at the same time I definitely DO NOT want to give most of us out there false hope about this school. Which is why I contacted ACPE to get more information about the process. The fact of the matter is, from what was mentioned by Dr. Boyer, things are looking really good. To some extent, I had gotten the same information from these people and from what the faculty members at California Northstate had mentioned. But again, please wait until June to celebrate or be dissapointed. But in the mean time, my hopes of attending this school in August is very much alive. GO CNCP class of 2012! PEACE OUT BABY!
