Mission, Vision and Values
Mission
The mission of the School of Pharmacy is to provide a learner-centered environment that promotes excellence in professional pharmacy education, scholarship and service and prepares students to provide patient-centered medication therapy management to a diverse population with an integrated faculty through teamwork, professionalism, and critical thinking.
Vision
The Pacific University School of Pharmacy will attain prominence by graduating pharmaceutical care providers with knowledge and skills who are agents of change and advance innovative approaches to improving public health and care to diverse populations in their communities, including the underserved. The School will lead the development of improved practice models, educational assessment strategies and inter-professional health care education.
Values
Advocacy – We champion the needs and concerns of our students, patients, and profession.
Collaboration – We work together with other pharmacy programs and other colleges within the University to foster collaboration among students, faculty, staff and administration.
Learning – We provide meaningful and insightful experiences that encourage and shape a lifelong commitment to independent learning, mentoring others, and inter-professional teamwork.
Integrity – We employ honesty, empathy, and ethical decision-making practices in all that we do.
Partnership – We partner with community agencies, organizations, and patients to maximize the development of the profession.
Respect – We accept, value, and respect others as reflected in our behavior, practices, and policies.
Scholarship – We value and promote scholarship that manifests in many forms. These contributions are made for the advancement of patient care and the improvement of health care outcomes, and to support and promote scientific inquiry among the faculty and students.
Service – We serve the community with excellence, to promote health and to minimize disparities and the effects of disease and disability for all its members.
Quality – We provide the highest quality of care and learning and continuously strive to improve.