Mission and Vision Statement
Mission
The mission of the School of Pharmacy is to provide an educational environment that values excellence in teaching, learning and research, preparing students to provide competent, ethical and compassionate patient-centered pharmaceutical care to a diverse population in a changing healthcare environment. The School is dedicated to exemplary student-centered education, fostering scholarship, teamwork, professionalism, service, and high ethical standards with a focus on integration of knowledge, cultural competence, and critical thinking.
Vision
Building on the University's rich history and tradition of excellence in education, the School of Pharmacy is nationally recognized as a leader in pharmaceutical education, preparing practitioners who contribute to society through service and ethical, competent and compassionate patient-centered pharmaceutical care. Through the leadership of the School of Pharmacy, the University's College of Health Professions offers a unique interdisciplinary approach to health care education, serving as a model nationally for other health professions campuses. The School has attained national prominence in developing innovative pathways for diverse student populations to enter and succeed in health professions education, enriching the diversity of the profession and the public they serve. Pacific University School of Pharmacy is highly respected in the professional community, graduating pharmaceutical care experts with exemplary knowledge and skills who are agents of change, advancing innovative approaches to improving the quality of health care, reducing health care disparities and reducing deficiencies in health literacy. Our Center for Ethics in Pharmaceutical Care is widely recognized as the national leader in research in the area of ethics in the practice of pharmaceutical care. Our graduates contribute substantially to population specific health promotion and systems management and to maximizing triumphs over disease and disability.
Guiding concepts and principles for the achievement of our mission and vision (School of Pharmacy & College of Health Professions):
Learning – We provide meaningful and insightful experiences that encourage and shape a lifelong commitment to independent learning and inter-professional teamwork
Integrity – We employ honesty, humanity, and ethical decision-making practices in all that we do.
Advocacy – We champion the needs and concerns of our students, patients, and profession.
Collaboration – We work together with other member schools, other colleges and departments within the University to foster collaboration among students, faculty, staff and administration.
Inclusiveness – We accept, value, and respect others as reflected in our behavior, practices, and policies.
Partnership – We partner with community agencies, organizations, and patients to maximize the professional and educational experiences of our students
Scholarship – We value and promote scholarship, scientific clinical reasoning, critical thinking and application of evidence-based practices and creative decision-making.
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.
The Goals of Pacific University School of Pharmacy are to:
- provide an educational environment that serves as a model for interdisciplinary health care education
- provide students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to deliver contemporary pharmaceutical care in a changing health care environment
- develop a learning environment that addresses the diverse learning styles of students
- prepare entry level practitioners capable of providing compassionate, patient-centered pharmaceutical care to a diverse patient population
- emphasize the importance of evidence-based health care principles and population-specific information in the design and implementation of pharmaceutical care plans
- provide an educational environment that fosters the development of interprofessional teamwork and life-long learning practices
develop a culture of service to the profession and community - promote cultural competence in the delivery of patient-centered, population based pharmaceutical care
- provide an environment that models respect for diversity
promote a sense of responsibility in the management and use of health care resources - serve as agents of change, advancing the level of pharmaceutical care within the community and improving health care literacy among patients
- develop a commitment to health promotion, wellness and preventive health care
- develop an environment that supports and fosters scholarly pursuits among faculty
- keep the student at the center of all that we do