Saint Joseph College School of Pharmacy
       

Mission and Goals

Saint Joseph College is a comprehensive institution with career-focused undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs. At Saint Joseph College, students explore and expand their potential through personal attention in a welcoming community that offers academically challenging programs to individuals who want to succeed and make a difference in society. The College is devoted to empowering women, while also inspiring both women and men to service in the global community. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, the College offers an education steeped in the Catholic intellectual tradition and the Mercy social values. Furthermore, the College is a community that promotes the growth of the whole person in a caring environment that encourages strong ethical values, personal integrity, and a sense of responsibility to the needs of society.

In consonance with the College’s mission, the School of Pharmacy has developed a culture that will:

  • provide a value-centered education that prepares students as global citizens, lifelong learners, and informed decision makers (Academic Excellence)
  • promote, support, and facilitate caring service as an integral part of all teaching and learning experiences (Compassionate Service)
  • encourage, inspire, and challenge each student to develop every aspect of her personhood-intellectual, spiritual, social, emotional, and physical (Commitment to Students)
  • foster the growth of an inclusive community that welcomes differences among community members and benefits from them (Multiculturalism/Diversity)
  • demonstrate respect and reverence for all people and fidelity in personal witness (Respect/Integrity)
  • welcome community where its relationships are based on openness, inclusivity, and mutual respect (Hospitality)
  • express the Catholic tradition in an ecumenical and critical manner (Catholic Identity)

The Vision
 Saint Joseph College School of Pharmacy is a first rate educational entity, which educates pharmacy professionals to be competent leaders in the provision of patient-centered care and respected contributors to the profession and their communities. 

The Mission
 The mission of Saint Joseph College School of Pharmacy is to provide exemplary pharmacy education to a diverse and qualified student population possessing high leadership potential. The school fosters creation of new knowledge and strong ethical values in the development of competent, compassionate pharmacists dedicated to superior patient care and service to their communities.

Goals
 The goals of the School will be achieved through four mission-driven areas of focus:

Education , leading to a solid understanding of the basis of disease states and the professional practice of pharmacy, by

  • attracting qualified, diverse students to be leaders in pharmacy;
  • providing meaningful educational experiences designed to impart the requisite skills, knowledge, and values needed for the successful pursuit of careers in the pharmacy profession;
  •  fostering the development of critical thinking;
  • instilling in graduates a desire for lifelong learning and a commitment to provide solutions in a constantly changing healthcare environment.

Scholarship , leading to the ability to create and share new knowledge by the School’s faculty, students, and graduates by

  • attracting competent faculty and staff who are dedicated to innovative teaching methods, mentoring of students, and involvement in practice and community service;
  • providing ample support for the orientation to a new pedagogy and development of outstanding faculty mentors and leaders;
  • creating a scholarly community that rewards academic and professional excellence;
  • fostering collegiality;
  • promoting scholarly activities and other creative endeavors to support the academic enterprise. 

Patient Care , leading to the provision of pharmacist-delivered patient care and medication therapy management services based on the application of the students’ education and scholarship abilities, by

  • attracting faculty with strong commitment to patient care to serve as preceptors and mentors;
  • expanding practice opportunities through creative application of new knowledge; 
  • preparing graduates who can deliver patient-centered care;
  • promoting public health through patient care and advocacy.

Community Service , leading to the active engagement of the members of the community in the world around them, by

  • requiring community service as part of the professional curriculum;
  • fostering the growth and development of student organizations within the School to fulfill their service mission;
  • collaborating with existing College programs and their endeavors;
  • developing novel service activities relevant to the School’s mission;
  • exploring the development of international service sites.  

In fulfillment of these goals, the School of Pharmacy embraces the mission of the College as it develops student and faculty scholars who are dedicated to impacting the health care needs of the people in the State of Connecticut and global community. The program focuses on a firm foundation in the biomedical, pharmaceutical, socio-behavioral, clinical science, and life-long learning skills resulting in pharmacy practitioners who are committed to providing quality pharmacist-delivered patient care and the advancement of the pharmacy profession. Additionally, the integrated curriculum fosters strong ethical values, intellectual curiosity, personal integrity, and sense of responsibility to the health and well being of society. Furthermore, the School of Pharmacy is committed to, and promotes the emergence of, competent and compassionate pharmacists who will advance various pharmacy practice models, engage in community service, and foster the advancement of research and scholarship.

October 7, 2011