2016-2017 Graduate Academic Catalog

Page 41 2016–17 Graduate Academic Catalog School of Pharmacy Purpose Statement/Mission Doctor of Pharmacy Purpose Statement/Mission The School of Pharmacy develops exceptional pharmacy practitioners focused on meeting the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients through servant leadership. The school pursues innovative, ethical solutions to health-related issues in diverse populations through collaborative teaching, research, and practice. Values • Character – Regarding character as the foundation for appropriate decisions, compassionate care, and clear perspectives, the school considers the development of godly character as paramount in the lives of its students. • Global Focus – The school embraces a global perspective to its impact, endeavoring to equip graduates for service locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally, maintaining a particular sensitivity to the underserved. • Ethics – The school advances behavior, practice, and research consistent with the Truth of the Scriptures and example of Christ. • Collaboration – Though structured into distinct administrative and academic units, the school pursues collaborative relationships and activities within the school, among other units of the University, and with other organizations outside of the University, exemplifying to students the value and effectiveness of working together to achieve worthwhile goals. • Innovation – The school promotes and celebrates the discovery of creative solutions and approaches to issues and problems that challenge the delivery of effective patient care. Recognizing continuous innovation as a quality found in effective organizations today, the school actively integrates contemporary topics and practices into the curriculum. • Leadership Development – Regarding influence as the essence of leadership and desiring our graduates to be influential in their personal and professional lives, the school pursues opportunities to help its students develop and apply their leadership skills. Program Objectives Upon completion of the Doctor of Pharmacy degree, the graduate will: 1. Provide patient care by applying sound therapeutic principles and evidence-based data that is based on emerging technologies, evolving biomedical, pharmaceutical, clinical sciences, and relevant psychosocio-cultural aspects that may impact therapeutic outcomes. 2. Manage and use resources of the health care system to retrieve, analyze, assess, and interpret clinical data in order to coordinate safe, accurate, and time-sensitive medication distribution to the patient thereby minimizing medication errors while optimizing therapeutic outcome. 3. Promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in communities and at-risk populations by taking into account relevant socioeconomic, legal, ethical, cultural, administrative, and professional issues in developing and implementing population-specific quality improvement programs and risk-reduction strategies. 4. Integrate biblical worldview with the role of a pharmacist in providing patient care, managing information resources, promoting health, and preventing diseases in different communities and at-risk populations around the globe. 5. Represent Christ in their attitudes and values by modeling servant leadership in applying their skills and knowledge as pharmacists. Program Prerequisites Students must have completed a minor in Bible or have taken course work adequate to meet the outcomes of BTGS-6100 Biblical and Theological Foundations for Graduate Study. Students who have not met this requirement, as determined by the Office of the Registrar, must enroll in this course and must be completed before the beginning of the first professional year, unless otherwise approved by the admission committee.