Mission & Goals
We believe that tomorrow's pharmacists must be committed to a lifetime of learning and service to their professional and community.
The D'Youville College School of Pharmacy is dedicated to creating a continuously improving teaching and learning community for faculty, staff, and students and committed to educating tomorrow's pharmacy practitioner to work collaboratively to identify, manage, and resolve problems related to drug therapy. The School of Pharmacy is committed to the exploration and validation of ideas through research, critical inquiry, and scholarly activity.
We believe that tomorrow's pharmacists must be committed to a lifetime of learning and service to their profession and communities, and to that end, we will strive to select a diverse group of students, faculty, and administrators who possess the intellectual ability and core values that contribute to our mission.
Values, Goals
Our core values reflect our mission. We will create a teaching and learning culture that values:
- Excellence – We will strive to meet and exceed, through continuous improvement, the highest expectations for teaching, research, and practice.
- Lifelong Learning – We will encourage and support student-centered learning that prepares students with the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes for the provision of patient-centered care throughout their academic and professional careers.
- Cultural Diversity – We will strive to recognize and honor diverse values and beliefs, both spiritual and secular, in the delivery of culturally responsive care.
- Professionalism – We will encourage caring and respect for others, accountability to our stakeholders, responsibility for one's actions, and integrity and honesty. We will promote a practice model where decisions are made in accordance with legal, ethical, social, economic, and professional guidelines.
- Leadership – We will provide opportunities for students, staff, faculty, and other stakeholders to develop the attributes of leadership: personal accountability, valuing others, integrity, and self-awareness. We aspire to develop leaders who have the capacity to influence the thinking, understanding, and attitudes of others, and the ability and courage to identify and affect solutions.
- Social Responsibility- We will seek to develop a commitment to social responsibility among students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders by contributing to the health and well being of patients, the community, and at risk populations through volunteerism and service.
- Critical Inquiry – We will endeavor to create a learning community that employs both quantitative and qualitative analysis to describe and solve problems; that interprets, evaluates, and uses information discerningly from a variety of perspectives; that tolerates ambiguity while understanding the complexity of many problems, issues, and topics; that transforms the results of inquiry into judgments and actions; and that critiques conclusions, taking into account alternative points of view, and understanding the implications of various courses of action.
- Collaboration – We will foster a spirit of teamwork and partnership that is founded on effective communication skills and respect for the contributions of others; we seek to create interdisciplinary, synergistic relationships characterized by inclusiveness and flexibility.
