Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Mission and Goals
The mission of the University of the Pacific's Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is to prepare students for lifelong success in health careers by providing an excellent, student-centered learning environment.
We aspire to develop leadership skills in our students and a strong commitment to their professions and to society.
These efforts are assisted by linkages across the University's professional and liberal arts programs.
We support outstanding professional and graduate teaching, research and other scholarly activity, and services as a means of achieving our mission.
Our goals are:
- To promote a scholarly environment for students to acquire the knowledge, skills, experiences, motivation and professional attitudes necessary to provide comprehensive professional services and responsible therapy for patients, now and in the future
- To attract an academically well prepared student body capable of completing the curriculum and maintaining ethical and professional standards
- To nurture the personal and social development of individuals and their sense of moral and ethical responsibilities to the changing needs of society and the health professions
- To maintain an outstanding and creating faculty dedicated to providing full educational experiences fore students in an environment in which faculty pursue scholarly activities and professional growth
- To provide a scholarly environment to support research in the basic and applied sciences, to advance knowledge, and to encourage fundamental discovery and the attainment of advanced degrees
- To maintain and develop further high quality educational programs or formats which will enable the University of the Pacific Pharmacy School to:
- provide continuing education which will enable practitioners to meet current licensure requirements
- provide traditional and/or non-traditional educational avenues for advanced professional and academic degree studies
- improve public perception of the health professions
- To encourage interdisciplinary programs and activities with other departments, schools, institutions, and organizations
- To explore concerns common to pharmacy and allied professions for the purpose of promoting more efficient distribution and utilization of health related services
At the University of the Pacific, the school of pharmacy and health sciences is committed to your success.
