The Mission of the Pharmacy Practice Department is to improve health care through the delivery of innovational pharmacy practice education, patient-centered care, service and scholarly activity.

We achieve this mission by:

• Preparing students to be effective practitioners for the 21st century through a curriculum that balances both classroom and experiential education using a variety of validated pedagogical techniques
• Appointing and retaining well trained faculty that can create and maintain progressive practice models
• Supporting the development and advancement of faculty through strong mentorship and educational endeavors
• Engaging students in an interdisciplinary approach to patient-centered pharmacotherapy and public health
• Inspiring professional and academic citizenship
• Developing clinical practitioners capable of discovery, dissemination and integration of new knowledge in practice and teaching