Vision Statement

 

The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy will be internationally recognized for leadership and innovation in education, research, professional service, and delivery of patient-centered pharmacy services, to include various models of medication therapy management services that optimize therapeutic outcomes through improved medication use.   

We will be pacesetters in student-centered pharmacy education, and continuously seek to improve our educational outcomes.  Our primary commitment will be to our students and post-graduate trainees to whom we will provide highest quality education and training that fosters life-long learning.  We will continuously assess and refine our curricula to ensure excellence and currency.  We will conduct world-class research, disseminate our findings in first-rate, peer-reviewed journals, and serve as a vital resource to research scientists and health care practitioners.  We will continue to pursue funding that will enhance our infrastructure and make our research programs even more competitive.  We will contribute to enhanced clinical, economic, and humanistic outcomes through advancement of leading-edge patient-centered pharmacy services in urban and rural settings including underserved areas. 

Through all our missions we will work to stimulate the economy of Mississippi.  We will be efficient and highly productive, and our work will be performed in an environment characterized by civility, cooperation, diversity, mentoring, nurturing, professionalism, collegiality, and accountability.  

The Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners produced the Future Vision of Pharmacy Practice document containing directives for the profession to achieve by 2015.  The School endorses the document and will work to ensure the preferred future of pharmacy is achieved.