Priority Area: Undergraduate and Graduate Education
Strategic Goal 1
Offer outstanding academic programs that will attract the best undergraduate and graduate students to the University of Waterloo.
Objectives
- Execute an entry-to-practice PharmD curriculum that meets or exceeds all accreditation standards.
- Establish areas that will distinguish our entry-to-practice PharmD program.
- Develop measures that will assess the quality of our students and success in our entry-to-practice PharmD program.
- Offer a graduate program that will attract outstanding domestic and international students and produce scientists with the skills to be successful in the real world.
- Establish additional opportunities for graduate training in clinical and applied medication and health-related research.
- Evaluate the feasibility of offering an undergraduate degree in pharmaceutical sciences.
Strategic Goal 2
Create an exceptional learning environment emphasizing independent learning and problem-solving that will produce outstanding pharmacists and scientists.
Objectives
- Continuously evaluate the quality of our educational programs.
- Optimize learning through best use of technology and best-practice teaching strategies.
- Provide mentoring to faculty and teaching staff to enhance teaching skills.
Priority Area: Basic and Applied Research
Strategic Goal 3
Improve human health through innovative basic and applied research and scholarship.
Objectives
- Provide faculty with adequate dedicated time for research and scholarship.
- Ensure that full-time and research-active adjunct faculty have the necessary research skills, writing ability and publication activity.
- Create a robust infrastructure for support of all research activities.
- Support areas of strength in research to further enhance the reputation of the School of Pharmacy and attract high-quality researchers.
- Increase strength in practice-based research.
- Provide evidence for the high quality and impact of research and scholarship at the School of Pharmacy.
- Maximize awareness of pharmacy research within the School, throughout the University and with external stakeholders.
Priority Area: Professional and Community Service
Strategic Goal 4
Make a difference in our communities through engagement and outreach.
Objectives
- Act as a resource and provider of pharmacy and health-related information to our local community.
- Develop new models for continuing professional development.
- Advocate for improved health care and the pharmacy profession.
Priority Area: Infrastructure and Support
Strategic Goal 5
Build an enabling environment for excellence.
Objectives
- Ensure that we have the necessary human resources to fulfill our mission.
- Ensure that the School has the physical and technical capacity to support leading-edge research and educational programs.
- Develop comprehensive, efficient and transparent administrative procedures that guide the operation of the School.
- Identify and address issues related to being a satellite campus that impact achievement of goals.
- Develop robust communication vehicles with internal and external stakeholders.
- Increase fundraising for capital projects and other needs of the faculty, staff and students of the School.