Purdue College of Pharmacy

Purdue University College of Pharmacy Outcome Ability Goals for the Doctor of Pharmacy Program

Outcome Ability Goal 1: Scientific Thinking

The student seeks, analyzes, integrates, and applies foundational knowledge of medications and pharmacy practice (biomedical; pharmaceutical; social, behavioral, and administrative; and clinical sciences; drug classes; and digital health).

 

Outcome Ability Goal 2: Problem Solving Process

The student uses problem solving and critical thinking skills, along with an innovative mindset, to address challenges and to promote positive change.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 3: Communication

The student actively engages, listens, and communicates verbally, nonverbally, and in writing, when educating or interacting with an individual, group, or organization.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 4: Information Literacy

The student retrieves, analyzes, and interprets, and applies the professional literature, critically evaluates the scientific credibility of information, and provides evidence-based recommendations.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 5: Person-centered Care

The student provides whole person care and comprehensive medication management to individuals as the medication specialist using the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 6: Interprofessional Collaboration

The student actively engages and contributes as a healthcare team member by demonstrating core interprofessional competencies.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 7: Leadership

The student demonstrates the ability to influence and support the achievement of shared goals, regardless of one’s role.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 8: Professionalism and Ethics

The student exhibits attitudes and behaviors that embody a commitment to building and maintaining trust with patients, other health care providers, and society and applies ethical principles in professional and social contexts.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 9: Interpersonal Awareness and Responsiveness

The student improves access to care and health outcomes considering, recognizing, and navigating relevant social and environmental factors that influence patient well-being, such as economic status, education, housing, and community resources.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 10: Population Health and Wellness

The student assesses factors that influence the health and wellness of a population and develops strategies to address those factors.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 11: Self-Awareness

The student examines, reflects on, and addresses personal and professional attributes (e.g., knowledge, metacognition, skills, abilities, beliefs, biases, motivation, help-seeking strategies, and emotional intelligence) that could enhance or limit growth, development, and professional identity formation.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 12: Intrapersonal Health and Wellness

The student examines, reflects on, and develops strategies to address personal wellness and resilience.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 13: Advocacy

The student promotes the best interests of patients and/or the pharmacy profession within healthcare settings and at the community, state, or national level.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 14: Practice Management and innovation

The student envisions and executes creative ideas to accomplish their professional goals and advance the profession.

 

Outcome Ability Goal 15: Medication-use Process Stewardship

The student optimizes patient healthcare outcomes using human, financial, technological, and physical resources to improve the safety, efficacy, and environmental impact of medication use systems.

B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Outcome Ability Goals

  • Approved by the faculty, February 19, 2010; reaffirmed May 2017; Amended April 2019; Amended April 14, 2023

    Program Learning Outcomes

    Students of the Purdue University Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences program will be able to demonstrate:

    1. A broad knowledge of pharmaceutical and related sciences
      The student will:
      • demonstrate a basic understanding of chemistry, biology, physics, and mathematics relevant to pharmaceutical sciences.
      • demonstrate an understanding of pharmaceutics, pharmacology, toxicology, medicinal chemistry, therapeutics, and pharmacokinetics.
    2. An understanding of drug discovery, development, and commercialization
      The student will:
      • demonstrate a high-level understanding of the key stages in drug discovery, development, and commercialization.
      • relate applicable scientific disciplines to each stage of drug discovery, development, and commercialization.
      • identify the legal and regulatory issues that affect: a) development, b) conduct of research studies used in each phase of drug product development, and c) commercialization.
      • identify questions addressed by research studies used in each phase of drug product development, and the decision-makers who use this information.
      • synthesize this information to create a preliminary drug development research plan for all phases of a new compound’s life cycle.
      • identify potential roles of BSPS graduates in drug discovery, development, and commercialization.
    3. Effective written and oral communication skills
      The student will:
      • demonstrate proficiency in technical writing and presentations through individual and team-based classroom and practical experiences – using clear, concise logical progression of thought.
      • demonstrate knowledge and proficiency with audio-visual presentation technologies.
      • communicate scientific knowledge with colleagues, as well as non-experts in lay terms.
      • develop examples of scientific communications (e.g., abstract, manuscripts, reports, poster presentations).
      • critically and constructively evaluate the presentations of others.
    4. An ability to integrate and apply knowledge to solve problems
      The student will:
      • solve technical problems by integrating multi-disciplinary scientific knowledge and interpersonal skills developed through individual and team classroom and project experiences. Includes issue identification, root cause analysis, solution development and use of statistical analysis.
      • develop interpersonal skills such as influencing others, negotiating and working with others, conflict management, and informal/formal leading of others through the problem solving process.
    5. An ability to contribute in various roles on effective teams
      The student will:
      • demonstrate a road-map level understanding of the interconnection between the scientific, clinical, and filing processes that in parallel constitute the backbone of pharmaceutical development.
      • demonstrate a general understanding of how different areas of expertise must come together in order to discover and develop pharmaceutical products at the level of multi-participant collaboration.
      • engage in productive professional/technical interactions with specialists from different areas that come together in pharmaceutical development.
    6. Ethical and socially responsible conduct
       The student will:
      • demonstrate awareness of cultural and social diversity through interactions with others.
      • demonstrate a sense of self, community, and citizenship through ethical, socially responsible, and socially aware behaviors.
      • demonstrate sensitivity to personal values and ethical principles in professional and social contexts.
      • develop an understanding of social, economic, and professional responses to change in the pharmaceutical industry.
    7. Leadership skills
       The student will:
      • successfully complete a selective course on leadership
      • participate in curricular, co-curricular, and/or other University sponsored or outside student focused activities that promote the ability to lead or actively contribute to organizational improvement.