Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Education outcomes based on Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) Educational Outcomes 2013.
1. Foundational Knowledge
1.1 Learner (Learner) – Develop, integrate, and apply knowledge from the foundational sciences (i.e., pharmaceutical, social/behavioral/administrative, and clinical sciences) to evaluate the scientific literature, explain drug action, solve therapeutic problems, and advance population health and patient centered care.
2. Essentials for Practice and Care
2.1 Patient-centered care (Caregiver) – Provide patient- centered care as the medication expert (collect and interpret evidence, prioritize, formulate assessments and recommendations, implement, monitor, and adjust plans, and document activities).
2.2 Medication use systems management (Manager) – Manage patient healthcare needs using human, financial, technological, and physical resources to optimize the safety and efficacy of medication use systems.
2.3 Health and wellness (Promoter) – Design prevention, intervention, and educational strategies for individuals and communities to manage chronic disease and improve health and wellness.
2.4 Population-based care (Provider) – Describe how population-based care influences patient centered care and influences the development of practice guidelines and evidence-based best practices.
3. Approach to Practice and Care
3.1 Problem Solving (Problem Solver) – Identify problems; explore and prioritize potential strategies; and design, implement, and evaluate a viable solution.
3.2 Educator (Educator) – Educate all audiences by determining the most effective and enduring ways to impart information and assess understanding.
3.3 Patient Advocacy (Advocate) – Assure that patients’ best interests are represented.
3.4 Interprofessional collaboration (Collaborator) – Actively participate and engage as a healthcare team member by demonstrating mutual respect, understanding, and values to meet patient care needs.
3.5 Cultural sensitivity (Includer) – Recognize social determinants of health to diminish disparities and inequities in access to quality care.
3.6 Communication (Communicator) – Effectively communicate verbally and nonverbally when interacting with an individual, group, or organization.
4. Personal and Professional Development
4.1 Self-awareness (Self-aware) – Examine and reflect on personal knowledge, skills, abilities, beliefs, biases, motivation, and emotions that could enhance or limit personaland professional growth.
Leadership (Leader) – Demonstrate responsibility for creating and achieving shared goals, regardless of position.
4.2 Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Innovator) – Engage in innovative activities by using creative thinking to envision better ways of accomplishing professional goals.
4.3 Professionalism (Professional) – Exhibit behaviors and values that are consistent with the trust given to the profession by patients, other healthcare providers, and society.
5. Christian Values
5.1 Christian Values (Humanitarian) – Affect positive patient outcomes by sharing the Christian values of love, caring, justice and respect, as an advocate for patient needs and rights.