Program Education Objectives / Program Outcomes

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs)

The underlisted PEO statements describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve within a few years after graduation:

• Globally Competent and Innovative Professionals: Graduates will be recognized globally for their knowledge, skills and strong foundation in pharmaceutical sciences, innovative mindset, and ability to contribute to the advancement of healthcare through research and development.
• Ethical Leaders and Socially Responsible Pharmacists: Graduates will demonstrate strong ethical values, professional integrity, and leadership qualities, actively contributing to public health initiatives and promoting sustainable healthcare solutions with a patient-centric approach.
• Adaptable and Digitally Proficient Healthcare Specialists: Graduates will possess a blend of core scientific knowledge and emerging technological skills, demonstrating digital competency to navigate and contribute to the evolving healthcare landscape, including areas like personalized medicine and digital therapeutics.
• Lifelong Learners and Interdisciplinary Collaborators: Graduates will be equipped with a commitment to continuous learning, critical thinking, and the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse healthcare professionals to solve complex challenges in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Successful Entrepreneurs and Research-Oriented Practitioners: Graduates will exhibit an entrepreneurial spirit, possess the skills to translate research into practical solutions, and be prepared for diverse career paths including healthcare practice, pharmaceutical industry, research, and academia.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES (POs)

• Pharmacy Knowledge: Possess knowledge and comprehension of the core and basic knowledge associated with the profession of pharmacy, including biomedical sciences; pharmaceutical sciences; behavioral, social, and administrative pharmacy sciences; and manufacturing practices.
• Planning Abilities: Demonstrate effective planning abilities including time management, resource management, delegation skills and organizational skills. Develop and implement plans and organize work to meet deadlines.
• Problem analysis: Utilize the principles of scientific enquiry, thinking analytically, clearly and critically, while solving problems and making decisions during daily practice. Find, analyze, evaluate and apply information systematically and shall make defensible decisions.
• Modern tool usage: Learn, select, and apply appropriate methods and procedures, resources, and modern pharmacy-related computing tools with an understanding of the limitations.
• Leadership skills: Understand and consider the human reaction to change, motivation issues, leadership and team-building when planning changes required for fulfillment of practice, professional and societal responsibilities. Assume participatory roles as responsible citizens or leadership roles when appropriate to facilitate improvement in health and well- being.
• Professional Identity: Understand, analyze and communicate the value of their professional roles in society (e.g. health care professionals, promoters of health, educators, managers, employers, employees).
• Pharmaceutical Ethics: Honour personal values and apply ethical principles in professional and social contexts. Demonstrate behavior that recognizes cultural and personal variability in values, communication and lifestyles. Use ethical frameworks; apply ethical principles while making decisions and take responsibility for the outcomes associated with the decisions.
• Communication: Communicate effectively with the pharmacy community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports, make effective presentations and documentation, and give and receive clear instructions.
• The Pharmacist and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety and legal issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional pharmacy practice.
• Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional pharmacy solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
• Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change. Self- assess and use feedback effectively from others to identify learning needs and to satisfy these needs on an ongoing basis.