People usually resort to the pharmacist as the first source of advice to help treat their minor or major health problems. This makes him the most accessible member of the health care team. The health institutes have recognized the significance and importance of the role of the pharmacy in appropriate health care provision. In response to these and to the society’s expectations for greater accountability to higher education, the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Nile University has designed its curriculum with the strength and the quality needed to build students ‘knowledge, skills and practice in pharmaceutical, biomedical and clinical sciences.
Vision
The Faculty of Pharmacy at the Nile University will lead the way toward effective local, regional and global health care by developing innovative teaching practices, advancing research and practice, and merging true entrepreneurial spirit with care and compassion.
TheFacultyofPharmacywillstrivetoachieveandmaintainnationalandinternationalrecognitionforthequalityofprofessionaldegreeprogramaswellasprogramsingraduateeducationandresearchandtocultivateintellectualinnovation and leadership and advance the practice of pharmacy to transform health care and enhance the lives of people and communities.
Mission
The mission of the Faculty of Pharmacy is to prepare graduates to be highly skilled, patient-centered health professionals capable of providing high quality health care to meet the diverse pharmaceutical care needs of citizens of Sudan and to serve the profession of pharmacy through a balanced program of education, research, service and patient care, The Faculty program in still-life long learning, community service and social responsibilities and fosters cultural sensitivity in all graduates.
Values
The Faculty of Pharmacy is committed to the following values:
Responsibility: acting morally, ethically and with integrity, as well as being accountable forone’saction. Students, faculty and staff have a duty to adhere to these standards. We also recognize our duty to be thoughtful towards of those resources entrusted to us.
Innovation: The Faculty values innovation and provides resources, infrastructure and knowledge to promote discovery and creation of knowledge that results in the development in more effective products, processes, technologies new ideas and methodologies that are accepted by the different stakeholders.
Collaboration: The Faculty of Pharmacy explores creative partnership both inside and outside the Faculty and the University to advance education, research and practice both locally and globally.
Quality: the pursuit of excellence, which is cultivated and assessed through a process of continual quality improvement.
Professionalism: The demonstrations of structural, attitudinal and behavioral attributes are skills of a profession and its members. Certain professional attributes, like service orientation, caring, respect for others, accountability and responsibility for one’s action; integrity, honesty, ethically sound decisionmaking;andacommitmenttolife-longlearningarefundamentaltoourfunctioningaslearners,educators,researchers,scholarsandpractitioners of pharmacy.
