Mission
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) prepares students for successful careers in health care through excellence in teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.
Core Values
The College embraces a set of core values that reflect commitment to preparing competent, caring, ethical health professionals and scientists to meet the need for quality health care. As members of the College and broader community, we are committed to the following core values:
- Learner-centered teaching and student engagement that fosters intellectual vitality, critical thinking, and lifelong responsibility for learning and continuing professional development;
- Honesty, integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility;
- Respecting diversity and appreciating cross-cultural perspectives;
- Adaptability and flexibility in response to the ever-changing external environment;
- Effectively and efficiently using resources to maximize value to those we serve;
- Excellence and innovation in education, scholarship/research, and service, including outreach to the community;
- A productive, satisfying work and learning environment that is built upon cross-disciplinary and cross-campus collaboration;
- Integrating liberal arts and basic sciences with professional studies;
- Scholarship that contributes to developing knowledge, improving health sciences education, and improving health care and health outcomes; and
- Education that fosters developing the whole person.