Vision
To be the leading international university in innovative health sciences education
Mission
The mission of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is the development of professional health care practitioners through innovative, individualized, and quality classroom, clinical, and distance education.
Core Values
• Students first
• Professional Advocacy
• Meeting health care staffing needs
• Excellence and innovation in education
• Visionary leadership
• Change Agents
• Professionalism
• Teamwork
• Advancing relevant scholarship
• Commitment to a healthy and productive lifestyle
• Professional autonomy
• High integrity and ethical standards
Institutional Goals
To make its vision a reality and to accomplish its mission, the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences works to meet the following goals:
Patient/Client
1. Administer University policies and programs with the priority being the best interests of the client.
Students
2. Prepare students to be leaders, clinically excellent, academically sound, and professional in their health sciences professions.
3. Nurture students’ abilities to be lifelong learners
4. Promote the use of professional behaviors in the work environment
5. Enable the skills necessary to exercise autonomous judgment in professional endeavors
6. Use evidence-based practice and current research to guide decision-making
Learning and Teaching
7. Facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration
8. Support faculty scholarship, teaching excellence, and service to university, community and professional activities
9. Support faculty leadership in the development of contemporary curricula
10. Promote student learning by utilizing instructional best practice
Culture
11. Focus on student success in daily operations
12. Promote an organizational culture that respects open communication, job ownership, and teamwork
13. Encourage the positive advantages of a healthy and productive lifestyle
14. Expect ethical behavior and integrity to underpin all University actions
15. Support professional advocacy in working with external constituencies
Quality
16. Focus on quality improvements to enhance institutional effectiveness
Growth and Innovation
17. Embrace change and innovation in processes that enhances educational outcomes
18. Responsibly grow the university based on society’s need for our programs and the availability of resources and personnel to support them
19. Provide visionary educational models that address student learning needs for professional practice
Stewardship
20. Manage University operations economically, safely and efficiently
Institutional Learning Outcomes
As a result of their educational experiences at the University of St. Augustine, graduates will:
• Engage in life-long learning through intellectual inquiry
o Promote the value of lifelong learning
o Demonstrate information literacy
o Analyze knowledge and skills to formulate a plan for
self-improvement
o Teaches and mentors others
• Promote an interdisciplinary approach to solving problems
o Foster respect in the values and roles of interdisciplinary
professionals
o Determine the need for interdisciplinary collaboration
o Practice interdisciplinary teamwork and communication
o Recognize self-limitations and need for referral
• In one’s practice area, utilize effective skills based on evidence-informed decision-making
o Perform safe and competent skills as a clinician/researcher
/educator
o Apply the evidence to decision-making across various aspects of
practice
o Promote the use of evidence in the workplace
o Seek knowledge to stay current with practice standards
• Be effective in professional communication
o Appreciate the value of professional communication in daily
interactions
o Demonstrate professional communication across diverse groups
and varied situations
o Evaluate appropriate communication strategies
o Build rapport with all types of people
• Model professionalism, integrity, and high ethical standards
o Reflect on the value of professionalism in daily interactions
o Demonstrate appropriate ethical and moral choices in practice
settings which are in the best interest of the client
o Apply non-judgmental approach in decision-making by respecting
values and beliefs of people from a variety of backgrounds
• Display leadership skills in one’s profession
o Define the role of leadership in professional advocacy
o Promote the profession and one’s abilities in a positive,
constructive manner
o Exhibit personal leadership development
o Use effective organization and time management for efficient
practice
• Demonstrate the ability to think logically, critically, creatively, and independently
o Utilize critical thinking, logic, and reasoning when making decisions
o Practice intellectual independence
o Evaluate the problems, solutions, and consequences of current
practice issues
o Use flexible and creative thinking to solve problems