Vision:
To be a leader in implementing quality assurance and academic accreditation systems to support excellence in nursing education, scientific research, and community service.
Mission:
The Development and Quality Assurance Committee at the College of Nursing seeks to promote a culture of quality and improve academic and administrative performance by applying national and international quality standards, ensuring the achievement of outstanding educational outcomes that meet labor market demands, and supporting institutional and program accreditation.
Strategic Objectives
1. To monitor the educational process in accordance with approved academic standards, ensuring the quality of teaching and assessment, and achieving the targeted learning outcomes.
2. To disseminate a culture of quality and academic accreditation among the college's staff and promote awareness of the importance of quality and continuous improvement in all academic and administrative practices.
3. To develop an effective internal system for quality assurance and continuous improvement, based on planning, monitoring, evaluation, and evidence-based decision-making.
4. To monitor the implementation of the operational plans of the various college committees according to quality standards, and ensure integration and coordination among the committees' work. 5. Supporting academic programs in preparing and updating course descriptions, course reports, and the program's annual report in accordance with outcomes-based education.
6. Supporting the program's readiness for program accreditation and meeting the requirements and standards of national accreditation bodies.
7. Developing mechanisms for measuring beneficiary satisfaction and performance indicators (students, faculty members, training providers, graduates), and utilizing the results to improve academic and administrative performance and support decision-making.
Unit Mission
The Community Responsibility Committee at the College of Nursing aims to highlight the role of the College in developing the capacities of the community and its institutions by providing innovative and positive solutions to health and social issues. This is achieved through delivering specialized awareness and training programs implemented by qualified nursing staff using modern technologies, thereby contributing to effective and sustainable community partnerships.
Committee Objectives
• Encourage high-quality and distinguished initiatives in community service related to nursing and healthcare.
• Strengthen integration between nursing education and community service.
• Highlight the role of male and female students in voluntary and community health activities.
• Promote health awareness of the most prevalent diseases in the community and methods of prevention.
• Introduce the programs of the College of Nursing and its role in serving the community.
• Keep pace with scientific and practical developments in community health services.
• Build effective partnerships with health institutions, hospitals, schools, and community centers.
• Promote a culture of volunteerism in nursing to serve the community.
Tasks of the Community Responsibility Unit Committee
• Strengthen communication and build solid relationships between the College and the community, enhancing the College’s positive reputation.
• Align community needs with relevant institutions through a scheduled plan for implementing community programs.
• Organize awareness and educational programs in health and social fields relevant to different community groups.
• Activate volunteer programs that enhance community participation.
• Submit detailed periodic reports on the Unit’s activities to the College Council.
Vision:
Enhancing the quality and efficiency of clinical training at the College of Nursing to ensure the preparation of qualified and outstanding personnel.
Mission:
Enhancing the role of clinical training in developing students' skills by providing a professional and healthy training environment according to the highest quality standards, in cooperation with leading hospitals.
Objectives:
• Supervising internship students and providing an appropriate clinical/practical training environment.
• Ensuring the achievement of learning outcomes related to the internship year.
• Monitoring internship students from their acceptance at training sites until graduation, to ensure the training process runs successfully and they receive a certificate of internship completion.
• Addressing challenges by dealing with obstacles and difficulties that student may face during training, with the aim of improving their training experience.
• Organizing annual workshops and meetings to emphasize the importance of field training and to equip students with the necessary knowledge about the latest developments in the healthcare field.
• Evaluating the performance of internship students and providing feedback.
Tasks:
Planning and Coordination
• Preparing Training Programs: Updating the internship guide and compiling a list of students to determine available training options.
• Communicating with Training Entities: Coordinating with hospitals to set the locations and schedules for student training in the internship program.
• Announcing Opportunities: Informing students about available training entities and the requirements for each training entity.
Follow-up and Supervision.
• Monitoring the progress of training: Supervising the attendance of students in training programs and addressing any challenges they may face.
• Managing student behavior: Handling issues related to discipline or any behavioral violations.
Procedures and Reports.
• Completing procedures: Finalizing the graduation procedures for students from internship programs and issuing the necessary documents.
• Preparing reports: Submitting periodic reports on the committee's achievements to the Dean of the College.
Vision:
Leadership, excellence, and quality in employing Nursing students' power, and building an integrated student personality capable of creativity and active participation in community service.
Mission:
Contributing to preparing and qualifying Nursing students to be leaders, possessing moral values and professional and social skills, through qualitative student programs and activities that initiate learning and creativity, enhance active participation in sports, cultural and social activities, serve the university and the local community, and contribute to supporting national development and achieving the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
Objectives:
• Building the student's well-rounded personality based on Islamic values and translating them into actions and behavior.
• Providing a suitable environment that enables each student to pursue their hobbies and appropriate recreational activities.
• Discovering, developing, and nurturing student talents.
• Creating a suitable environment for students to develop their abilities and skills, exchange experiences, and work to encourage, support, and honor them.
• Participating in various internal and external events and exchanging experiences in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Documenting student work and establishing a database of student talents in various fields.
• Developing a spirit of collaborative teamwork and volunteerism.
• Preparing students to enter the workforce and assume responsibility.
• To utilize students' free time in ways that expand their knowledge, diversify their experiences, and stimulate their intellectual abilities.
• To strengthen fraternal bonds among students and foster a spirit of harmony, love, and cooperation among them.
Tasks:
• Develop a plan for student participation in international competitions and events.
• Support and encourage students to participate in local and international competitions.
Vision:
To provide a competitive and creative research environment within nursing specialties that fosters innovation and achieves research excellence for the college.
Mission:
To support the field of scientific research and innovation by enhancing partnerships and developing the research capabilities of faculty members to serve the college's research priorities.
Objectives:
1. Enhance the research standing of the College of Nursing locally and internationally.
2. Identify and promote the research priorities of the scientific departments within the college.
3. Bridge and link shared research interests across different college departments.
4. Equip faculty members with advanced skills in international publishing, ethics, and modern research tools.
5. Assess and improve the research infrastructure to support high-quality academic output.
Tasks:
1. Monitor and report on the infrastructure needs for scientific research within the college.
2. Establish and enhance research partnerships with various external research institutions.
3. Develop and implement the annual training plan for faculty members (including workshops on SPSS, Systematic Reviews, and AI in research).
4. Create and maintain an electronic database to collect and track faculty research data.
5. Conduct pre- and post-tests for training sessions to evaluate the impact and development of faculty skills.
6. Announce training workshops to faculty members in a timely manner and ensure the issuance of certified participation certificates.
7. Update the research needs survey annually to adjust the committee's plan based on new results.
Unit vision
The Research Unit aspires to be a pioneering and distinguished center at the local and regional levels in the various fields of pharmacy, and to contribute effectively to enriching scientific research in the Kingdom and keeping abreast of the latest findings of modern sciences, in addition to engaging in community service by finding scientific solutions to its problems related to the unit’s specialization and supporting Outstanding scientific competencies.
Unit message
Contribute to the development and dissemination of scientific research and upgrading it and providing the appropriate climate and the necessary infrastructure, which contributes to raising the efficiency of faculty members and researchers in the college, and the research unit has a leading role in serving the community through applied research that contributes to solving its problems in a scientific and systematic way.
Unit objectives
The unit aims to provide pharmacy services by adopting scientific research and making it a natural twin of the teaching mission at the university by encouraging organized research programs, developing the skills of researchers, adopting postgraduate studies and providing the necessary facilities for that, and for the unit to be the nucleus of a distinguished scientific edifice through which support, pharmaceutical services and health care are provided to the citizen And the resident, and the unit contributes an effective role in applied and field research plans in meaningful cooperation with various academic departments and relevant government agencies to achieve a distinguished research renaissance through the following:
Upgrading the level of studies and research in the field of pharmacology, poisons and herbs by opening horizons of scientific and research cooperation with scientific centers inside and outside the university at the local and global levels.
Encourage faculty members, researchers and teaching assistants in various disciplines to conduct research and scientific studies and motivate them to achieve scientific progress in the fields of pharmaceutical research and the drug industry.
Encouraging and supporting the publication of scientific research results and organizing seminars, conferences, seminars, workshops and training programs
Advancing postgraduate studies in the health fields and coordinating with the concerned colleges in the university and relevant companies and institutions to establish graduate studies programs and develop the existing ones.
Cooperation and exchange of experience and knowledge with scientific bodies and institutions inside and outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as providing advisory and analytical services in science and health problems at the national and international levels.
Contribute to the development and service of society through applied research approved by the unit, in addition to the seminars and scientific activities it organizes
Employing scientific research to meet the multiple needs of the productive pharmaceutical sectors in society, and developing related industrial facilities
Work to find programs for scientific exchange and partnership with distinguished international researchers related to the specialties of the unit, and to conclude agreements that lead to the transfer of science and technology to the Kingdom, in coordination with relevant companies and institutions inside and outside the Kingdom.
Unit tasks
Drawing up the general policy of the unit and approving the annual work plan
Work to secure sources of financial support for the unit to enable it to achieve its objectives
Studying the draft annual unit budget and submitting it to the competent authorities in the university for approval
Discussing the annual report of the unit and submitting it to the competent authorities in the university
Discuss the draft organizational structure of the unit and make any amendments that serve the objectives of the unit and achieve its goals
Evaluating and approving scientific research projects and studies submitted to the unit and determining the financing mechanism for these projects, and ways to implement and evaluate them
Implementation of research: One of the unit’s basic tasks is to conduct research and studies on various topics and issues related to the pharmaceutical field, whether these research and studies are proposed by the unit within its plans and interests, or what is proposed to it from abroad within the cooperation that takes place between it and many external institutions from within the Kingdom. And from outside, and the unit relies in the completion of these researches and studies on the expertise that is available to it, and it may seek the help of other expertise from inside or outside the college.
Supervising and publishing research: The unit supervises and publishes research. This is for the researcher to present his study or research from the beginning, or after its completion. Requesting the aid of the unit and benefiting from its services and capabilities, and these services may include financing the research, helping to develop its plan and completing its statistical analyzes, then arbitrating and publishing it, and may be limited to assisting in carrying out the arbitration process and the subsequent procedures, and then publishing the research after that in publications
Providing services and advice to researchers who need it: The unit provides its services and advice to researchers who request it, whether they are faculty members or graduate students in the College of Pharmacy, or from other universities and various institutions inside and outside the Kingdom.
Develop future plans and proposals that are compatible with the nature of the unit's work and work on a
Vision:
Excellence in caring for outstanding and gifted students and developing their capabilities in academic, research, creative, and leadership fields, contributing to building a creative generation capable of competing locally and globally.
Mission:
Discovering, supporting, and caring for outstanding and gifted students in the college, by providing quality programs and activities, offering an environment stimulating creativity and excellence, and enhancing their participation in local and national events.
Objectives:
1. Discovering outstanding and gifted students in academic, research, creative, and leadership fields.
2. Building a comprehensive database for gifted students and their achievements.
3. Encouraging student participation in competitions and activities within the college, university, and beyond.
4. Providing necessary support for gifted students to participate in scientific and creative exhibitions and conferences.
Tasks:
1. Identifying gifted male and female students in the college in academic, research, creative, and leadership fields.
2. Categorizing gifted individuals and preparing an updated database including their names, fields of excellence, and achievements.
3. Encouraging the participation of gifted students in competitions and activities within the college, at the university level, and nationally.
4. Judging and evaluating the submissions of gifted students according to specific criteria ensuring fairness and transparency.
5. Preparing and implementing an annual plan for activities and programs for the care of gifted students in coordination with relevant authorities.
6. Monitoring the achievements of gifted students and providing them with necessary support to participate in exhibitions and scientific and creative seminars.
7. Submitting periodic reports on the committee's achievements and development proposals.
8. Cooperating with the university's Gifted Students Unit to exchange experiences and implement joint programs.
Vision:
The College's University Guidance Committee strives for leadership and excellence in providing academic guidance services that contribute to developing and enhancing college students' skills, in a manner that enhances and aligns with the quality of the college's and university's educational process.
Mission:
The College's University Guidance Committee is committed to implementing guidance programs and services with comprehensiveness, quality, and administrative and technical effectiveness, contributing to preparing scientifically, skillfully, and ethically qualified nursing specialists to serve the health sector and society, in fulfillment of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 targets and the university's strategic objectives.
Objectives:
1. Providing academic support to students and helping them adapt to the university environment, study requirements, and compliance with university regulations.
2. Enhancing the quality of college campus life through an integrated academic and psychological guidance system.
3. Improving students' academic performance by monitoring their academic progress and reducing academic struggling and dropout rates.
4. Promoting students' mental health to achieve academic and social stability.
5. Guiding students to benefit from available university services within and outside the college.
6. Strengthening effective communication between students and faculty members to create a supportive educational environment.
7. Developing positive values, discipline, and self-responsibility among students.
8. Providing a safe and confidential environment for dialogue to discuss students' academic, psychological, and social problems that may affect their academic progress, and referring them to specialized entities when needed.
Tasks:
The College's University Guidance Unit undertakes a set of organizational and advisory tasks to ensure academic, psychological, and social support for students throughout their university journey, empowering them to succeed and graduate efficiently. The main tasks include:
1. Preparing an operational plan that aligns with the requirements of the guidance process according to the university calendar, incorporating the unit's programs and implementing tasks per the procedural manual.
2. Orienting new students to university life through guidance and advisory programs introducing the study system, college regulations, and how to access necessary services, reducing their sense of alienation and providing a clear picture of managing their studies and university life.
3. Promoting the concept of academic guidance among students and how to benefit from its services.
4. Distributing students to academic advisors fairly and clearly, linked to the college's adopted electronic system.
5. Raising students' awareness of university academic life, its variables, and how to handle them through diverse academic guidance programs (introductory meetings, organizing workshops and training activities to enhance university life skills), increasing students' ability to meet university requirements successfully.
6. Monitoring students' academic performance through periodic meetings and continuous analysis of academic results, while raising awareness of study requirements, registration/add/drop deadlines, and exams.
7. Encouraging students to consult academic advisors during guidance hours to provide academic advice on course selection and registration, academic pathway planning, and organizing guidance throughout the academic year.
8. Building effective communication channels between students and faculty members.
9. Providing academic advisors with necessary information to perform their roles optimally.
10. Preparing forms and templates for academic guidance (academic guidance student’s form, individual guidance case form, academically struggling student form).
11. Intervening in academic struggling cases by developing individualized remedial plans in collaboration with faculty to provide special attention to struggling students.
12. Using digital tools for guidance services via the digital academic advising platform (Wajhni).
13. Providing psychological and social support in coordination with university psychological guidance entities, helping students integrate and adapt to the university environment.
14. Contributing to resolving academic and social problems referred to the unit through documented sessions and referring cases needing specialized intervention.
15. Preparing and submitting periodic reports to college administration on unit achievements, student issues, and addressed challenges.
