College of Health Professions

Goals 2007-08

Goal 1: Continue AEGD program development. Recruit AEGD program director if not completed in FY 2007, continue fund-raising and create partnerships with Via Christi Regional Medical Center and GraceMed Health Clinic. Target date for program inception - Fall, 2009.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
Negotiations continue with an excellent candidate for the program director position. Successful program development depends upon hiring the right individual for this position. The program director will begin securing preliminary accreditation, applying for Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding, developing the curriculum, developing facilities, and recruiting faculty. The Associate Dean will work closely with the program director to finalize current community partnerships and develop new community relationships. The CHP Dean and Associate Dean will continue fund-raising from community and regional philanthropies and, with the new program director, will extend fund-raising efforts into the corporate and business sectors.

Goal 2: Complete approval process for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree with KBOR, and begin program implementation.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
The external review will be completed in late Spring, 2007 with anticipated KBOR approval in Fall, 2007. The first admissions of post-masters degree students will be in Spring, 2008, and the first post-baccalaureate students will be admitted no later than Fall, 2008.

Goal 3: Successfully negotiate program accreditations:
Medical Technology (National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences) site visit to occur in Fall, 2007.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
The self-study is being conducted and will be submitted to NAACLS by the May, 2007 deadline date. The summer months will be used by the Chair and faculty to prepare for the site visit, scheduled for Fall, 2007. We are also in the process of searching for a new department chair, who we hope to have in place by January, 2008.

Communication Sciences and Disorders (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, The Council on Academic Accreditation) self-study to be completed February 1, 2008 and site visit will occur Fall, 2008.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
The CSD faculty began work specific to the self study document this academic year including such activities as curriculum review and updates to their electronic portfolio. The actual document will be produced during Summer and Fall, 2007 in order to submit the self-study in February, 2008. During the Spring and Summer, 2008 the faculty will prepare for the site visit that will occur in Fall, 2008.

Goal 4: Increase number of grant submissions and level of funding to the established targets of $3 million by 2010 and $4 million by 2015.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
The establishment of the Leadership Academy will support this goal (see goal # 11). Note: The Kids Training Team grant and AEGD program funding will increase our funding significantly beginning FY 2008.

Goal 5: Review and revise department and college-level tenure and promotion standards regarding teaching and scholarship.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
The Dean will charge all CHP academic departments to review their tenure and promotion guidelines. The Dean will charge the CHP Tenure and Promotion Committee to Aelevate@ college standards and requirements for documentation of effective teaching and clearly articulate appropriate standards for scholarship.

Goal 6: Meet or exceed goals set for outright and annual fund giving.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
During Spring and Summer, 2007, the Dean will meet with the Development Director to establish appropriate goals consistent with College and University goals. Once these goals are established and approved by the CEO of the Foundation, the Dean will work closely with the Development Director to strategically secure funding.

Goal 7: Continue to update CHP Strategic Plan, documenting progress toward initiatives through systematic, college-wide assessment.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
The Executive Council and governance committees (Faculty/Staff Affairs, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Technology) will update the college=s strategic plan. This may be incorporated with the college=s ABaldrige@ initiative (See goal # 8).

Goal 8: Continue application of Baldrige Performance Excellence in Education criteria. Submit Kansas Award for Excellence (KAE) application in 2008.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
A quality coordinator will be appointed to oversee the CHP ABaldrige@ initiative. This will require a reallocation of responsibilities (time, teaching, administration), which will necessitate additional or reallocated funding.

Goal 9: Develop proposals, including facilities needs, to increase program capacity in three capped CHP programs - Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, and Nursing - and in the uncapped programs in Health Services Management and Community Development and Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
For the HSM/CD program, resources have been reallocated to the department to create one additional faculty position. The search for this position is currently in process with anticipation of a hire for FY 2008. In addition, CHP funds have been reallocated to create an additional tenure track position. The CSD department is showing steady increase in its enrollment, and the faculty is looking at constraints which could limit its continued growth in both undergraduate and graduate programs.

For the three capped programs - Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, and Nursing - there is excellent potential to grow, contingent upon additional resources and additional space. These proposals will include requirements for additional faculty and staff support, facilities and equipment, operating costs, and suggested amounts of Adifferential@ tuition/fees that would have to be assessed to students.

Goal 10: Submit proposal for the Dental Hygiene degree program to convert from the Associate of Science to the Bachelor of Science.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
The Dental Hygiene faculty has finalized the curriculum and will submit the proposal to the CHP Academic Affairs Committee for approval. Approval is anticipated during the Spring, 2007 semester. During Fall, 2007 the proposal will go forward for the University review process, and by Spring semester, 2008 will be ready for KBOR review. When KBOR approval is received, the program will begin recruitment for the class beginning Fall, 2009.

Goal 11: Implement CHP Leadership Academy.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
This proposal was developed by the Faculty/Staff Affairs Committee during FY 2007. The Dean=s Advisory Committee supported the proposal in their February 26, 2007 meeting, and the CHP Executive Council approved the formation of the Leadership Academy on March 9, 2007. Dr. Rosalind Scudder has been appointed as founding director, and we have secured resources for year one implementation.

Goal 12: Explore an alternate funding model for the College of Health Professions.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
In consultation with VPAA Miller and his staff, CHP will develop a responsibility-centered management scenario for funding college programs. We will make use of consultants in the Barton School of Business, if needed.

 

Goal 13: Increase/maintain current levels of student credit hours.

Strategy to accomplish this goal:
On a program by program basis, we will determine areas where we can grow (see Goal #9). We will also specify the number of credit hours the college should generate on an annual basis, assuming our programs are fully enrolled.