Mission
The School of Health Sciences is dedicated to the education of innovative healthcare professionals who will serve the needs of individual patients, diverse communities, and the healthcare system as a whole. Our programs emphasize interprofessional collaboration, leadership, evidence-based practice, and person-centered care.
Vision
The School of Health Sciences (SHS) will prepare graduates who are leaders among healthcare professionals dedicated to delivering advanced personally-optimized patient care and the translation of applied and clinical science breakthroughs to enhance the quality of life. We will work to better society by developing innovative, collaborative, culturally competent, articulate, and caring healthcare professionals.
Core Values
We believe in:
- An interactive learning environment
- Interprofessional collaboration independent
- Reflective development and independent growth
- Evidence-based decision making
- Entrepreneurial approach to practice
- Patient-centered compassionate care
- Community commitment
- Ethical and responsible behaviors
Goals
- Recruit, retain, and educate highly qualified students with diverse backgrounds, who will be professional, motivated, ethical, and culturally sensitive leaders
- Recruit, develop, and retain highly qualified faculty with diverse backgrounds, who are forward thinking and leaders in education, professionalism, and clinical settings
- Use innovative and active techniques to provide an academic program that fosters critical thinking, problem-solving, clinical reasoning, and self-directed learning skills
- Collaborate with healthcare leaders to inform curricular development to provide graduates with cutting-edge knowledge and skills to advance the practice
- Prepare graduates to practice effectively in a wide variety of currently existing and potential future roles in hospitals and medical centers
- Produce graduates who can communicate effectively with patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals
- Promote interprofessional education
- Sustain a culture of professionalism and collegiality in relationships among and between faculty, students, and professionals
- Demonstrate a commitment to minimizing health and educational disparities in underrepresented communities and show sensitivity to the needs of a diverse community
- Develop and maintain a research infrastructure that promotes collaboration, innovation, and discovery in the educational, basic, translational, clinical, and computational sciences to enhance healthcare
- Promote life-long learning through participation in professional development, organizations, and publications
- Utilize continuous quality improvement through assessment and evaluation of desired outcomes in all phases of the program
