The Center for Integrated Health Science Education and Practice:

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The Center for Integrated Health Science
Education and Practice
INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE

• Excellence through partnership, leadership,
  education and technology.

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Centers of Excellence as a Means of Developing
Institutional Strengths

• Leverage unique system capacity to connect
  applied research and workforce development
• Encourage experimentation and reallocation of
  resources
• Develop entrepreneurial segments to precipitate
  innovation throughout an institution
• Draw external resources and other recognition to
  exceptional programs

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Context for Centers of Excellence Governors
Budget Language

• By establishing flagship programs in general
  areas of study, Minnesota will
• Provide its students with educational and
  economic opportunities equal to the best in the
  world
• Attract students, faculty, talent and jobs from
  outside Minnesota
• Leverage external support from employers and
  other organizations
• Build a more strategic educational system in
  Greater Minnesota
• Help Minnesota ensure its stature as a leader and
  innovator in education
• Create and support up to eight distinct programs
  of excellence in the following fields
• -Manufacturing technology -Science/engineerin
  g
• -Health care
  -Information technology
• -Business
  -Teacher education

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Context for Centers of ExcellenceLegislative
Requirements of Note

• Board designation of at least three and up to
  eight
• Strong partnership between a four-year and at
  least one two-year institution
• Comprehensive academic plan that includes a
  seamless continuum of academic offerings
• Measurable financial and programmatic commitment
  to the center of excellence on the part of
  employers who will benefit

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Center of Excellence for Integrated Health
Science Education and Practice

• Lead University Winona State University
• College Partners Rochester Community and
  Technical College, Minnesota State College
  Southeast Technical, Pine Technical College,
  Ridgewater College
• Rationale for Selection The vision and
  innovation articulated to meet the changing needs
  of the healthcare industry has great potential.
  The strong base of curriculum, partnership
  capacity, and industry support are some of the
  attributes that will make this Center of
  Excellence successful.
• Strengths
• Demonstrated strong partnerships
• Efforts in research, benchmarking, experiential
  learning, and simulation are strong.
• Statewide approach that goes beyond regional
  approaches in other proposals.
• Concept touches on new areas of healthcare using
  interdisciplinary strategies.
• Strong support from external entities in funding
  and letters of support.
• Opportunities for online health education that is
  critical for rural areas.

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Center of Excellence for Integrated Health
Science Education and PracticePartners

• Winona State University
• Rochester Community and Technical College
• Minnesota State College Southeast Technical
• Ridgewater College
• Pine Technical College

• Benedictine Health System
• Mayo Clinic
• Minnesota HomeCare Association
• Olmsted Medical Center
• Olmsted Public Health Services
• Rochester Winona Public Schools
• Winona Health

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Critical Health-Care Issues

• Demand for health care is growing
• Diversity issues must be addressed
• Shortages of health-care workers continue
• Access to health-care education must expand
• Access to quality care is critical

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Vision

• The Center for Integrated Health Science
  Education and Practice will be the catalyst that
  changes and continually transforms health-care
  education and practice.

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Vision

Access Centered Time-Flexible Technology
Enabled Outcome Oriented Learner Focused
Distributive Concept
Graphic adapted from Norris
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Goals

• Create a collaborative model of engagement for
  health-sciences education and practice
• Enhance economic development through increased
  quality and sustainability of health-care
  education and delivery
• Position Minnesota as a national leader in
  health-care education, practice and innovation

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Objectives

• Recruit and retain a more diverse student
  population
• Design easily negotiated pathways for education
  and training
• Increase the number of well-prepared graduates
  and enhance the current workforce by providing
  new models of education, professional
  development, and continuing-education delivery
• Engage in research to create continuously
  adaptive models of education and training shaped
  by emerging health-care needs and technological
  advances

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UMR Outreach Collaboration

• Provides a conduit to link resources of Minnesota
  State Colleges and Universities and the
  University of Minnesota
• Expands number and diversity of students entering
  health sciences
• Enables rapid infusion of University of Minnesota
  research findings into curriculum knowledge
  transfer
• Potential sharing of lower division coursework
• Center targets
• Incumbent workforce and place-bound students
• On-demand professional development
• Differentiated portfolio of programs

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UMR Outreach Collaboration

• Our interests complement those of the
  University of Minnesota. We are having
  preliminary discussions with Robert Jones and
  David Carl about how best to align our Center of
  Excellence programs with their plans in order to
  promote interest in health care careers and
  research and prepare students to pursue advanced
  education.
• Dr. Judith RamaleyPresident Winona State
  University

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Why students select us

• The Center will complete what might be called a
  medical mecca - - an 80 mile ring encompassing
  some of the best facilities, best schools, and
  best quality of life . . . The new center will
  provide students with an economic edge.
• Steve ZmyewskiCounselorFillmore Central High
  School

The Center will provide significant
opportunities for students, especially minority
and non-traditional students. They will begin
college on the right foot. Randy
NelsonDirector of Curriculum Rochester Public
Schools
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Sustainability

• Expand revenue generation
• Increase capacity in high demand areas
  immediately credit and non-credit
• New Revenue Streams -consulting, technology
  applications, and contractual research
• Increase efficiencies through integrated
  approaches
• Secure grants to support dissemination and
  applied research
• Increase competitiveness for national funding
• Grow educational foundations funds/scholarships
• Increase retention of health-care workers

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Outcomes

• Sustainable, innovative model replicable in
  different settings
• On-demand professional development
• Increased number of graduates
• Increased diversity of health-care workers
• Research to influence health-care policy
• New practices for health-care (e.g., lean)

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Opportunities

• The Center for Integrated Health Sciences
  Education and Practice will change the landscape
  of Minnesota and the nation. Investing in this
  Center is an investment in the future of all
  Minnesotans.