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Center for Allied Center for Allied Health Programs Health Programs University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Rochester – Twin Cities Rochester – Twin Cities Charles Christiansen Director

Center for Allied Health Programs University of Minnesota Rochester – Twin Cities Charles Christiansen Director

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Page 1: Center for Allied Health Programs University of Minnesota Rochester – Twin Cities Charles Christiansen Director

Center for Allied Health Center for Allied Health ProgramsPrograms

University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota Rochester – Twin CitiesRochester – Twin Cities

Center for Allied Health Center for Allied Health ProgramsPrograms

University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota Rochester – Twin CitiesRochester – Twin Cities

Charles ChristiansenDirector

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MissionMissionTo develop leading signature academic To develop leading signature academic programsprograms in in partnershippartnership with others with others that employ innovative, effective and that employ innovative, effective and sustainable educational strategies to sustainable educational strategies to meet Minnesota’s allied health meet Minnesota’s allied health workforce needs into the 21workforce needs into the 21stst Century. Century.

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Our Partners will include:Our Partners will include:• Employers in the healthcare industry

– Health systems (public and private)– Government

• Educational Institutions– The Mayo School of Health Sciences– Other MN Colleges and Universities– Regional and global others?

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Minnesota’s Health Workforce NeedsMinnesota’s Health Workforce Needs

• Minnesota is faced Minnesota is faced with growing with growing shortages of key shortages of key healthcare workers in healthcare workers in the years ahead.the years ahead.

• Our current Our current approaches toward approaches toward health education are health education are obsolete and obsolete and unsustainable.unsustainable.

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Current and future programs:Current and future programs:• Occupational therapy

• Medical Technology (Clinical Laboratory Science)

• Radiation Therapy

• Respiratory Care (Therapy)

• Others TBD

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Other Other

RochesterRochester

Twin CitiesTwin Cities

Short Term StrategyShort Term Strategy

Others

Twin Cities

Rochester

2007-92007-9 2007-92007-9 2008-20102008-2010

We expect Radiation Therapy and Respiratory Care to move to the center in 2007.

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Occupational Therapy Medical Technology Resp/Radiation/Other

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University Program University ProgramJoint Joint

DegreeDegree

University ProgramUniversity ProgramSharedShared

CurriculaCurricula

College/Univ ProgramUniversity ProgramArticulationArticulationAgreementAgreement

Mid-Range StrategiesMid-Range Strategies

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• Appointed new leadership in MT/CLSAppointed new leadership in MT/CLS• Completed proposal to migrate faculty and Completed proposal to migrate faculty and

endowment to Center from Medical School for endowment to Center from Medical School for consideration at next Regents Meetingconsideration at next Regents Meeting

• Hired new Student Services DirectorHired new Student Services Director• Formulated Intellectual Property Agreement Formulated Intellectual Property Agreement

for faculty working in TEL materialsfor faculty working in TEL materials• Appointing Center Advisory CouncilAppointing Center Advisory Council

Current Progress

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• Initiated searches to hire support staff and Initiated searches to hire support staff and faculty for Rochesterfaculty for Rochester

• Reviewing (with our partners) existing BAS Reviewing (with our partners) existing BAS degree programs and proposal to create degree programs and proposal to create designated professional bachelors degree designated professional bachelors degree designations for disciplines in the centerdesignations for disciplines in the center

• Developed Interim 7.12 statement for new Developed Interim 7.12 statement for new faculty hires. Final statement will better align faculty hires. Final statement will better align desired activities with promotion and tenuredesired activities with promotion and tenure

Current Progress (cont)

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A key feature of the center:A key feature of the center:

Technology Enhanced LearningTechnology Enhanced Learning

The use of innovations in technology that The use of innovations in technology that increase increase accessaccess for learners, enhance for learners, enhance learning learning qualityquality, and increase learning , and increase learning

productivityproductivity..

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Learners Are Changing

Millennials are on Millennials are on campus with their campus with their technologies and technologies and expectations—learner-expectations—learner-centered, flexible, centered, flexible, interactive, interactive, individualized, and individualized, and ubiquitous learning ubiquitous learning services. services.

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“Time magazine named “You” as its person of the year because community and collaboration, made possible by the Internet, are happening on a scale like never before. YouTube, eBay, MySpace, Digg, Wikipedia, the iPod and other personalization phenomena are examples of how users are participating in and taking control of technologies and content from those who create them. We believe that this trend will only accelerate.”

Key Technology TrendsKey Technology Trends

StarTribune.com, Posted on Tue, Dec. 26, 2006, “10 Tech Trends of 2007,” Dean Takahashi, Mercury News

From the From the Star Star TribuneTribune::

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The University of the Future: The University of the Future: Rethinking TechnologyRethinking Technology

“The way we organize schools and The way we organize schools and provide instruction is essentially the provide instruction is essentially the same as it was when our Founding same as it was when our Founding Fathers went to school…We still educate Fathers went to school…We still educate our students based on an agricultural our students based on an agricultural timetable, in an industrial setting, yet tell timetable, in an industrial setting, yet tell students they live in the digital age.” students they live in the digital age.” -Roderick Paige-Roderick Paige

Former U.S. Secretary of EducationFormer U.S. Secretary of Education

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• Bring technologies together to meet Bring technologies together to meet student and teacher needs.student and teacher needs.

• Respect learning and teaching Respect learning and teaching differences and provide suites of tools.differences and provide suites of tools.

• Apply best practices in technology Apply best practices in technology choices and uses as they evolve.choices and uses as they evolve.

• Be easy, playful, useful, and flexible.Be easy, playful, useful, and flexible.

Maximize eLearning PotentialMaximize eLearning Potential

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• State-of-the-artState-of-the-art• Learner-centeredLearner-centered• Competency-drivenCompetency-driven• Technology-enhancedTechnology-enhanced• Distributed and accessibleDistributed and accessible• Collaboratively developedCollaboratively developed• HybridHybrid

Innovative learning platformsInnovative learning platforms

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• The Learner is the Center• Leadership Commitment: Design,

planning, implementation and assessment• Maximizing UMN world-class technologies• Learning: The right time, the right way, the

right stuff, and the right outcomes• Collaboration across boundaries

Core PrinciplesCore Principles

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• We think of a platform as a launching pad for learning.

• We use the term “hybrid” because it combines educational tools with the learners preferences.

• Our goal is to combine the right tools, in the right hands, with the right content, at the right time to get the optimum success and learner outcomes.

Hybrid PlatformsHybrid Platforms

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1. Manage information abundance:• Libraries• Search Appliances, Tagging, and Tuning• Just in Time and Just for You

2. Customize information3. Allow users to personalize information4. Be transportable5. Support teaching and learning 6. Create secure spaces7. Watch, listen, learn and refine…continually

Example: Portal DevelopmentExample: Portal Development

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Changing Education

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Technology for Life

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• Intellectual property agreements for faculty developing educational innovations

• Co-Development and co-licensing of TEL Curricular Content

• Possible syndication beyond partnerships• Creation of rational systems for statewide

clinical placement of students• Development of an e-institute for faculty

continuing education in TEL

Concurrent StrategiesConcurrent Strategies

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[email protected]

507-280-2826 (Rochester) 612-625-0108 (Twin Cities)