2013 State of the School of

Health Professions

Karen L. Miller, PhD, FASAHP Senior Vice Chancellor and Dean April 17, 2013

Transitions University of Kansas Medical Center

School of Health Professions

School of Health Professions Profile 561 Total Students

398 Graduate

148 Undergraduate

15 Certificate

70 Faculty (5 part-time)

19 Staff

9 Research Assoc./Asst.

4 Clinical Support Staff

U.S. News & World Report Rankings: Occupational Therapy (2); Speech-Language Pathology (6); Audiology (7); Physical Therapy (9); Nurse Anesthesia (21)

Clinical Laboratory Sciences

• Hosted the 2013 Clinical Laboratory Educators Conference (Kansas City) >400 participants. Jan Hudzicki, conference General Chair; Tiffany McBurney, Jennifer Jones on planning committee

• Hao Zhu received a KUMC Lied Basic Science Grant

• Robin Maser received a KUMC Kidney Institute Pilot Grant; 2012 Faculty Investigator Research Award

Health Information Management • New faculty strengthening HIM team; Judy

Bielby and Renee Rowell; Murad Moqbel starts in May

• Enhanced and expanded courses, recognized in TLT Exemplary Course Series

• Students assisted Silver City Health Center in reviewing potential EHR

• HIM students completed first IPE simulation with nursing students

• Norbert Belz presentation accepted for IPE conference; will co-present with KU School of Law faculty member “Thinking Outside the Clinical Box with IPE: Integrating Non-clinical Students in a Clinical Setting”

• Ken Davis elected President of the Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition; served on the Board of Directors for Community Health Charities of Kansas & Missouri and Cancer Action

HIM students participate in Kansas Undergraduate Research Day

at the Capitol

Respiratory Care • Michael Czervinske selected as a Fellow of the American Association for

Respiratory Care (FAARC); Dave Burnett awarded his PhD

• 6 students presented 3 research studies at the Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol

• Senior students participated in 44 IPE simulations with nursing, medical and pharmacy students; Bethene Gregg, lead faculty

• Faculty serve on multidisciplinary teams for clinical research in breast cancer patients; collaborating with Pulmonary Medicine to develop Asthma Prevention Program

Dietetics & Nutrition • New Dietetics and Integrative Medicine certificate program

approved and students enrolled • 1st PhD student graduated last fall • 12 new grants received (3 NIH R01s, 4 other clinical trials,

5 internal grant awards) • 2012 Clinical Nutrition Seminar – Integrative Nutrition and the

Gut: Gastroenterology with an Integrative Medicine Approach

Hearing & Speech • Top 10 graduate programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report. Speech-Language Pathology (6) and Audiology (7) • Proposal submitted to the KUMC Graduate Council for post-master’s clinical

doctorate in speech-language pathology (SLPD) • $300,000 gift from the W.C. Hartley Family for continued funding of the

Hartley Family Center for childhood audiology • Record number of applications for 2013 to graduate programs in

Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology

Students recently participated in Overland Park Recycling Extravaganza

Nurse Anesthesia • Paul Bennetts to defend PhD dissertation May 1

• First DNP cohort admitted May 2012 • Donna Nyght & Karri Arndt have accepted

invitations to become COA On-Site Reviewers

• Paul Hertel elected President of Kansas Assoc. of Nurse Anesthetists

• Students participated in 4th Annual Nurse Anesthesia Lobby Day

Occupational Therapy

• 15 presentations at the AOTA meeting • Published 32 papers in the last year • 7 faculty serve on committees, review and

expert panels at the national level within our professions

• Chair Winnie Dunn named Chancellors Club Teaching Professor

U.S. News & World Report • Top 5 programs overall • 2nd in public institutions

Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science • Carla Sabus authored top manuscript of the year - ASAHP • In recognition of their work, Gov. Sam Brownback proclaimed

May as Exercise In Medicine month • Jason Rucker, rehabilitation science PhD candidate & faculty

member, named 2013 recipient of University of Kansas Biomedical Research Training Program stipend

• Rehabilitation science PhD candidate Lezi E won fellowship for researching neurodegenerative diseases • Sandra Billinger, Golden Synapse Award for best Journal of

Neurologic Physical Therapy article (lead author); WalkAcrossKansas.com, #WhereIsSandy

Info Gathering & Leadership

Planning

Spring ’11

Year 1 Priorities

Fall ‘11-12

Year 1 Reporting

Fall ’12

Year 2

Priorities Fall ’12-Spring ’13

Year 3 Priorities &

Adjustments Fall ’13-

Spring ’14

Strategic Plan 2011-2013 “Strengthen our competitive edge in a new era of health care.”

Related Activities & Achievements • Proposed clinical doctorate in Speech-

Language Pathology (A1)

• Faculty participating in Quality Matters (A3)

• Steering Committee to explore faculty mentoring opportunities fall 2013 (A4)

• Faculty utilizing new delivery methods (Adobe Connect, Camtasia, Second Life, Twitter, Facebook) (A5)

• Active contributions & Leadership in IPE (C1, C2)

• Increased internal, external media coverage & web, social media content (D3)

• Newly hired PR Coordinator, marketing strategies underway in undergrad areas (D1, D4)

• Undergrad programs coordination (E2)

• Committee structure & functions discussed in Faculty meetings, Steering & committees, adjustments proposed (E3)

• Transition in networking, new specialist hired (E5)

• Transitions in undergrad programs (E6)

• Contributions & Leadership to KUMC Diversity Think Tank, Workgroups (F)

Interprofessional Education (IPE)

63%6%

12%4%

15%

State Salary/Wages $ 7,397,900

State OOE $ 662,400

Grants $ 1,299,150

Operating Endowment $ 500,000

Restricted Fees $ 1,750,000

Total = $11,609,450

SHP Revenue Sources FY 2013

15%

55%

3%

12%

15%

SHP Expenses FY 2013 – Projected

Total = $11,609,450

Undergraduate $1,975,900

Graduate $6,084,400

Endowment $500,000

Grant Expenses $1,299,150

Restricted Fee $1,750,000

Challenges