Transcript of Fall 2020 KDHS Opening Assembly - ISU
Fall 2020 KDHS Opening AssemblyFall 2020 KDHS Opening
Assembly
Agenda • COVID Health Committee Updates • MarCom Updates •
Priorities • Recruiting and Advising Updates • Budget Updates •
Program Growth • Strategic Plan Update • Search Updates • Looking
Ahead • Faculty Senate Updates • KDHS News • KDHS Reorg • ICHR •
Save the Date • Questions….
COVID Health Committee Updates
MarCom Updates
• ISU MarCom secured an independent firm to conduct three statewide
perception surveys over three years. The first two have been
completed. In the second, the association of ISU with health
professions programs showed substantial increase (pages 13-17 on
the survey)
• Several written works, photo and video submissions will be
included in the Idaho State Historical Society’s COVID-19
archive
MarCom Updates
• Multiple ISU faculty members featured in Treasure Valley and
Southeast Idaho news outlets as COVID-19 subject matter experts •
Ron Solbrig • Ryan Lindsay • Rachel Hulse • Mike Mikitish
MarCom Updates
• Newly cultivated relationships with local health reporters in SE
Idaho to be their first call for any health / health care related
pieces
• Completed KBSU and KBSX public radio promotions to increase
awareness of multiple KDHS programs
• KDHS video ad currently underway will highlight 9 different KDHS
programs
MarCom Updates
• Coordinating with the Office of Admissions on a video project
that will highlight close to 20 KDHS programs
• Results of KDHS Marketing and Communications survey are being
reviewed and will be presented in the coming weeks
KDHS MarCom Challenges and Future Initiatives • Enhanced marketing
for KDHS clinics • Enhanced media coverage in Treasure
Valley. This will indeed be challenging with some of the personnel
changes in ISU MarCom.
• Creatively increasing awareness of programs with limited budget •
(MLS example: from a short news tips, 4
media outlets conducted interviews and ran stories)
KDHS MarCom Challenges and Future Initiatives • Engaging with high
school and college
aged student in a virtual world. Digital media, video, etc. has
replaced in – person events
Priorities for Spring 2020 • Student Connections are our #1
priority
• Recruitment and Retention • Aggressive push for more advising
support • Emphasis on underserved populations
• Early Assurance • Dental Hygiene and Occupational Therapy
• Pre-professional pathways
Recruiting and Advising Updates • Reorganization of the office
under Chris
Owens leadership • Shanon Oler, Academic Advisor and
Recruiting
Coordinator • Valentin Garcia, Health Sciences Advisor
• Advising Coordination • shift in the culture of advising at the
university • The Pre-Health Advising office will be
communicating directly with KDHS departments and programs
Recruiting and Advising Updates
• BSHS Undergraduate Curriculum Council Proposal • to add
Pre-Health tracks to the Bachelor of
Science in Health Science-Health Science degree • Pre-Medical,
Pre-Dental, Pre-Physician Assistant,
Pre-Occupational Therapy, Pre-Physical Therapy, Pre-Veterinarian,
and Healthcare Advocacy and Leadership
Recruiting and Advising Updates
• Associate of Science in Health Science Approved: An AS in HS will
be available to students starting Fall 2021.
• Experience ISU: October 30th and 31st
(virtually)
• Meridian Health Science Night cancelled this year
Recruiting and Advising Updates • KDHS enrollment for the last four
years:
• 2020: 2,839 (+1.8%) • 2019: 2,790 • 2018: 2,858 • 2017:
2,859
• Approximate average of 760 contacts made per week May-July
2020
Budget Updates
• Census date is….. • The KDHS plan is to focus on growth
Approved Budget Reductions by Unit May 2020
Ongoing Strategic Investments • Occupational Therapy Faculty
(2):
$117,686 • Accelerated Nursing Faculty (2): $172,944 • Clinical
Nursing Faculty-Twin Falls BSN:
$60,750 • Anatomist-Meridian: $24,000 • Paramedic Science
(Operating): $26,600 • Accelerated Nursing (Operating):
$21,200
KDHS Total Budget
*revenue and expenses
Budget Reductions
Health Professions
6,472,688
6,357,727
(114,961)
Budget Updates
• While the Fall 2020 10th Day total enrollment is 9,362, a decline
of -321 or -3.3%, there is a bit of good news. 35% or 112 of the
decline is from Early College students enrolled in Fall 2020
compared to Fall 2019. Excluding Early College students the decline
in enrollment is -209 students for Fall 2020.
• When excluding Early College students, losses in undergraduate
enrollment of -348 or -5% were offset by an increase of +139 or +7%
graduate students.
• Total undergraduate and graduate enrollment (including Early
College students) by residency (row 438,439,440) : Idaho resident
declined -286 or -3.5% to 8,008; international declined -93 or
-26.2% to 262; Non Idaho Resident increased +60 or +5.8% to
1,092.
• Undergraduate degree-seeking enrollment is 6,976 a decline of
-290 or -4.0% from last fall. (row 1337).
Program Growth Growth for FY21:
• Counseling: 12 new students • Nutrition and Dietetics: Masters
with
Internship: 13 new students for Fall 2020 only; MS students: 4 new
students
• Homeland Security: 26 new students • Paramedic Science: 12 new
students • Fire Services: 1 new student • Medical Lab Sciences: 10
new students
Program Growth Growth for FY21:
• Clinical Psychopharmacology: 1 new student
• DNP: 2 new students • Physician Assistant Studies: 2 new
students • Physical Therapy: 24 new students in
Meridian • BSN Completion in Twin Falls: 3.75 full
time equivalent students • Sign Language Interpreting: 5 new
students • Accelerated Nursing in Pocatello: 22 new
students (summer 2021)
Anticipated Growth for FY22
• Programs to prepare to grow for next year (FY22): • Community and
Public Health Addictions certificate:
4 new students • Community and Public Health Rural Health
Certificate: 3 new students • Community and Public Health MPH for
ICOM
students: 5 new master students • Community and Public Health
Wellness Certificate: 3
new students • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
(PMHNP) certificate: 8 new students • Accelerated Nursing in
Pocatello: 8 new students
(total of 30, 22 from FY21) • Occupational Therapy in Meridian: 22
new students
Priorities for Fall 2020
• Recruitment and retention • Budget and fiscal responsibility •
Student Support with transition to online
learning • Articulation plans with community
colleges • Implementation of Associate of Science in
Health Science • Program Growth • New Budget Models
ISU Strategic Planning
• KDHS Representatives • Steve Moody, Sue Tavernier, Barb
Mason,
James Ralphs, Walter Fitzgerald, Ali Crane • ISU Strategic Planning
process placed on
hold for one year • Strategic Plan update to convert to
operational plan
Search Updates
• College of Health Dean • Search committee composition • Search
committee has solicited feedback
from all departments in the College of Health to develop a
prospectus document
• Committee will evaluate 28 applicants by 9/30/20 utilizing
approved matrix
• Phone interviews of qualified applicants will begin in October,
completion of phone interviews is set for ~11/15/20
• Top candidates will be invited to campus early spring 2021
Search Updates
• Director of University Health • Search committee will be
conducting zoom
interviews this week and next • Three potential candidates
Looking Ahead… • Growth of our Accelerated Nursing
Program • OT to Meridian Fall 2021 • Rural Health Graduate
Certificate Proposal
in the works • Transition of Bengal Pharmacy to College
of Pharmacy • 100+1 College of Pharmacy Celebration
Fall 2021 • Leonard Hall Renovation • Centennial Patio
KDHS Faculty Senators
• College of Health • Christine Hall, Christy Sabel, Diane
Ogiela
• Meridian At Large • Tyler Jepson
• At Large: • Chad Yates, Kathy Eroschenko, Dave Hachey
Faculty Senate Updates • Cascading email update from FS
• Faculty should be watching for a cascading email from FS every 2
weeks with updates from our most recent FS meeting.
• This is to ensure FS continues to engage faculty across campus as
much as possible.
• If you have any questions or want more details after reading
those cascading emails, reach out to your senator as
appropriate.
Faculty Senate Updates • Potential spring schedule changes
• Some issues that we have reached out to faculty to discuss have
been • how to address Spring Break for the spring
semester so that we avoid students, staff and faculty to
travel-related COVID exposure.
• The administration has several options they are entertaining in
terms of a plan, and Senators have been asked to get input from
faculty in all departments to help inform the eventual choice
made.
• We will be providing all of that feedback by today to the
Provost's office.
Faculty Senate Updates • Program Health and Sustainability
• This is a formal request of our University from the State Board
of Education; it is a requirement.
• We now have extensive data from all university programs, related
to metrics that were approved upon in the last several
months.
• The program Chairs and Deans have access to this information as
it pertains to their departments.
• Faculty Senate has been advised that individual programs should
contact their department heads or deans to discuss these metrics
and review the data.
• The FS has asked the Faculty Professional Policies Council (FPPC)
to generate a statement that provides some guidance from faculty
about how this information might be best utilized by the
SBOE.
Faculty Senate Updates • Faculty Professional Policies
Council
(FPPC): currently undergoing review, revision and updating of
several policies that are in need of updated • Academic Freedom •
Faculty Ethics • PPR (5-year review) • Faculty Workload • Research
Policies • Promotion and Tenure
• Blake Christensen as University General Counsel and Chief
Compliance Officer
• Paula RenaeScott as Chief Information Officer
KDHS News
• Sue Tavernier and Barbara Gordon were awarded ISU Teaching
Innovation Grant for their project “Putting students in the
driver’s seat: A participatory approach to developing an
interprofessional course on palliative care”
• Through a Community Health Improvement Fund grant from St. Luke’s
Hospital, Idaho State’s Meridian campus was able to obtain required
telehealth certification and gain laptop computers for virtual
counseling sessions. Idaho State’s main campus in Pocatello will
also be offering the services.
KDHS News • Radiographic Sciences students receive grant
from Hologic to promote women’s health in SE Idaho
• PA faculty become Lifestyle Medicine Certified
• Successful ISU Day at the Capitol with our legislators
KDHS News
• Dental Hygiene hosted the Give Kids a Smile even with SEIPH
• Community and Public Health partners with SEIPH to offer tips and
tricks to quit smoking and vaping “Love your lungs”
• PA celebrates 25 years! • Early Assurance Programs for PA,
Dental
Hygiene, Family Medicine, Counseling, Radiographic Sciences,
MLS
KDHS News • Bill Woodhouse was awarded The Idaho
Frontiers of Family Medicine Project is funded by a five year
PTCE-RTPC HRSA grant, $1,759,775 over five years
• Melanie Wright was awarded a R01, NIH grant that will be four
years in duration, proposed amount is $2,075,856
• The State Department of Education (SDE) received a $3.6 million,
five-year federal grant for suicide prevention. The Institute of
Rural Health has received $40,000 of that to serve as one of
several entities across the state that will analyze, evaluate, and
report data on activities and interventions with Idaho’s youth age
ten to 24 who are at-risk for suicide.
KDHS News
• Successful ISU Health Fair in March • Paula Phelps nominated for
Woman of the
Year • MOT Program received a Saebo VR
system from the Idaho State Elks Association; this is used for
neurological function in the lab
• Scottish Rite Foundation donates to the Theo “Ted” Bahr Memorial,
for SLP students
KDHS News
• Nursing students help SEIPH and Medical Reserve Corps to staff
COVID-19 hotline
• Tori Scharp recognized as one of the top five master teachers for
2020
• Kristina Blaiser recognized as one of the top five Outstanding
Service Award recipients
• Steven Stubbs and LaVona Andrew recognized for their Sign
Language Interpreting work during Governor Little’s press
conferences
KDHS News
• Through collaborative efforts between the radiographic science,
Family Medicine Residency, and Physician Assistant Studies
programs, students are working hard to serve the communities of
Idaho that need sonographers.
• Dental Hygiene Masters Program ranked in the top five for best
online Masters Program for 2020
• $150,000 award from HRSA: development grant for enhancement of
dental services
KDHS News
• ISU and Concordia University - Portland have teamed-up to provide
a smooth transition for students enrolled in an online course for
the Homeland Security and Emergency Management program
• Ron Solbrig, MD nominated to be Idaho State Journal’s SE Idaho
Healthcare Hero
• SEIPH, ExpressLab, and ISU partner to provide drive-up COVID-19
testing
KDHS News
• Family Medicine successfully matches 13 new residents for Family
Medicine, Psychology, Pharmacotherapy, and Psychology
• Sunderland Foundation contributes to the renovation of our ISU
Meridian clinics
• The DNP and Baccalaureate programs in Nursing are fully
accredited until 2030
• Barbara Gordon named Idaho Dietitian of the year
KDHS News
• 2020 Professional Achievement Award winners: • James Bitter:
College of Health Professions
(Counseling) • Lynda Tanner, College of Nursing • Nicole Chopski,
College of Pharmacy • Stacy Shumway Manwaring, College of
Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences (SLP)
KDHS News
• In Fall 2020, the first psychiatrists in a new psychiatric
residency program, in collaboration with the University of Utah,
will begin their residency training in Salt Lake City.
• Char Byington is the 2020 recipient of the Phi Upsilon Omicron
Community Impact Grant
• IRH receives $550,000 grant to care for rural Idahoans, this
marks the 12 year of the program, which exists in partnership with
AmeriCorps.
Physician Assistant Program “GRIT Grant”
• https://isu.edu/grit/ - for details about Grit scholarship and
early assurance program
• Grant objectives: • 15% increase in the placement of
rural • 24 hours of Medication Assisted
Treatment for OUD incorporated into PA Curriculum.
• There will be an increase in the numbers of DEA MAT waivers in
Idaho and access to care.
Phelps, P., Domenech-Rodríguez, M., Tarp, H. (2019-2024).
Increasing Grit and Effectiveness in Rural Physician Assistants.
HRSA 19-087 Grants for Primary Care Training and Enhancement. $1.4
million funded for 5 years
• Check out our news archive for all of our stories!
https://isu.edu/healthsciences/news/news - archive/
KDHS Reorg
• On July 1, 2020, the KDHS reorganized into two colleges College
of Pharmacy and College of Health
• The task to reorganize the KDHS began in Fall 2019, with a goal
to identify potential savings and generate increased revenue in
clinical services.
KDHS Reorg
• The need to reorganize the Division was compounded by budget
reductions from the State of Idaho
• One of the budget savings initiatives that became evident was a
reduction in administrative level payroll, benefits costs and
operating expenditures.
• The KDHS had dean searches underway for three of its four
colleges, and was identified as a place where cost savings in these
areas could be immediately realized.
KDHS Reorg: Position Changes
• Karen Neill is the associate dean and director of nursing for the
newly formed College of Health.
• Chris Sanford is the interim associate dean and director of
rehabilitation and communication sciences for the College of
Health. He remains the chair of the Department of Communication
Sciences and Disorders.
KDHS Reorg: Position Changes
• Char Byington is the new chair for the Department of Nutrition
and Dietetics while retaining her positions as director of the
Dietetic Internship program.
• Ellen Rogo is the interim department chair of Dental
Hygiene.
• Jared Papa was selected to serve as department chair and director
of Physician Assistant Studies.
ICHR Idaho Center for Health Research isu.edu/ichr
Pocatello
Anchorage
promote wellness and improve health outcomes
News
Leadership change: • Rick Tivis, ICHR Associate Director retired in
August 2020 • Core Team will assume leadership
responsibilities
MW CTR-IN biostatistics support: • Irene van Woerden, PhD,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Community and Public Health
Upcoming Events
Topic Votes
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Mock grant review 12
One-on-one/small group presentations on research activities and
interests 12
Top five most helpful session topics:
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Save the Date….
• KDHS New Faculty Town Hall with Rex • Look for a save the date
soon • Looking at scheduling in October
KDHS Calendar: To add events to the KDHS Calendar, please email
kdhs -calendar@isu.edu
• Please provide feedback on formatting and scheduling, we would
love to hear what you think!
Questions and Discussion
Agenda
Priorities for Spring 2020
Recruiting and Advising Updates
Recruiting and Advising Updates
Recruiting and Advising Updates
Recruiting and Advising Updates
Ongoing Strategic Investments
KDHS Total Budget
KDHS News
KDHS Reorg
KDHS Reorg
KDHS Grants and Contracts: $$ Requested
KDHS Grants and Contracts: Awards Received
KDHS Grants and Contracts: $$ Received
Save the Date….
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