Center for Integrated Health Science Education and Practice

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Center for Integrated Health Science Education
and Practice

• Sue Klaseus Presentation
• to
• Healthcare EducationIndustry Partnership
• Partnership Council Meeting
• Thursday, September 14, 2006

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• How CIHSEP came to be
• Milestones to date

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Priorities for FY 07

• Finalizing business plan
• Building assessment and evaluation process
• Implementing an internal and external
  communications plan
• Retaining engagement and enthusiasm of existing
  partners
• Considering new strategic partners
• Issuing new round of grants for FY 07
• Creatively thinking about staffing

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BUT

• What is CIHSEP?
• What does it do?
• What kind of impact will it have?

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What is it?

• A network

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• A critical intersection

Health Care
Education
CIHSEP
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What does it do?

• Applied research
• Collaborative curriculum development
• Research and development
• Model developer of non-credit
• Integration of education/practice
• Seminars workshops
• Learning outcomes

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CCRN Certification Review

• Partners Winona State University, Olmsted
  County, Winona Health, Mayo Medical Center,
  Gunderson-Lutheran, Franciscan-Skemp
• Goals of Project
• Provide educational opportunity for practicing
  critical care nurses to prepare for certification
  in critical care nursing administered by the AACN
  Certification Corporation
• Arrange for Administration of CCRN certification
  examination
• Support professional development for practicing
  critical care nurses in Southeast Minnesota and
  Western Wisconsin
• Enhance collaborative relationships with WSU
  Department of Nursing partners in health care
• Budget 15,400

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Development of a Lean in Healthcare Program

• Partners Benedictine Health Systems, Olmsted
  Medical Center, Winona Health, Winona State
  University
• Goals of Project
• Give healthcare professionals a common language
  and process for continuous improvement
• Provide healthcare professionals the knowledge
  and tools needed to maximize operational
  resources while creating service alignment to
  enhance customer value
• Enable healthcare organizations to eliminate
  waste in processes to utilize their resources in
  a more efficient way and to be proactive in
  responding to changing needs of both internal and
  external customers
• Budget 15,000

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Pre-CNA Healthcare Academy

• Partners Workforce Development Inc., Riverland
  Community College, Area High Schools, Adult Basic
  Education Program
• Goals of Project
• Recruit and retain a diverse workforce in long
  term care facilities
• Be a resource to address the shortage of
  employees in the healthcare field
• Drive the process to address the critical issues
  around HCA training
• Budget 14,000

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CCRN Certification Review

• Outcomes to date
• 32 registered for CCRN course
• 4 enrolled in CCRN exam
• 22 students completed exam
• 21 students passed
• Nurses represented two agencies

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Development of a Lean in Healthcare Program

• Outcomes to date
• 6-7 workshops
• Two healthcare partners
• Six lean projects underway
• Lean conference planned for summer 2007
• Consortia expanding across state

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Pre-CNA Healthcare Academy

• Outcomes to date
• Academy offered twice
• 20 students/9 diverse
• 6/9 completed course
• 100 certification pass rate

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How can you be involved?

• Collaborating on a grant proposal
• Sharing best practices
• Participating and co-launching conferences
• Sending students to partner institutions
• Defining programs needed to build career pathways
• Leveraging resources human and financial
• Identifying research opportunities
• Ensuring that industry needs are at forefront of
  CIHSEP work
• Speaking in classrooms, joining committees, etc

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Q A
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Thanks for the opportunity to be here!