Board of Trustees Report to the Constituencies
1997
School of Allied Health Professions
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| Joyce W. Hopp, PhD, MPH, dean |
Total number of alumni
7,509 (includes graduate program students)
1997-98 academic year highlights
A new master of health information systems [MHIS] degree is a ćmarriage
of computer science and health information to fill a growing niche market
in the health-care system for individuals prepared to design databases
and retrieve essential information.
The School prepared six faculty for the new School of Allied Health at West China University of Medical Science, in Chengdu, Peopleās Republic of China. This will be the first such school in China. Physicians were trained in each of four clusters: rehabilitation sciences, nutrition and food science, imaging technology, and intensive care specialty.
A distance learning degree for occupational therapy assistants in Fresno, California, was initiated through interactive video technology. Ten students will complete the program in September, 1998. The new class to enter in September, 1998, has a prospective enrollment of 15 to 18 individuals.
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| Qing ćTerri Ma, junior health information administration student, presents a research paper during the annual Awards Chapel. |
The School initiated a new track in the master of science degree in nutrition through the Graduate School, with an emphasis on nutrition-care management, responding to a need within the Adventist health-care system.
Interdisciplinary service learning was established at the SAC-Norton clinic among occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech pathology, as well as with other disciplines represented at the clinic.
A portfolio course was established which educates and evaluates student
progress toward meeting the goals of the ideal allied health professional.
Responses indicate marked student progress in
such areas as reflecting on community service, sensitivity to diversity,
and value of compassion learned in a Christian institution.
Increased success in co-teaching of Christian ethics courses by School
of Allied Health Professions faculty with the Faculty of Religion is
noted; this is now occurring in more than 80 percent
of the courses.
The second annual School of Allied Health Professions alumni weekend
resulted in an attendance of more than 400 individuals, primarily at
continuing education sessions.
Programs offered & number of students
Cardiopulmonary sciences
- Respiratory therapy (AS): 35
- Respiratory therapy (BS): 9
- Emergency medical care (BS): 21
- Surgical technology (AS): 13
Clinical laboratory science
- Cytotechnology (certificate): 2
- Cytotechnology (BS): 5
- Medical technology (BS): 17
Health information management
- Health information administration (BS): 27
- Health information administration (certificate): 1
- Coding specialist (certificate): 51
Nutrition & dietetics
- Dietetic technology (AS)
- Dietetic technology (certificate)
- Nutrition & dietetics (BS): 32
- Dietetics (certificate): 2
Occupational therapy
- Occupational therapy assistant (AA): 87
- Occupational therapy (BS): 104
- Occupational therapy (certificate): 20
Physical therapy
- Physical therapist assistant (AS): 72
- Physical therapy (MPT), entry level, progression, advanced: 270
- Physical therapy (DPT): 22
Radiation technology
- Medical radiography (AS): 57
- Radiation technology (BS): 14
- Medical sonography (certificate): 14
- Nuclear medicine technology (certificate): 4
- Radiation therapy technology (certificate): 5
- Special imaging technology (certificate): 9
Speech-language pathology & audiology
- Speech-language pathology (BS): 29
- Speech-language pathology & audiology (certificate): 2
Unspecified: 27
Total number of students in School of Allied Health Professions: 951
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