Executive Summary of Strategic Plan

The Strategic Plan contains Vision Statement, Mission, 6 Strategic Objectives, Focus areas for the future, and a description of the timeline for Strategic Plan evaluation

The Vision, Mission, and Strategic Objectives focus on excellence in academic and clinical training.

There are 4 specific improvement items that were determined to be important to work on over the next 5 years. These 4 items include:

1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Focus on retention and recruitment of diverse student population with the goal of establishing graduate cohorts that reflect the demographics of the larger university population.

2. Resilient, Innovative curriculum: Ensure that our academic and clinical curriculum is designed in a way that meets new standards and expectations while considering the student experience and workload.

3. Cohort size: Increase the annual number of students admitted into the MS program to 30.

4. Interprofessional Collaborations: Explore university and community opportunities to engage our students in collaborative practices with other service professionals.