Double the number of residents in our programs in the next year.
Add one or two specialty areas to our residency offerings within the next 3 years.
In collaboration with the School of Medicine, add inter-professional educational opportunities across entry-level academic programs highlighting patient-centered, team-based care related to conditions requiring rehabilitation.
To HEAL
Provide clinical learning and mentoring opportunities for patient-centered, multi-disciplinary teams through residencies and internships across the campus.
Provide community awareness activities related to wellness and prevention (health fairs for underserved/under-resourced populations in partnership with MLK and David Raines Community Centers, fall prevention, aging well, driving simulation, back pain and opioid exposure, exercise for cancer survivors).
Expand clinical services through consultative and co-located rehabilitation professionals across the OLHS-NL system.
To DISCOVER
Provide a robust patient volume with a variety of rehabilitation needs for opportunities for collaborative translational research.
Collaborative research projects with additional departments / disciplines as our PhD students in Rehabilitation Sciences progress to their laboratory and dissertation work.
Increase faculty grant proposals through intra- and extra-mural grants.
Increase faculty scholarly products (presentations/publications) by 30% over 3 years.
To ENHANCE DIVERSITY
Initiate a pipeline program for URM students into the rehabilitation professions.
Add scholarship/tuition waivers for URM students to join our entry-level or PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences programs.
