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Program mission/purpose

The program will provide experienced health professionals with advanced knowledge and skills so that they may assume positions in teaching, research and administration upon graduation. It offers a curriculum with an interdisciplinary core of courses. The program emphasizes use of distance-learning technologies combined with traditional didactic methods. The curriculum is relevant, timely and meaningful to a multidisciplinary cohort of students.

Program goals

• The program will provide students with the ability to understand and conduct research in health-related sciences.
• The program will provide the student with the ability to analyze alternatives and develop responses in their disciplines to address the current and future challenges in health care.
• The program will provide students with the skills to educate health professionals in their discipline using current principles of teaching and curriculum development.

Student learning outcomes

Students completing this doctoral program will:

• Demonstrate the ability to conduct research, understand issues, design and execute research plans, analyze research results, and present conclusions in the area of interdisciplinary health care using the appropriate methods
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge in the area of specialization
• Exhibit competency in translating research knowledge and principles into applied practice perspectives and skills
• Display educational expertise in current principles and content of the allied health sciences and teach in the area of interdisciplinary health care practice
• Display the ability to examine current issues and future changes in the health care environment from an interdisciplinary perspective
• Exhibit knowledge and understanding of professional and ethical responsibility and conduct in the allied health professions
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the importance of cultural diversity in the delivery of health care and the formulation of health policy

• Gerontology
• Health Administration
• Nurse Anesthesia
Occupational Therapy
Patient Counseling
Physical Therapy
Radiation Sciences
Rehabilitation Leadership
Clinical Laboratory Sciences