College of Health Sciences, Office of the Dean Excellence in Health Science Education Charlotte Brasic Royeen, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA A. Watson Armour III Presidential Professor Dean, College of Health Sciences Presented by Laura Vasquez, MS, RVT (ARDMS), RT (R), (MR), (ARRT) Program Director, Imaging Sciences Program Associate Chairperson, Department of Medical Physics & Advanced Imaging October, 2016
About Rush Rush is a non-for-profit health care, education and research enterprise established in Chicago, Illinois in 1837, and is comprised of Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Oak Park Hospital and Rush Health.
Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) encompasses a 664-bed hospital. Note: Summarized by Laura Vasquez. About Rush: University A private, health sciences institution offering more than 40
degree and certificate programs in medicine, nursing, allied health and biomedical research to 2,400 students. o Medical College, College of Nursing, College of Health Sciences & Graduate College. o Known for its practitioner-teacher model and its focus on community & global health. o Note: summarized by Laura Vasquez. The 2016 U.S. News & World Reports Americas Best Graduate Schools survey ranked six
programs in the College of Nursing and two in the College of Health Sciences among the top 10 in the country. Participants will use a case study to define and analyze excellence in education from national perspectives. Using this information a definition of excellence for your program will be developed along with three ways to measure
program excellence. Let us ground the case study review in historical, national and international perspectives What is a historical perspective to operationalize excellence? Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
these virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit. What is a national perspective to operationalize excellence? Liberal arts foundation Critical thinking
Creative innovation Synthesis Analytics Historical perspective Context Application What is an international perspective to operationalize excellence? J. Grilfoll 2014 Ownership Who is doing it?
Why is a definition promoted? Range process Excellence is a developmental Excellence is a reality Boundaries Excellence is exclusive Diversity
Excellence is inclusive There is a universal Different definitions of it can be definition of excellence used for the same reality for each reality What is an international perspective to operationalize excellence? Brusoni et al., 2014
Excellence can be defined fundamentally as exhibiting characteristics that are exceptional. What is an international perspective to operationalize excellence? K L Allen 20007 Excellence and excellent have become effectively meaningless terms regarding university printed
materials. What is the case study? College of Health Science SEED Curriculum Redesign: Analysis of Excellence Report May, 24, 2016 Review the case study: Read it an take notes to answer the following: 1 How many units of analysis in the case? 2 What are the themes from the definitions of
excellence? 3 What are the typical measures of excellence employed to assess it as an outcome? Discussion:1 How many units of analysis in the case? 2 What are the themes from the definitions of excellence? 3 What are the typical measures of excellence
employed to assess it as an outcome? Choose a particular program upon which to reflect. What is your definition of excellence in health sciences education for that program? Regarding that program, what are three ways you can use to measure its excellence? Summary Views of excellence are varying by historical,
national, and international perspectives. 1. 2. Programs must develop their own view of what constitutes excellence. 3. Programs must also develop their ways to assess excellence. 4. Excellence, like beauty, is in the eye of the
beholder! 5. Examples of excellence operationalized and assessed at Rush University have been provided. Selected References Allen, K.L. (2007). Excellence: new keyword for education? Critical Quarterly, 49/1/(Spring 2007). 54-78. Grilfoll, J., Excellence in higher education in Brusoni et al. (2014). The
concept of excellence in higher education. European association for quality assurance in higher education. Occasional Papers, 20. European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Brussels. Meriam, S.B. (1988). Case study research in education: A qualitative approach. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Naumes, W., & Naumes, M.J. (2006). The art and craft of case writing. Second Ed. Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe. Reflection 1.What is your personal view of excellence?
2.Consider the difference across three viewpoints of excellence (historical, national and international). 3.Has anything today surprised you?
