BY ASAHP PRESIDENT PHYLLIS KING
While you work on plans to address the rapid changes occurring in education and health care, ASAHP is here to serve as a valuable resource to support and advance your efforts. A new strategic plan has been designed to navigate a more unpredictable future. Infused in this planning are core values of providing high quality education, interprofessional collaboration, connecting education and health, innovation, leadership, and diversity. ASAHP’s mission of advancing health through interprofessional collaboration is supported by five strategic objective areas and associated success measures.
Strategic Objectives and Success measures
Communication, PR, and Marketing
Membership growth
Social media/website upgrades
Search engine optimization
Communication and marketing plan implemented
Leadership Development
Leadership Development Program expanded
Peer mentoring implemented
Faculty networking, alumni, graduate events created
Speaker bureau plan created
Program for awards/recognitions created
Education
Regional summits implemented
Mentoring process created
New interprofessional collaborations formed
Internal academic speakers bureau created
Partnerships, Alliances, and Advocacy
Alliances with professional organizations developed
Healthcare partnerships developed
Advocacy engagements
Research, Discovery, and Innovation
Annual conferences implemented
Special summits implemented
IPE research grant created
Create a platform and process to enable research collaboration and sharing of best practices among members
The Association is demonstrating adaptability and responsiveness to the immediate needs of members to address current issues such as disruptions in clinical education, the rise of telehealth, and many more. Leadership mobilized to create quality webinars attracting hundreds of participants. More webinars are forthcoming. Check out the website for up-to-date information and use the online communities to share information, network and learn from one another how to face this unprecedented time together.
Please remember that the next ASAHP Webinar, Considerations in Reintegrating Students into Clinical Settings, will occur on May 29, 2020 at 2 PM—3 PM, EDT.
More May 2020 TRENDS Articles
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AFTER THE PANDEMIC
Indicates the importance of recognizing how “confounding” as a source of bias threatens the process of causal inference in research practice. Read More
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
ASAHP President Phyllis King presents information about the Association’s five strategic objective areas and associated success measures. Read More
HEROES ACT PASSED IN HOUSE
Contains details about a proposed piece of legislation to furnish additional financial assistance to deal with economic consequences resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS
Points out how the federal-state Medicaid program is being augmented to provide insurance coverage and paid sick leave benefits for individuals negatively affected by job loss. Read More
DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Describes how Mad magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman’s motto of Quid Me Anxious Sum serves as a motivational factor for enjoying life once governmental lock-down provisions are relaxed and also how coronavirus stimulus funding is being distributed to colleges and universities. Read More
QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL)
Births: Provisional Data for 2019
Effects Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Routine Pediatric Vaccine Ordering And Administration
Non-Invasive And Reversible Modulation Of Neuronal Activity To Diagnose And Treat Brain Disorders
Cracking Nature’s Most Common Chemical Bond To Improve Drug Effectiveness Read More
AVAILABLE RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONICALLY
What COVID-19 Epidemiologic Models Can And Cannot Tell Us
Supporting Student Health And Mental Well-Being
Caregiving In The United States 2020 Read More
RETHINKING THE “BENCH” AND “BEDSIDE” DICHOTOMY
Mentions how research activities might be understood better in the context of “discovery-invention” cycles rather than a basic/applied dichotomy that translates loosely to notions of bench and bedside research. Read More
ADDRESSING THE 60-30-10 CHALLENGE
Refers to a study that discusses how 60% of health care adheres to guidelines; 30% is represented by care that is waste, duplication, or low value; and 10% accounts for iatrogenic harm or adverse events. Read More