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IMPACT STATEMENT
Collaborative partnerships will exist between community
partners, the clinical health care community, and Central
Michigan University that improve the functional ability and
health of at-risk populations within the predominantly rural
central Michigan communities through research, service and
education to elevate the skill level of the workforce and to
improve access to preventive care, health and evaluation
services, and health education throughout all stages of life.
Outcomes:
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Establish a center for the purpose of creating sustained
partnerships with the predominantly rural central Michigan
communities for healthy life transitions through research,
education and service.
1.
Develop a model
and process whereby a mechanism is established to address the
community identified needs of vulnerable populations.
2.
Eliminate
barriers that exist between the university and the community
3.
Develop a
system by which collaborative partnerships are formed with
community health and human service providers, community leaders
and other institutes of higher learning.
4.
Develop a
communications plan for Bridges Center activities.
5.
Establish a
sustainable system whereby resources are leveraged, through
community/university partnerships, to address the priority needs
of the community.
6.
The Bridges
Center will serve as a voice for the health and human service
needs of predominantly rural Central Michigan.
7.
Accept the Surgeon General’s call to action for higher
education in her “Prescription for a Healthier Michigan”
B. Conduct Research:
8.
Seek out
community based and participatory research opportunities which
could be turned into best practices and better integrated
prevention and treatment efforts.
9.
Conduct research to evaluate the Bridges Center model and
process.
a.
Disseminate the
model and process research results through publications, CDs,
video presentations, presentations at professional associations
(across disciplines), meetings and seminars and at National,
State-wide, Regional and local conventions, the office of the
surgeon general, other appropriate state offices and
organizations.
C. Provide Educational
Opportunities:
10.
Conduct an
annual community health symposiums
11.
Develop a
mechanism to provide educational opportunities whereby the
health and human service workforce has access to best practices,
training and continuing education.
12.
Strengthen and
improve Service-learning opportunities for CMU students which
will enable community organizations and community members to
play significant roles in how health professionals are educated
and enhance community capacity to provide services.
13.
Develop a
network of educational opportunities through which the general
population will advance their health knowledge.
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Utilize CMU’s College of Health Professions’ resources
(expertise, state of the art facilities and technologies) to
provide services that address community identified
priorities.
1.
Establish a Functional Geriatric Assessment Center
utilizing the resources available through the College of Health
Professions and in response to a community identified need.
2.
Develop and maintain Scholar/Provider Teams (an
integrated core of experts in the predominantly rural central
Michigan region).
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University students,
across the student’s educational experience, will learn
first hand: community collaboration, interdisciplinary
care, services to high risk populations, and
opportunities that address priority needs.
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Develop a mechanism
for access to technology and telemedicine opportunities
that will help to advance the clinical skills of the
region’s workforce and provide access to specialists
which will better serve the central Michigan population.
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