In the months following receipt of the gift, our college formed 10 advisory groups that are charged with implementing plans related to each major area associated with the gift
     
     
Central Ohio Extension Campus
(COEC)
  Creating a new campus, slated to open in August 2014, that will accomodate 50 students per year.
     
     
COEC Student Services Team    
     
     
COEC Curriculum Team    
     
     
COEC Facilities and IT Team    
     
     
COEC Research Team    
     
     
Re-Engineering Primary Care
Medical Education
  Enhancing our patient-centered curricula with a strong focus on the patient-centered medical care model* of health care
     
     
Scholarships   Making available 93 new, renewable $10,000 to $15,000/year scholarships by 2015
     
     
Diabetes/Endocrine Clinical Care
and Research Center
  Developing a new facility for patient care, research and student training; recruiting new faculty and researchers
     
     
Community Health Programs   Boosting the number of individuals who receive free clinical services; expanding health education offerings
     
     
Basic and Translational
Diabetes Research
  Expanding research efforts in this area; creating as associate director of technology transfer position
     
     
Ohio Musculoskeletal &
Neurological Institute (OMNI)
  Opening a new facility focused on researching a range of muskuloskeletal and neurological issues; employing additional faculty members
     
     
Research—Research and Scholarly Advancement Fellowship (RSAF) and Graduate Programs   Working to add student research opportunities and develop new graduate programs
     
     
Research—Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education (CORE)   Establishing additional research support, including adding a grant writer and IRB coordinator positions
     
     
Research—Community-Based Participatory Research   Creating a Consortium for Appalachian Rural Health, a community-based research group composed of osteopathic institutions geographically located in Appalachia
     
     
* Involves active patient involvement and a full complement of resources and health care professionals being led by a primary care physician to deliver proactive rather than reactive care.
     
 

 

 
 
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