HealthForce Minnesota

HealthForce Minnesota
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

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HealthForce Minnesota
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Grants opportunities: Funded projects & outcomes

2008
Actualization Team Project Descriptions
Approved Requests for FY 2008 Funding $593,618.00

Project 08-01: Athletic Training Modules Phase II
Project 08-02: Faculty and Program Development for the DNP and Development of the Online Course Biostatistical Methods for Healthcare Research
Project 08-04: PH Internship
Project 08-08: Promoting Health at the Hawthorne Education Center (HEC) Through Community Engagement and Expansion of Services
Project 08-10: Health Science Simulation Bridge Phase III
Project 08-11: Transitional Healthcare Licenses
Project 08-14: Evidence to Practice: Curriculum Development to Enhance Academic Industry Connection
Project 08-15: Advanced Critical and Progressive Care Nursing-Phase II
Project 08-16: LMHSC: A Regional Approach for Online Clinical Placement
Project 08-17: Addressing Critical Workforce Shortages in Allied Health
Project 08-18: Adaptable Bioinformatics Education Components for CIHSEP: Phase III
Project 08-19: Advancing Nursing Education on the Reservation
Project 08-21: WSU/CLS Accreditation and Creating On-Line Learning Modules for CLS
Project 08-22: RCTC to WSU-CLS
Project 08-24: Healthcare Quality Collaborative
Project 08-26: Partners in our Community
Project 08-27: CNA Game Demo FY08
Project 08-29: Medical Anatomy and Physiology (MAP)
Project 08-30: Leadership Academy Phase III
Project 08-31: Workforce Development
Project: 08-01
Title: Athletic Training Modules Phase II
Description: Phase II will include the integration of the online skills or “lab” portion of HERS 291 (Phase I) into an online course and then the delivery of the course. Softchalk will be used for the electronic textbook for both the tutorial and supporting content delivery. Students will have the opportunity to participate in a live online lab with a qualified athletic trainer, using a webcam. This community public health project may link to a minor in coaching at WSU.
Funding: $15,000.00
Team Leader(s): Winona State University
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Project: 08-02
Title: Faculty and Program Development for the DNP and Development of the Online Course Biostatistical Methods for Healthcare Research
Description: This course will be required for the Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) program. It will be offered annually in both the fall and summer provided there is sufficient demand. Also, students who will be taking the course will come from a variety of locations throughout the state and country and will need online courses to address this need. It will be offered for the first time in Fall 2007.
Funding: $56,054.00
Team Leader(s): Winona State University
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Project: 08-04
Title: PH Internship
Description: For over the past five years, the number of applicants for Public Health nursing positions has markedly declined. By offering a paid internship, we will provide a means for promoting public health as a promising career option to undergraduate nursing students and a means to enhance the preparation of selected students to work in the field of Public Health as a new graduate.
Funding: $20,242.00
Team Leader(s): Olmstead County Public Health Services
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Project: 08-08
Title: Promoting Health at the Hawthorne Education Center (HEC) Through Community Engagement and Expansion of Services
Description: Develop a more formal process for the follow-up issues identified during the HEC learner screenings, hire one clerical/LPN worker who will have the necessary skills to schedule screenings and check the follow-up of the HEC learners, develop and extensive database of information of resources for follow-up to help ameliorate HEC learner follow-up issues and target the high risk families served by the Hand-in-Hand program at HEC for additional services to promote healthily families.
Funding: $40,000.00
Team Leader(s): Winona State University
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Project: 08-10
Title: Health Science Simulation Bridge Phase III
Description: Phase III involves enrollment of the first cohort of professional healthcare workers to obtain the Patient Care Associate learning and move into new positions. This phase will also involve trial and refinement of the curriculum developed during Phase I and final approval of the coursework to ensure sustainability of the project.
Funding: $21,825.00
Team Leader(s): Workforce Development, Inc.
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Project: 08-11
Title: Transitional Healthcare Licenses
Description: This project will have four major objectives, which are; assist the participants with finishing the process of licensure that was already started; increase the opportunities for current enrolled healthcare workers trained in other countries or states to transition their licenses into valid Minnesota licenses; assist current enrollees with career planning, skills upgrading, and study materials in preparation for entry into healthcare professional training programs as appropriate; and place the participant in the workforce within an appropriate healthcare profession as soon as possible.
Funding: $7,000.00
Team Leader(s): Workforce Development, Inc.
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Project: 08-14
Title: Evidence to Practice: Curriculum Development to Enhance Academic Industry Connection
Description: The E2P (evidence to practice) project serves as an instigator for creating the industry/academe connection. By linking the project to curriculum, the process of continuously updating the evidence on the website will be ensured and students will have an enriched educational opportunity relevant to today's health care practice. This project is unique in that no other website exists that addresses and presents evidence in the manner of E2P with the same goals of utilization in the clinical setting and education of students in finding and evaluating evidence.
Funding: $45,000.00
Team Leader(s): Benedictine Health System
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Project: 08-15
Title: Advanced Critical and Progressive Care Nursing-Phase II
Description: Phase 3 of this ongoing project will be used to further develop an educational model to meet the following: a) diverse learner needs, b) the growing knowledge needs of nurses, and c) national certification preparation of critical and progressive care nurses. Funding for this project will also assist in the development of ongoing research.
Funding: $38,000.00
Team Leader(s): Winona State University
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Project: 08-16
Title: LMHSC: A Regional Approach for Online Clinical Placement
Description: The proposed project will integrate StudentMax with other, general purpose groupware applications (e.g. Microsoft SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional) to form a flexible and full-featured infrastructure for supporting teamwork. This will include tools that support both synchronous (e.g. Virtual Meetings) and asynchronous (e.g. wikis and discussion forums) communication and collaboration.
Funding: $50,000.00
Team Leader(s): Medical Health Science Consortium
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Project: 08-17
Title: Addressing Critical Workforce Shortages in Allied Health
Description: The major focus of this ongoing project is to address critical, front-line workforce shortages and emerging needs in allied health. There are five ways that his project will address workforce shortage needs. The first one is to increase the number of certified Nursing Assistants and Emergency First Responders trained throughout the region. The second is to collaborate with Pine Technical College, enhance allied health training through the application and evaluation of simulation technology. The third is to develop and deliver curriculum on Cultural Change in long-term care in collaboration with regional healthcare providers. The fourth is to assess and develop retention strategies for Nursing Assistants in collaboration with regional health care providers. The fifth is to improve the quality of instruction and student learning.
Funding: $38,445.00
Team Leader(s): Minnesota State College Southeast Technical
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Project: 08-18
Title: Adaptable Bioinformatics Education Components for CIHSEP: Phase III
Description: Bioinformatics is an emerging field that exploits computer technology for solving biological problems. This project consists of three components: curriculum development, research and the integration of the first two. Also, to continue research on various topics associated with bioinformatics, such as genomic variations with lung cancer.
Funding: $40,000.00
Team Leader(s): Winona State University
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Project: 08-19
Title: Advancing Nursing Education on the Reservation
Description: The department of Nursing proposes has been approved to pilot three courses in the Master of Art in Nursing (MAN). Transcultural Nursing in Community track on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Western South Dakota during the 2007-08 academic years. This program will bring Minnesota nurses into face to face dialog with nurses serving on the reservation. Minnesota nurses participating will learn more about Native American health care needs and thus provide more sensitive care patients here in Minnesota.
Funding: $3,000.00
Team Leader(s): Augsburg College
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Project: 08-21
Title: WSU/CLS Accreditation and Creating On-Line Learning Modules for CLS
Description: This proposal seeks to create alternative learning modules for a general physiology course designed to attract student population. Creating online course has the potential to develop strategies for attracting and retaining students and displaced workers to this academic area.
Funding: $30,000.00
Team Leader(s): Winona State University
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Project: 08-22
Title: RCTC to WSU-CLS
Description: This project will allow Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) and Winona State University (WSU) to develop a collaborative agreement which will allow students to begin their education at RCTC and then easily transfer to WSU to complete Bachelor of Science Degrees in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. It also has a strong potential to significantly increase the diversity of the workforce in clinical laboratories.
Funding: $8,643.00
Team Leader(s): Winona State University
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Project: 08-24
Title: Healthcare Quality Collaborative
Description: The Healthcare Quality Collaborative is evolving from pilot Lean projects and training for partner organizations to a business model of providing consulting and training services to healthcare clients. Our mission is to improve the quality of healthcare in Minnesota and beyond by providing three types of service: training and consulting in quality assessment and Lean/Six Sigma principles, research on implementing quality methods in healthcare, and the coordination and distribution of resources for quality improvement methods.
Funding: $31,564.00
Team Leader(s): Winona State University
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Project: 08-26
Title: Partners in our Community
Description: This project seeks funding to support 90 diverse incumbent employees working in the health care field to participate in the Partners in our Community (PIC) programs, helping them to prepare for certified training at Minneapolis Community Technical College (MCTC) for career advancement. It addresses one of the most pressing needs in healthcare: diversity in the workplace through an innovative pathway of promotion.
Funding: $30,000.00
Team Leader(s): Project for Pride in Living
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Project: 08-27
Title: CNA Game Demo FY08
Description: The purpose of this project is to incorporate new technologies, educational approaches, and recruiting techniques. There are several approaches need to be improved such as, to improve the efficiency of health care education, to help bring workers into the field, and to help move workers up the career ladder of responsibility and effectiveness in the system. Serious game simulations assist health care students, and increase their knowledge of the various aspects of health care.
Funding: $45,000.00
Team Leader(s): Pine Technical College
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Project: 08-29
Title: Medical Anatomy and Physiology (MAP)
Description: The MAP curriculum will provide the students a foundation of anatomy and physiology knowledge that will engage their interest in science and health careers as well as better prepare them for post-secondary education.
Funding: $25,000.00
Team Leader(s): HEIP
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Project: 08-30
Title: Leadership Academy Phase III
Description: We are piloting this with Winona Health. In Phase 3 we will continue development of the model with Winona Health, continue development to of the model through pilots with other partners, complete the working draft of the model and business plan, explore and develop sustainability strategies, begin delivery of select leadership development solutions to pilot partners in conjunction with free structure of HLC, and share model with select education and healthcare institutions.
Funding: $38,845.00
Team Leader(s): Winona State University
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Project: 08-31
Title: Workforce Development
Description: CIHSEP and WDI along with other interested parties will lead a group to analyze the Legislative pilot project for Foreign trained transitional healthcare licenses and to research similar projects in existence nationwide.
Funding: $10,000.00
Team Leader(s): Workforce Development, Inc.
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