Kasiska College of Health Professions Mission Statement
The primary mission
of the Kasiska College of Health Professions (KCHP) is to enhance the quality
of life of the residents of Idaho and the
greater community outside of Idaho
through the education of students across five dimensions of the health
professions: 1) physical, 2) mental,
and 3) oral health, 4) rehabilitation and 5) wellness. Our mission is facilitated through excellence
in research, community service, teaching and the application of technology, as
well as strong leadership on issues related to health professions.
Five Goal Categories have been identified in the KCHP Strategic Plan in order to fulfill the mission of the college:
Access; Teaching; Scholarly Activity; Community Service and Interprofessional
Activity.
1. ACCESS: Providing the
citizens of Idaho
with a wide variety of educational choices within the health professions
through addressing availability of programs and resources, student recruitment,
marketing and publicity.
2. TEACHING: Addressing
faculty development, faculty recruitment and retention, and improvement of
instructional capabilities.
3. SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:
Facilitating and improving faculty and student research and scholarly activity
in the health professions.
4. COMMUNITY SERVICE: Facilitating
the interaction of KCHP programs, faculty, staff and students with the general
public and the professional communities within Idaho and the country.
5. INTERPROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: Encouraging
interaction and collaboration among the college departments, professional
disciplines and faculty on projects relating to teaching, research and clinical
activities in the health professions.
The College is organized into a School of Nursing and the several departments listed below, and also includes the Institute of Rural Health.
Departments:
More about the Kasiska College of Health Professions
The Kasiska College of Health Professions offers programs of
professional education leading to Associate of Applied Science degree
in Radiographic Science; Associate of Science degree in Sign Language
Studies; Bachelor of Arts degree
in Health Education; Bachelor of Science degrees in Dental Hygiene,
Dietetics, Educational Interpreting, Health Care Administration, Health
Education, Nursing, Radiographic Science, and Speech Pathology and
Audiology; Master of Counseling degrees in Marital, Couple and Family
Counseling, Mental Health Counseling, School Counseling, and Student
Affairs Counseling; Master of Occupational Therapy, Master of
Physician Assistant Studies, Master
of Public Health, Master of Science degrees in Deaf Education, Dental
Education, Health
Education, Nursing, and Speech-Language Pathology; Clinical Doctorate
in Audiology; Doctor of Physical Therapy; and a Doctor of Philosophy
in Counselor Education and Counseling. The Dietetic Internship
Certificate Program is offered at the postgraduate level. A
Post-Master's Certificate is offered in all Master of Science in
Nursing options. Each
curriculum combines a core of liberal arts and professional subjects
with clinical experience.
The Kasiska College of Health Professions cooperates with
the Creighton University Boyne School of Dentistry and basic science
departments at Idaho State University in offering the first year of
dental education through the Dental Science Department. Students then
spend their second, third, and fourth years at Creighton University in
Omaha, Nebraska. The college also administers the Medical Residency
Program leading to a certificate in family practice and the Advanced
General Dentistry Residency Program leading to a certificate.
For the purpose of providing opportunities for students to
obtain appropriate clinical experience, the Department of Dental Hygiene
operates the on-campus Dental Hygiene Clinic; the Department of
Communication Sciences & Disorders, and Education of the Deaf
operates the Speech, Language and Hearing Clinics; the Family Practice
Center provides outpatient medical services to the community; the
Department of Dental Science provides services to the community through
Pocatello Family Dentistry; the Department of Counseling operates the
Family Education and Counseling Center, the Department of Nursing
operates the Senior Health Mobile, and the Department of Physical and
Occupational Therapy operates the Physical and Occupational Therapy Clinic.
The college delivers outreach Bachelor of Science and Master
of Science programs for registered nurses in Twin Falls and Idaho
Falls.
Outreach programming also includes the Bachelor of Science degrees in
Speech Pathology and Audiology; the
Master of Counseling degrees in Mental Health and in Marital, Couple,
and Family Counseling; the Master of Science in Nursing, Master of
Public Health, Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology,
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and a Dietetic Internship, all
in Boise. The Master of Science in Nursing includes a Family Nurse
Practitioner Option, a Nurse Leadership Option, a Nurse Education
Option, a Clinical Nurse Leader and a Clinical Nurse Specialist Option.
All options are offered offered in
Pocatello, Boise, Lewiston, Coeur d'Alene, Twin Falls, and Idaho Falls.
See the Kasiska College of Health Professions Website
