COLLEGE
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (formerly School of Health Sciences)
The mission of the College of Health and Human Services is to educate students for both the health and consumer and family sciences professions within the scope of national and state laws and accreditation guidelines. These programs involve a high level of cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills.
The College addresses the ever changing needs of the professional health and consumer and family sciences communities by identifying needs, and developing and expanding appropriate programs in the region served by IPFW.
The College provides services to enrich both the health and consumer and family sciences professions and the community through leadership and active participation in professional organizations and activities. The School enhances the professional community's knowledge and understanding of health and consumer and family sciences issues by providing timely and innovative continuing education.
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DEPARTMENT
OF CONSUMER AND FAMILY SCIENCES
The department will provide students with the highest quality academic education and training in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management. The department also will provide service courses in the areas of food and nutrition, wellness and stress management, child development, family relations, and retail management.
Objectives for Service Courses in Food & Nutrition: The service courses of F&N 303 and F&N 302 have the following objectives for the allied health major and the elementary education major:
1. to
understand the economic, social, psychological, and religious factors affecting
food choices and consumption, and identify nutrient needs of people and the
physical relationship of their anatomy to the diet chosen. The student will
demonstrate critical thinking through analysis of case study problems relating
to diets.
2. to develop and demonstrate an ability to evaluate and select good diets for a general population that would meet the adequacy needs of adults, children, and older adults.
3. to become aware of advertising and various problems that promote misunderstandings about food; to understand and use visual aids in assisting with the dissemination of educational materials in teaching nutrition to a wide audience.
4. to have, upon completion of the courses, an ability to apply the basic principles of good nutrition that can improve and/or maintain in student's own good health.
Objectives for Service Courses in Wellness and
Stress Management (CFS 369): Upon completion of the course
students should
1. have
an understanding of the current theories concerning the management of stress
and health. Students will perform specific tasks to reinforce management of
communication skills, personal relationships, creative thinking processes, and
diet analysis.
2. students will develop life-style change plans that utilize the knowledge, theory, and application of principles of Wellness. The principles will emphasize developing an ability:
·
to accept
responsibility for personal choices that promote wellness.
·
to become aware of
stress-causing behavior and environment.
·
to improve physical
and mental wellness.
·
to reduce stress
levels at work.
Hotel,
Restaurant, and Tourism Management Program
To meet the educational needs of students and the regional hospitality industry through high quality teaching, research, and community service in hotel, restaurant, and tourism management.
Upon the completion of the program students should:
1. have
both a theoretical and practical knowledge of food service operations. Students
will be able to purchase food, supplies, and equipment necessary to run
operations successfully. Analysis of costs, forecasting revenue, and
understanding marketing mixes necessary to make a food service operation
successful will be understood. A certification in sanitation will be awarded to
each graduate;
2. demonstrate competency in hotel operations, including front office operations, maintenance and engineering, merchandising and marketing, human resources management, and hotel food service. Effective communications and demonstrated ability in the calculation of room yield management will be accomplished by each graduate;
3. understand the basic concepts of tourism and the economics associated with it. Terminology specific to the industry will be known and the operations of the local convention and visitors bureau will be understood. Students will have an understanding of travel industry management including airlines, railroads, rental cars, travel agencies, theme parks, and local tourism activities.
4. have an understanding and proficiency in the various aspects of business practice comprising the industry. Students will be prepared for employment at the supervisory level upon graduation within restaurant and institutional food service, hotel operations, or tourism services.
The mission of the Dental Assisting Program is to educate qualified individuals for careers as a dental health professional within the scope of national and state laws and current accreditation guidelines. The program is committed to excellence in the theory and practice of dental assisting.
PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
1. Students will apply principles
from basic sciences and the clinical and social sciences to assist in the
delivery of total dental health care services.
2. Students will develop competence in the methods and procedures of four-handed and six-handed dentistry that are desirable in the dental health profession.
3. Students will study and develop a working knowledge of dental terminology to be incorporated into the application of dental assisting theory and practice.
4. Students will develop work habits and behavior patterns required for success and advancement in the dental health profession.
5. Students will learn concepts and principles which are the basic foundations of becoming an integral part of a dental health care team.
6. Students will learn to develop personality, resourcefulness, and initiative necessary for success in a dental health profession.
7. Students will be guided in increasing their skills and aptitudes in the basic concepts of four-handed and six-handed dentistry.
8. Students will develop and utilize effective communication skills.
9. Students will recognize
effective oral health care practices and promote those ideals to dental
patients.
10. Students will advance the dental assisting profession through service activities and affiliations with local, state and national professional dental assisting associations.
11. Students will recognize the need for continued education and professional development.
12. Students will examine their philosophies, values, and beliefs and recognize how they differ from those of their dental patients.
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The mission of the Dental Hygiene Program is to educate students for future roles as dental health professionals. The program is committed to excellence in the theory and practice of dental hygiene and in the development of competent, socially sensitive, and ethically responsible professionals.
PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will learn concepts
and principles which are the basic foundations of dental hygiene practice.
2. Students will apply principles from basic sciences and the clinical and social sciences to the delivery of dental hygiene services.
3. Students will develop competence in assessing, evaluating, planning, and treating oral conditions and diseases.
4. Students will develop effective communication skills.
5. Students will recognize good health practices and promote these ideals to others.
6. Students will design, implement, and evaluate community dental health programs.
7. Students will develop skills in thinking, reasoning, questioning, and decision-making.
8. Students will interpret and evaluate current research findings and apply them appropriately.
9. Students will advance the dental hygiene profession through service activities and affiliations with professional organizations.
10. Students will recognize the need for continued learning and professional development.
11. Students will examine their values and recognize how their values differ from their patients' values.
DENTAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
The mission of the Dental Laboratory Technology Program is to educate qualified individuals for careers as dental laboratory technicians. Individuals will assume their role within the dental health team by providing essential services to the dental profession. The program is committed to excellence in the theory and practice of dental technology in training individuals to perform laboratory procedures by prescription work authorization of the dentist in a dental laboratory or dental office.
PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
1. The program will endorse and
fulfill the "Objectives and Ideals" of Indiana University-Purdue
University Fort Wayne.
2. The program will continuously review, assess, and maintain a curriculum in accordance with current trends and techniques in the field of dental technology that will allow for career mobility.
3. The program will prepare the individual student in the knowledge and techniques that will make the student employable in the dental technology profession.
4. Students will develop skills in the handling of materials used in the fabrication of dental prosthetic appliances.
5. Students will develop competence in the methods and procedures of fabrication that are desirable in dental laboratory technology.
6. Students will study and develop a working knowledge of dental terminology to be used in successive semesters and the application of same to laboratory theory and procedures.
7. Students will develop work habits and behavior patterns required for success and advancement in the profession.
8. Students will learn concepts and principles which are the basic foundations of a component of the dental health team.
9. Students will recognize the need for continued learning and professional development.
HEALTH
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM (no longer a program at IPFW)
Mission
The Health Information Technology program is designed to prepare the student for a professional career in health information management by providing an understanding of, and demonstrated competency in, the entry-level skills necessary for employment.
The mission of the program is to provide quality educational opportunities to students to serve the community's growing need for health information practitioners.
The program seeks to provide the student with proficiency in a variety of technical skills as recommended by the American Health Information Management Association and required for a successful career as a health information practitioner.
The program is continually reviewed and adjusted to meet the needs of the health care industry and to prepare the student to meet the demands of the best possible employment opportunities.
GOALS
Students who complete the Associate of Science degree in Health Information Technology will
1. acquire general
education skills necessary to support roles of the health information practicioner.
2. acquire health information technician skills from lecture, laboratory, and professional practice experience rotations in various health care facilities.
3. comprehend the entry-level competencies as defined in the American Health Information Management Association’s (AIHMA) Domains, Subdomains, and Tasks for health information technicians.
4. acquire the written and oral communication skills necessary in the workplace.
5. demonstrate on the national certification examination the ability to comprehend and apply information relevant to the AIHMA’s Domains, Subdomains, and Tasks for health information technicians.
6. be able to enter a career as a health information technician.
7. understand personal and ethical behaviors consistent with expectations of the profession.
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The Human Services Program seeks to educate students for entry-level positions in the helping professions. It offers an associate degree in human services and certificates in activity therapies, social services, and substance abuse services.
GOALS
Students who complete the associate degree curriculum will
1. understand the basic concepts
and principles of human services
2. understand the basic concepts of a variety of helping theories
3. develop basic helping skills
4. achieve competence in basic helping skills through supervised experience in community agencies and treatment facilities
5. be able to write clear, objective, and concise reports
6. examine their values and begin a process of personal awareness
7. know the ethical standards for human service workers
8. recognize the need for continued learning and professional development.
Students
who complete the activity therapies certificate curriculum will
1. understand the basic concepts
and principles of using activities as therapeutic media
2. understand the goals of other disciplines that utilize activities as therapeutic media, such as recreation therapy, occupational therapy, and music therapy
3. develop basic skills in designing and leading therapeutic activities.
4. achieve competence in skills through supervised experience in community agencies and treatment facilities in which they observe, assist with, design, and lead therapeutic activities
Students
who complete the social service certificate curriculum will
1. understand the basic concepts
and principles of human services
2. begin to develop basic helping skills
3. begin to achieve competence in basic helping skills through supervised experience in community agencies and treatment facilities
4. have a beginning level of understanding of medical terminology
Students
who complete the substance abuse certificate curriculum will
1. know the criteria for substance
abuse and substance dependence
2. understand family dynamics as it relates to substance abuse
3. develop skills in relating to addicted persons
4. achieve competence in skills through supervised experience in a substance abuse treatment facility
MISSION
The mission of the Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science Program is to provide educational opportunities for qualified students wishing to pursue a career in medical technology and to contribute to meeting health care needs. Upon completion of the program the student earns a baccalaureate degree, is eligible to sit for national and state certification examinations, and will be able to
I. Perform analyses:
A. Properly collect and handle all clinical specimens and
instruct patients and allied health care personnel in specimen collection.
B. State principles of clinical methodology and perform simple and complex analyses with accuracy and precision.
C. Correlate test results to clinical disease and normalcy.
D. Establish and monitor quality control programs.
E. State the basic principles of instruments utilized in the clinical laboratory and standardize and trouble-shoot them appropriately.
F. Evaluate new methodology.
G. Assume responsibility for results, i.e., critically evaluate results, admit mistakes, and repeat procedures as required.
II.
Solve Problems:
A. Recognize, identify, and solve most technical problems
relating to clinical laboratory methodology.
B. Anticipate potential problem areas and develop alternatives.
C. Evaluate a problem effectively and solve it efficiently.
III.
Demonstrate Organization and Communication Skills
A. Utilize effective, tactful, and considerate communication
with peers and customers.
B. Develop personnel schedules
C. Practice basic principles of ordering, purchasing, and maintaining stocks.
D. Adapt to the situation.
E. Keep area neat.
F. Maintain stability under stress.
IV.
Demonstrate Supervision and Management Skills
A. Evaluate research reported in the
literature and apply to the clinical situation.
B. Understand legal considerations of the laboratory, including state and federal legislation and professional liability.
C. Supervise support personnel and students.
D. Evaluate performance of those they supervise.
E. Respect roles of other members of the health care team.
V.
Provide Educational Services
A. Teach students and support personnel at the bench level.
B. Organize and present data orally.
C. Participate in education and evaluation of students.
D. Recognize the need for life-long learning.
Mission
The mission of the Department of Nursing is to provide educational opportunities for students who wish to pursue careers in nursing and to contribute to meeting health-care needs. The associate degree nursing program provides a basic nursing education. Upon completion of this program, graduates are eligible to take the RN licensure examination. The baccalaureate nursing program provides an educational opportunity for associate degree and diploma graduates in nursing to continue and expand their education.
ASSOCIATE
DEGREE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Freshman (Level One)
Objectives
The student will
Identify components of the Neuman
Systems Model and other scientific concepts in providing nursing care to
clients.
Demonstrate a beginning-level ability to apply the nursing process in nursing practice.
Identify principles and theories from a variety of disciplines as a basis for developing a knowledge base.
Recognize the importance of collaboration with other health care professionals to provide health care.
Identify behaviors which are necessary for personal and professional growth and accountability.
Sophomore (Level Two)
Objectives
Utilize the Neuman Systems Model
and other scientific concepts to meet the health care needs of clients,
families, and community.
Utilize the nursing process to promote an environment conducive to the restoration and maintenance of wholeness.
Incorporate principles and theories from a variety of disciplines to assist clients toward optimal adaptation.
Collaborate with other health care professionals to provide health care.
Demonstrate behaviors which reflect personal and
professional growth and accountability.
BACCALAUREATE
DEGREE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
1. Selects, synthesizes, and applies scientific and
humanistic concepts and nursing theories in assisting patients/clients toward
optimal adaptation.
a. Provides expert assistance in aiding patients/clients to
attain and maintain maximum health.
b. Values continued learning and professional
growth as a means of adapting to change occurring within the health care system
in order to maximally meet the health needs of patients/clients.
2. Utilizes the nursing process in making nursing
decisions and in guiding nursing actions.
a. Designs, implements, and evaluates formal and informal
health teaching-learning experiences for patients/clients, families, and
groups.
b. Provides direct care to patients/clients from diverse backgrounds, of all ages, in a variety of clinical settings.
c. Makes referrals to other members of the
interdisciplinary team and to appropriate agencies to insure quality, holistic
health care.
3. Utilizes interpersonal skills to promote optimal
functioning in patients/clients, families, the work environment, and the
community.
a. Responds therapeutically to meet the culturally diverse needs of the
patient/client population.
b. Recognizes the implications of social-economic factors as they relate to health care utilization.
c. Works effectively with all service providers.
4. Assumes a leadership and collaborative role in
directing health care activities and in influencing and adapting to change.
a. Utilizes strategies of the change process effectively.
b. Values the leadership role in effecting policy decisions.
c. Uses teaching and
mentoring skills to develop the professional practice of colleagues.
5. Views nursing practice as a means of applying research,
gathering empirical data, and refining practice.
a. Uses the problem-solving approach in providing patient
care.
b. Knows the principles of scientific investigation.
c. Selectively applies research findings to
practice, based on an evaluation of research studies.
6. Applies critical thinking and moral reasoning
skills in analyzing important issues and problems confronting the profession.
a. Applies skill in diagnostic reasoning.
b. Appreciates the implications of the moral reasoning process in patient care.
c. Develops a familiarity with reliable sources of information.
d. Utilizes decision-making theories in solving
problems.
7. Understands how nurses can make an impact on the forces
that shape the nature of health care delivery.
a. Describes the dynamic interaction of societal norms and
health care trends.
b. Examines the evolution of nursing within the health care system.
c. Discusses legal issues encountered by nurses in daily practice.
d. Recognizes the ways in which the health care delivery system is affected by the political and economic environment.
e. Explores bioethical issues related to professional nursing practice.
f. Recognizes how technology shapes health care practice.
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CRITICAL
CARE NURSING CERTIFICATE OBJECTIVES
The primary objectives of this certificate are to provide
1. Advanced knowledge and skills in the specialty of
critical care nursing to RN’s and student RN’s about to enter the
workforce.
2. Nurses working in or intending to work in any acute care area of nursing the opportunity to increase their skills and knowledge in critical care in order to meet the growing challenge of providing care to increasingly sicker patients within the managed health care environment.
3. Increased marketability of graduates from this program in a job market where critical care skills are valued.
GRADUATE
PROGRAM IN NURSING ADMINISTRATION
Mission
The mission of the graduate program is to prepare advanced nurse practitioners in the specialty of Nursing Administration.
Goals
The goals of the program are to prepare Registered Nurses
who have a baccalaureate degree (B.S.) with a major in nursing for leadership
positions in diverse health care systems and to provide an accessible program
in nursing administration to meet regional needs in and around the Fort Wayne
area.
Objectives:
The objectives of the program are to prepare graduates to
1. Integrate theories of organizational behavior and health
care systems to manage human, material, and financial resources in the delivery
of quality patient care.
2. Create an environment that promotes critical thinking,
sound research methods, and investigative procedures to improve the quality of
patient care.
3. Collaborate and consult with others to maximize utilization of health care personnel, material, and financial resources
4. Analyze the impact of health policy on health care financial and delivery systems.
5. Compare and contrast professional development opportunities that enhance career advancement for self and others.
6. Analyze the impact of financial, economic, ethical, legal, and social influences on health care delivery systems.
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The mission for the Fort Wayne School of Radiography Program, in cooperation with the College of Health and Human Services, is to educate qualified individuals for careers in radiography. The program is committed to excellence in the theory and practice of radiography. Individuals in this technical science will assume roles in the medical health team by providing essential services including, but not limited to, various imaging modalities such as x-rays, radioactive substances, high frequency sound waves and magnetic fields.
PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
1. The program will endorse and fulfill the "Objectives
and Ideals" of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
2. The student will be prepared to function as an entry-level radiographer.
3. The student will demonstrate competence on the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Radiography Examination.
4. The faculty and students will exercise high standards of radiation protection to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure to instructors, students, patients, and others.
5. The student will be prepared in the knowledge and techniques that will enable the student to assist in procedures involving Computed Tomography, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Radiation Oncology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and advanced Specialized Radiography.
6. The student will practice effective written and oral communication skills to promote a professional demeanor to patients, other health professionals, and the community.
7. The student will develop and demonstrate basic computer skills as they relate to usage in the Radiology department.
8. The student will be prepared to adapt to changes in current trends and to future imaging modalities.
9. The student will develop work habits and behavior patterns required for success and advancement in the profession.
10. The student will be prepared to serve as a resource of
information to the community to promote a better understanding of the complex
issues involving radiation.
11. The student will recognize the need for continued learning and professional development.