Allied Health Program Outcomes

The faculty of the Henry P. Becton School of Nursing and Allied Health has established allied health end-of-program student learning outcomes that are congruent with the mission of Fairleigh Dickinson University, consistent with end-of-program student learning outcomes for healthcare students co-learning in our interprofessional classes, and guide the development of the curricular content and expected competencies required by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP):

 

  Domain

SNAH Allied Health Program Outcome

1.

Knowledge for Disciplinary Practice

 

Integrate established and evolving disciplinary knowledge, as well as knowledge from the liberal arts, natural and social sciences, and other disciplines, as a basis for clinical judgment and innovation in practice.

2.

Person-Centered Care

 

Engage in holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate person-centered care within multiple complicated contexts, including family and important others, regardless of specialty or functional area.

3.

Population Health

 

Advance equitable population health across the healthcare delivery continuum, from emergency preparedness and disease prevention to disease management and crisis intervention, through education, advocacy, and collaborative activities with affected communities, industry, academia, health care, government entities, and others.

4.

Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline

 

Demonstrate the generation, synthesis, translation, application, and dissemination of disciplinary knowledge to improve health and transform health care.

5.

Quality and Safety

 

Employ established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science to promote system effectiveness and individual performance to enhance healthcare quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers.

6.

Interprofessional Partnerships

 

Collaborate across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.

7.

Systems-Based Practice

 

Prioritize within complex systems of health care, including proactive coordination of resources, to optimize the provision of safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations.

8.

Informatics and Healthcare Technologies

 

Use informatics processes and communication technologies to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards.

9.

Professionalism

 

Cultivate a sustainable professional identity, including accountability, perspective, collaborative disposition, and comportment, that reflects disciplinary characteristics and values.

10.

Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development

Participate in in activities and self-reflection that fosters personal health, resilience, and well-being; contribute to lifelong learning; and support the acquisition of disciplinary expertise and the assertion of leadership.