The need for innovative solutions to complex challenges is clear, and GMercyU is uniquely positioned to respond.
PRESIDENT // DEANNE H. D, EMILIO JD
THREE AREAS OF FOCUS
Academic Programs to Grow and Advance the Healthcare Provider Workforce
• Expand access to existing GMercyU degrees and certificates
• Address emerging healthcare and workforce development needs
• Meet the growing need for telehealth, home health, behavioral health, complex care and integrated healthcare solutions, among others
• Focus on flexibility- three-year and second-degree programs, market-centered stackable certificates and credentials, and more online, hybrid and accelerated options
Innovation with Heart
• Interprofessional learning that brings students from many majors together to address the physical, behavioral, demographic and environmental factors that impact a patient’ s overall health and well-being
• State-of-the-market technology that builds practitioner confidence and expertise, enhances the patient experience, and improves patient outcomes
• Large indoor and outdoor, configurable spaces that support interprofessional learning, continuing education and upskilling programming
Partnerships to Address Affordability, Employee Affinity and Pipeline Development
• Partnerships with healthcare systems and other institutions that provide funding and employment opportunities to address student affordability and urgent workforce needs
• Partnerships that provide scholarship and / or loan repayment funding to students in exchange for work commitments
• Externship and mentoring programs that build affinity
for and expertise in the culture of care within individual healthcare systems
• Dedicated Education Unit model that provides healthcare majors one-to-one clinical development with an experienced mentor at a location where the student is hoping to work post-graduation, shortening the new hire’ s time to independence and affinity for the health system
• A‘ Live Here, Work Here’ community connections program that seeks to grow the employment pipeline in rural areas
JOIN THE COMPASSIONATE CARE COLLABORATIVE
GMercyU is actively seeking healthcare providers, nonprofits, investors, insurers, entrepreneurs, and alumni to join this initiative.
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