2013 ANNUAL REPORT COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

Local examIn 2012, the MPH program initiated the use of a "core exam" or qualifying exam that the students in theprogram must pass in order to be eligible to enroll in the field experience. This test was initiated toensure that students progressing to the final stage of the degree had the necessary academicbackground to complete the field experience and the program. The test was administered twice in 2013,once in the fall and once in the spring. In the spring, six persons took the exam and 100% passed. Theaverage overall score on the core exam was 3.45; 3.0 was the minimum required score. Three studentswere required to do remedial work in individual subjects in which their scores were less than 3;however, all had overall passing average scores. The test was also given to one person in the fall whopassed with a 3.0 overall average and was required to do remedial work in epidemiology.The Program Director reports that the core exam has proven useful in assessing the knowledgeretention of students across courses, challenging the students to apply information to realistic publichealth scenarios, and identifying subject matter within the curriculum that should be presented morethoroughly by the instructors. Based on the information in the test, the section on food-borne illnessesand outbreak investigations was expanded in the Environmental Health course, PBH 745.Proficiency Profile ScoresNational: 446 50th percentile; 466 80th percentile CHHS average452.50 (up slightly from 451.64 in 2012) Biomedical Sciences464.38 Communication Sciences and Disorders454.87 Kinesiology446.82 Nursing454. 36 Psychology452.29 Social Work447.33 Sports Medicine and Athletic Training453.89ACAT BMSOf the 56 CMB students taking the ACAT exit exam in 2013, 52 scored above the 80th percentile, and4 scored in the 50th to 80th percentile.Student Recognition and AwardsStudents in CHHS programs were recognized for the following in 2013: Lucas BonDurant (CMB) participated in a summer internship through the Hispanic Amgen Scholarsprogram , which also provided tuition monies for the next year. Uzma Ahktar, AuD student, was a research fellow at Washington University during the summer 2013. The Missouri Speech Language Hearing Association Quest for the Cup Student competition. The MSU ATEP quiz bowl team placed 1st at the state competition and third in the district. MPH students received awards at the 2013 Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Forumo Jemina Shikany - Poster award for "Public Health traveler's issues and the healthcare systemin Yemen.o Philomina Amofah - Oral presentation award for "What are our children eating? Anassessment of children's diet in a Missouri community." Avinav Batra received a student poster award "Understanding the characteristics associated with lowSES and smoking in southwest Missouri," at the Missouri Public Health Association 2013 annualmeeting. Brian Jefferis, a Missouri State senior majoring in psychology, placed second at the MissouriAcademy of Science for his presentation of a collaborative research effort on the topic of how eldersCHHS 2013 Annual ReportPage 6

are adapting to and using various electronic devices. The research team also included KelseyMaloney, Emily Kiehne, and Kristine Sinor. Psychology students received awards at the 2013 Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Forum:o Outstanding Research Assistant and Oral Presentation – Monica Hill (Clinical Track)o Outstanding Teaching Assistant – Nicole Mardirosian-Brocaille (I/O Track)o Poster Presentation – Marilee Teasley (Experimental Track) and Amanda Wernli (I/O Track)o Oral Presentation – Sequana Tolon (I/O Track) Great Plains Students’ Psychology Convention 2013 - MSU award recipients:o Karolina Gryglewicz received a second place award for her poster titled, “Examining GenderDifferences and the BSRI.”o Madison Cochran received a second place award for her presentation titled, “Effect of Stresson Facial Recognition in College Participants.”o MaryJo Kolze received both the first and second place awards in a single sessions for herHonors Thesis titled, “Effects of Different Head Coverings on Perceptions of Females,” and herearlier work in the area titled, “Cultural Bias: the Effect of Head Coverings on FemaleAttractiveness Ratings.” She also received a first place award for her presentation titled,“Personality and Self-Bias in Memory of College Students.” Three PAS students presented posters at the July 2013 annual meeting of the Missouri Academy ofPhysician AssistantsAssessment Activities Programs reviewed their assessment processes and learning outcomes, and revised as appropriate. Several CHHS faculty participated in the Quality Indicators Project (QIP) Public Affairs AssessmentCurricular changes resulting from assessment and accreditation changes BMSo BMS 494 was changed to a graded section incorporating the ACAT exit exam whichimproved the attitude of the students with respect to the exam. BMS continued toprovide supplemental instructions (PASS) for BMS 110, BMS 307 and BMS 308. Theretention rate in BMS 307 improved between 2012 and 2013. However there was adecline in retention in BMS 308. The department plans several changes to improveparticipation in the PASS sessions.o Undergraduate programs had to revise requirements secondary to changes in theGeneral Education requirements to become effective fall 2014.Kinesiologyo DESE has indicated numerous changes will go into effect over the next two years sothe Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) Curriculum Committee has begunwork to make the changes a seamless transition.o Physical Education faculty assisted in the revision of the Teacher CandidateEvaluation (student teaching) to align with MoSPE standards and to include the PEUDiversity Proficiencies.o Appropriate syllabi were aligned with PEU Diversity Proficiencies and how theproficiencies will be assessed has been included in the NCATE/CAEP InstitutionalReport for the Standard 4 Diversity.o KIN 550 Organization and Administration for Kinesiology Professionals wasdeveloped and offered successfully. Students also report this course as being veryhelpful in preparation for the certification exams in EMS.CHHS 2013 Annual ReportPage 7

o Physical Education and Exercise and Movement Science modified the programrequirements by requiring majors to earn a C or better in all KIN core courses, andPhysical Education increased the GPA for graduation from a 2.5 to a 2.75.Nursingo Last class of MSN- FNP admitted summer 2012 – and will graduate May 2014.o BSN –The BSN course scheduling revised to distribute workload across thesemesters. Changed provisional admission (Honors College, ROTC, military) to 3.6 orhigher cumulative GPA (from 3.5). New standardized testing package implemented(Kaplan).o An additional DNP project introduction course added to assist students in theDevelopment of a change project.o Mandatory orientation and Typhon tracking required for the BSN-C and MSN-NurseEducator.Social Worko Social Work completed curriculum mapping and revision of admissions processes for theBSW and MSW programs. The School also completed curricular revision of the BSWprogram.Revised General Education ProgramSeveral departments submitted existing, revised or new courses for the revised general education program: i BMS 100 Concepts and Issues in the Life Sciences BMS 105 Concepts and Lab in the Life Sciences BMS 110 Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences BMS 111 Introduction to Lab in the biomedical Sciences KIN 210 Healthy Lifestyles: Preventive Approaches KIN 286 Ethics and Diversity in American Sport NUR 472 Writing II: Nursing Research and Scholarly Writing PSY 121 Introductory Psychology SWK 219 Human DiversityProgram Development and ImplementationFaculty in CHHS developed academic programs consistent with the mission during 2013. The Psychology Department developed the Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis with thecooperation of the Special Education Department in the College of Education. The BMS Department implemented the B.S. in Health Services to provide allied health professionalswith associate degrees or certificates opportunities for professional growth, preparation forleadership positions, and career advancement, and to provide a foundation for those who plan toenter the workforce in non-clinical healthcare support positions or wish to progress into graduateprograms. The EDHH implemented a certificate program. The curriculum for the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia was approved by the Graduate Council andFaculty Senate.CHHS 2013 Annual ReportPage 8

Program Recognition The Biomedical Sciences Department was selected for a media feature, ASCB-TV, produced byWebsedge, and shown at annual meeting of The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). It isavailable on the ASCB web page at(http://www.websedge.com/videos/ascb tv/#/biomedical science at its best ). This feature will isavailable on the ASCB web pages. The department retained all copyrights and currently uses thevideo on the webpages as well as at recruitment eventsEmployment and Admission to Graduate/Professional Schools All 2012-2013 internship graduates who sought employment in dietetics were employed within 3months of graduation. SMAT reported 100% employment or acceptance into graduate/specialty program 19 graduating seniors – 11 students entered a MS program (3 entered a Master’s programdirectly related to athletic training, the remaining 8 entered an MS program related to athletictraining - all received funded graduate assistantships working as athletic trainers), 4 entered theAT profession directly, 4 applied and were accepted to PT programs.CHHS 2013 Annual ReportPage 9

Access, Enrollment, and RetentionAlternative Course DeliveryCHHS increased student access by offeringmore courses via alternative deliverymethods . The delivery method with thegreatest growth in student credit hourswas the blended format, followed by thegrowth in internet coureses (Table 2).Expanded use of interactive video fordistance education, resulted in a 475%increase in credit hours. Evening/weekend credit hours increased by 11%.There were slight declines in intersession,dual credit anad traditional courses.Table 2. Student credit hours by alternative delivery methods.SCH%FormatCY2012 CY2013 Change 8629%Dual nteractive 3,5233,618953%Highlights include:Traditional52,50251,398 -1,104-2% The PSY 121 team continued toTOTAL80,60284,1333,5314%refine the redesign of PSY 121 aspart of the state’s NCAT project, resulting in increased student acceptance. The blended formatincorporates interactive learning assignments. Senior Learning Assistants and UndergraduateLearning Assistants provide addition student support. CHHS offered three programs that could be completed entirely online: a BSN-completion degree,the B.S. Health Services-Clinical Option, and a Sports Management graduate certificate. Online sections of CHHS general education courses, including BMS 105, KIN 100, NUR 472, and PSY121, are offered each semester, and all except NUR 472 are offered during the summer session. MSW courses taught at Joplin and West Plains were the main source of CHHS off campus credithours. Use of interactive video by the School of Social Work also resulted in the large increase in thepercentage of credit hours by this delivery method. All courses taught by MPH faculty are offered in non-traditional formats on a rotating basis,including evening, executive style and online. Only one required course, MGT 701 Health ServicesOrganizations, which is taught by another college, is not offered in either executive style or online. Nursing continues to be very active in offering courses in multiple formats – e.g. blocking onTuesdays for FNP, online (all for BSNC, and MSN Nurse Educator), hybrid courses in the summers forMSN, and adding appropriate online formats for non-clinical BSN courses. Nursing also offerselectives on the weekends (Emergency Care), which draws students and community. The Biomedical Sciences Department reported a decline in dual credit due to retirement of previousteachers with no one to replace at these at the high schools with the appropriate credentials. TheDepartment developed a BMS Dual Credit Policy to support new faculty, and worked with the DualCredit Office to support potential Dual Credit instructors. One potential at Hillcrest did not completethe process. The Biomedical Sciences Department reported the increased use of MediaSite recordings to augmentcontent in several courses.CHHS 2013 Annual ReportSCHSCHSCHPage 10

EnrollmentUndergraduate StudentsEnrollment reports at census indicate that there were 4,114students majoring in CHHS programs in fall 2013 (Figure 1).The College experienced growth in both undergraduate andgraduate majors, and all CHHS departments increasedbetween 2012 and 2013, with an overall increase of 6.4%(Figure 2). In terms of student numbers, the departmentsexperiencing the greatest growth between fall 2012 and2013 were BMS, KIN, and Nursing. Units with the highestpercentage of growth were MPH, SMAT and NUR.Enrollment growth can be attributed to offering high demanddegree programs as well as initiatives and recruitment effortsby the departments.Figure 1. CHHS majors 2009-2013. The Biomedical Sciences department activelyrecruits students for all programs anddeveloped a video promoting the CMBprogram. The Nursing Department continued thesuccessful Nurse-for-a-Day recruitingevents. Demand for the BSN continues to be high,with the number of pre-nursing studentsincreasing by 75-100 every year. Thedepartment had one of the highestqualified BSN pools since starting theprogram, with approximately 23 HonorsCollege Students and one military activeFigure 2. CHHS majors by department from 2009 - 2013.duty admitted through provisionaladmission to the BSN program. The Department will allocate one additional provisional admissionseat in the BSN program to ROTC next year. The numbers of pre-nursing and BSNC students, and applications to the BSNC are up – especially inthe BSN-C Crowder Scholars Program, with very qualified students in the program. MSN Nurse Educator admissions were up – with 11 admitted in 2013. Implementation of the MSW cohort at West Plains and the BSW at Crowder College increasedenrollment in Social Work. The DPT program accepted an expanded cohort of 40 students for the first time in fall 2013. The MS PAS program accepted a cohort of 32 students in January 2013. The College developed the Health Professions Scholars program pathway to recruit high achievinghigh school students interested in Audiology, Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistant Studieso HPS program participants will have guaranteed interviews for selected graduate programs.o Developed recruitment materials and promoted at Showcase and other events Targeted recruitment initiativeso CSD received an award of 16,556 from the Provost for “Preparing SLP Assistants andSupervisors”o Drs. White and Wang (CSD) received 6,600 from the Graduate College for “Marketing Planfor the Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Online graduate certificate.CHHS 2013 Annual ReportPage 11

RetentionUndergraduate first time college retention.CHHS has made progress toward the 80% retention target in the MSU 2011-2016 Long-Range Plan.Undergraduate retention of first time new to college students was 77.54% for fall 2013 (Figure 3), an increasefrom 74.00% in 2012. The departments with the highest retention were BMS, CSD, KIN, and SMAT, whereasNUR, PSY, and SWK continued to have lower retention. Although the BSN program increased the cohort sizefrom 41 to 61 students between 2009 and 2012,the program is unable to accommodate allqualified applicants. Pre-nursing studentsunable to gain admission to the MSU programenter other nursing programs throughout thestate, including hospital based programs. Theimplementation of a track in the BS in HealthServices degree has provided some pre-nursingstudents with alternative career pathways.Students this degree can apply to anaccelerated BSN program upon graduation.Although MSU does not offer this degree optionfor Nursing, there are a number of public andprivate institutions in Missouri offeringaccelerated BSN programs. Other options for theseFigure 3. Retention of first time students by department.students include entry into MPH or MHA programs.In contrast to the retention of pre-nursing students, retention in the BSN program is excellent with 90%retention in the BSNC program; 96% retention in the BSN class admitted in 2011; and 95% for the BSN classadmitted in 2012. Transfers into the program allowed for full or nearly full graduation classes.Transfer student retentionOverall retention of first time transferstudents by CHHS programs was 72.39% infall 2013 (Figure 4), which was an increasefrom 69.15% in fall 2012. The percentretained by CHHS departments from fall2012 to fall 2013 ranged from a high of86.36% for CSD to 59.18% for Nursing.Kinesiology and Psychology had the largestnumbers of undergraduate first timetransfer students in fall 2012, with 72 and78, respectively. The Psychology Department Figure 4. Retention of transfer students by department.developed a new approach to welcomingand advising transfer students in which they purposefully reach out to admitted transfer students, seekimmediate connections, and ensure they are able to enroll in at least seven key PSY credits in the firstsemester to facilitate a smooth transition to MSU.CHHS 2013 Annual ReportPage 12

Graduate Student RetentionRetention of graduate students varied amongCHHS Departments (Figure 5) with an overallretention of 91.09% from fall 2012 to fall 2013.Lowest retention rates were experienced byKIN, PSY, and MPH. The MSAT program admitted the firstcohort of this new program in fall 2012. Asof fall 2013, 8 out of the 9 students(88.29%) continued in the program.The student who did not return had startedthe program with the intent of getting hisGPA up and pre-requisites met to apply toFigure 5. Retention of graduate students by department.a PT program for fall 2013. Nursing retention in graduate programs averaged 89.13%.o Nurse Educator - lost 1 (94% retention);o FNP – lost 3 out of 36 students due to grades (88% retention);o PM – DNP – lost 5 (50%) due to lack of time, lack of technology ability, etc. The department plans toreconsider evaluation of technology and motivation to pursue the program.o BSN to DNP –admitted 8 and lost 2 (25%) due to personal reasons – family issues, lack of time withwork. The Department will continue to work on evaluating commitment and motivation prior toacceptance. Retention in the Psychology master’s emphasis areas ranged from 84.21% for clinical to 95.65% forIndustrial/Organizational. The Forensic Child Psychology certificate program retained 66.67% (4 of 6students who started in 2012).CHHS Retention InitiativesLiving Learning Community. CHHS continued the Living-Learning Community (LLC) for students interested inthe health professions , a college-wide initiative to increase student success and retention rates. CHHSFaculty Fellows are involved with the students, from organizing the LLC experience to delivering programs,study sessions, and informal instructional programs. Kinesiology supports a separate LLC.Nursing recruitment and retention program. Nursing continued its pre-nursing students (including picnics,informational workshops, newsletters three times a year, Facebook, twitter, simulation day, Nurse-for-a-Day).Enhanced advisement. CHHS has a Pre-Health Adviser who advises students interested in health careerswho have not yet been admitted to degree programs. Most CHHS faculty members have achieved MasterAdvisor status and several staff members who regularly interact with students completed Basic or MasterAdvisor training.Supplemental Instruction and Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS). During 2013, BMS provided PeerAssisted Study Sessions for BMS 110, BMS 307 and BMS 308. Nursing holds brown bag lunches andindividualized tutoring for majors in nursing courses as needed – especially nursing research, pharmacology,and medical-surgical.Course redesign. The Psychology department continues to refine the redesign of PSY 121: I

Dr. Carol Langer, Director, School of Social Work (SWK) . Faculty in CSD’s EDHH program and Kinesiology’s BSEd Physical Education (K-12) program . programs; and 4) increasing research productivity and external grant funding. MPH is in compliance with the diversit