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Student Learning Outcomes: Morrison Family College of Health

Mission Statement

We prepare highly skilled and caring professionals who are culturally responsive, practice with ingenuity, and proactively advance health equity and social justice.

Vision

Informed by Catholic social teaching, the University of St. Thomas Morrison Family College of Health educates health providers and leaders to skillfully, compassionately, and collaboratively advance the physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being of individuals, families and communities.

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

Competencies Before a Student May Begin Their Field Experience (i.e., Practicum)

  1. Therapist Attending Behaviors
    • eye contact
    • body posture
    • verbal behavior/listening
  2. Therapist Observation of Client
    • nonverbal behavior
    • paraverbal behavior
    • verbal behavior
    • congruence between content and affect
  3. Therapist Responses to Client
    • silence
    • minimal encouragers
    • key word repetition and restatement
    • paraphrasing
    • summarizing
    • questioning
    • discussing culture
    • reflection of feeling/empathy
  4. Competencies at the End of Practicum and before the MA Degree is Conferred
    • Ethical Awareness and Conduct
    • Interviewing/Case Conceptualization
    • Relationship
    • Therapy
    • Use of Supervision
    • Professionalism

Learn more about the Doctorate in Counseling Psychology (Psy.D.)

Department of Health and Exercise Science

  1. Demonstrate proficiency in understanding theories, concepts, and principles related to exercise science.
  2. Students will be able to apply scientific processes to address a problem or question in exercise science.
  3. Students will be able to effectively communicate exercise science theories, concepts, and principles.
  4. Students will be able to design, prescribe, and evaluate exercise for diverse populations at various developmental stages and under a range of conditions.
  5. Students will act in a professional and ethical manner as set forth by the ACSM.
  6. Students will be able to conduct and accurately interpret health and fitness assessments.

  1. Develop a strategic plan for health/wellness/exercise promotion that supports the unique missions and values of a corp/facility.
  2. Examine and address the org/community health and/or exercise issues and resources at all levels of the socioecological model (intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, community, and public policy).
  3. Acknowledge and understand the social, cultural, and economic factors that influence health behaviors.
  4. Use accepted quantitative or qualitative methods for assessment and program evaluation in health and /or exercise.
  5. Students will act in a professional and ethical manner during internship and other field experiences.

  1. Communicate public health information, in both oral and written forms and through a variety of media, to diverse audiences.
  2. Locate, use, evaluate and synthesize public health information.
  3. Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health.
  4. Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels.
  5. Discuss multiple dimensions of the policymaking process, including the roles of ethics and evidence.
  6. Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice.
  7. Design a population -based policy, program, project or intervention.

School of Nursing

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School of Social Work

  1. Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
  2. Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
  3. Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
  4. Engage In Practice-informed and Research and Research-informed Practice
  5. Engage in Policy Practice
  6. Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
  7. Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
  8. Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
  9. Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

  1. Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
  2. Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
  3. Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
  4. Engage In Practice-informed and Research and Research-informed Practice
  5. Engage in Policy Practice
  6. Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
  7. Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
  8. Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
  9. Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

Learn more about the Doctor of Social Work.