3092
students throughout Iowa are currently enrolled
in degree programs delivered throughout Iowa through
remote sites, ICN, microwave relay and the Web including:
Masters
degrees in Social Work, Business Administration,
Public Health, Computer Science, Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Nursing, and Library and
Information Science
Bachelor
degrees in Nursing and Liberal Studies
Doctor
of Pharmacy degree
Community
College Teaching Licensure
College
of Dentistry
Over
1800 state dental professionals participated in
College of Dentistry Continuing Education distance
education programs. An average of 25 sites throughout
Iowa were used for each program.
College
of Education
More
than 450 of Iowa’s helping professionals from
41 Iowa Counties attended the 24 th Annual Summer
School for Helping Professionals (ASSHP)—the
state’s largest workshop of its kind. For
over two decades, ASSHP has offered programs and
leadership that have enhanced the personal and professional
development of helping professionals, which has
resulted in an improved quality of services offered
within our communities across our state. For more
information, visit www.uiowa.edu/~asshp
One
of the Belin-Blank Center’s major missions
is to help teachers learn to recognize, encourage,
and teach gifted and talented students. By enabling
teachers to work more effectively with the gifted
students in their classrooms, all the children in
Iowa’s classrooms can benefit. The Belin-Blank
Center has worked with hundreds of teachers in Iowa,
many of who are now leading advocates for gifted
education in their communities.
Summer
Workshops for Educators—each summer at least
a dozen courses are offered for Iowa’s teachers.
Advanced
Placement Teacher Training Institute—professional
development available for 18 different AP courses.
Talented
and Gifted (TAG) Endorsement—In 1992, the
State of Iowa approved the requirements for a pre-K
through 12 Talented and Gifted (TAG) Endorsement
for anyone designated as a teacher and/or coordinator
of programs for the gifted. The TAG Endorsement
allows teachers to work with gifted students of
any age even if their certification is for a specific
age group. The TAG Endorsement provides educators
with the essential tools to promote the talents
and well being of gifted students. Research has
shown that outstanding teachers of the gifted are
familiar with different learning styles, understand
the developmental nature and needs of gifted children,
and understand current theory and knowledge about
gifted education
The
Biennial Henry B. & Jocelyn Wallace National
Research Symposium on Talent Development reaches
hundreds of educators interested in the educational
advancement of talent development.
CASMA
(Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and
Assessment) and ACT, Inc. cosponsored a conference
on educational testing challenges for nearly 200
educators, testing professionals, faculty, students,
and policy makers from across the country. It focused
on understanding how radically the testing landscape
has changed over the past 50 years.
In
an effort to enhance the learning experiences of
all elementary education pre-service teachers and
graduate students in literacy programs, Literacy
Education Assistant Professor Gail Boldt and Associate
Professor Kathy Whitmore created the Exemplary Literacy
Teaching Archive Project. With a $35,000 Arts and
Humanities Initiative Grant, the project filmed
classroom literacy lessons in several Iowa school
communities, then archived the instruction for future
learning and training on DVD. The DVD is being distributed
to all the teachers involved in it.
College of Engineering
The
College’s Center for Technical Communication
conducts Summer Seminars in Workplace Writing
for Iowa companies -- single-day, goal-oriented
workshops designed for engineering professionals
that provide customized instruction to help corporate
employees write more productively on the job.
Carver
College of Medicine
Nearly
11,000 physicians and health care employers were
trained in Continuing Medical Education offered
by the Carver College of Medicine throughout Iowa.
College
of Nursing
Educational
programs by nurse anesthesia students were conducted
in four sites
The
Certification Center administered exams to 4000+
Nurse Aides in 99 counties
The
Certification Center manages statewide curriculum
for 400+ auxiliary personnel in long term care in
99 counties
Faculty
and staff trained case managers and informal care
givers for dementia care in 31 counties
Thirty-four
continuing education offerings serving 2,350 individuals
from 86 counties were conducted
College of Pharmacy
328
statewide participants received continuing education
offering from 32 classes and another 214 from 40
home study offerings.
College
of Public Health
The
College of Public Health is offering the Certificate
in Public Health Program. The Certificate in Public
Health is designed to strengthen the knowledge and
skills in basic public health competencies. The
Certificate requires 12 hours of stipulated course
work. All courses needed for completion of the Certificate
are offered via the Iowa Communications Network
(ICN) at locations all across Iowa, the Internet,
and via Polycom Video Conferencing Technology. Currently
52 students from all across Iowa are enrolled in
the Certificate of Public Health Program.
The
Iowa Center for Public Health Preparedness (ICPHP) awarded
28 scholarships to the Certificate in Public Health
Program through its Public Health Workforce Development
Scholarship Program. Recipients were selected by Iowa
Association of Local Public Health Agencies, Iowa Public
Health Association, Iowa Environmental Health Association
and Iowa Department of Public Health.
The
Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety
and WORKSAFE IOWA offered 20 continuing education
courses attended by 549 trainees (about 835 person-days)
from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003. Five hundred
twenty four trainees were from Iowa representing
48 counties across the state. Trainees included
physicians, nurses, industrial hygienists, safety
professionals, human resources personnel, administrators
and other health professionals such as emergency
medical technicians and certified medical assistants.
250
geriatric mental health administrators and providers
were trained in a program offered by the Department
of Health Management and Policy.
200
substance abuse treatment providers in a 5-state
region were trained in workshops offered by the
Department of Community and Behavioral Health.
300
gambling addiction treatment providers were trained
on the diagnosis of gambling disorders through the
Department of Community and Behavioral Health.
The
Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness
sponsored a conference in April 2003 titled “Revisiting
the New Reality: Improving Iowa’s Preparedness
Capacity”. Over 200 professionals participated
in this state wide event. Participants learned about
preparedness initiatives that had been implemented
at the local, state, and national levels to better
prepare for emerging public health threats in Iowa.
This event provided an opportunity to identify issues
and strategies to enhance preparedness efforts.
Fifty-three
professionals from 34 Iowa communities participated
in the Center’s second cohort of the Train-the-Trainer
Program. During an eight-month period, training was
provided to increase participants’ knowledge in
public health science, emergency response systems and
community leadership in crisis.
Ten
one-hour educational programs were offered as part of
the Center’s Grand Round Series. There were a
total of 421 attendees for the 2003 series. Each program
was broadcast to more than 30 Iowa Communications Network
(ICN) sites. The Grand Rounds programs were also simulcast
via streaming video on the internet and archived on
the Center’s website for retrieval upon demand.
In addition, sessions are available via videotape, CD-ROM,
DVD, and audiotape.
College
of Law
The
College of Law sponsored ten accredited continuing
legal education (CLE) programs (totaling 57.75 hours
of “state law” programming, 34 hours
of “federal law” programming, and 3
hours of ethics programming). Two of these were
co-sponsored with the Iowa State Bar Association.
734 attorneys attended a College of Law sponsored
CLE program; these attendees were from 57 different
counties in Iowa and 12 different states. UI CLE
programs provided attendees with a cumulative total
of 4,419 “state” credit-hours, 2,598
“federal” credit-hours, and 257 “ethics”
credit-hours.
Nine members of the College of Law faculty and staff
made presentations at UI-sponsored CLE programs
( Professors Estin, Brinig, Ward, Kurtz, Blanck,
Cain, Sidel and Hill and Adjunct Professor Koontz).
