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Goals and Objectives

OHF Vision 2020: Leading the Transformation of Primary Care in Ohio

(now know as Accelerating Impact: Medical Student Debt Relief and Research Innovation)

Overall Goals

  • Lead the transformation of primary care medicine and primary care medical education;
  • Enhance the Heritage College to national prominence while addressing the growing need for primary care physicians, specifically in rural and underserved areas, particularly in Ohio; and
  • Expand Heritage College’s education and research programs and impact medical care throughout Ohio and beyond.

Goals and Measurable Objectives

The award includes four major parts resulting in nine (9) individual goals. Each of the goals are impactful at some level across all four Heritage College strategic priorities.

Part 1: Transformative Education

1. PART 1, GOAL 2 A- Office of Rural and Underserved Programs & B- Office of Advanced Studies : Transform Osteopathic medical education through new pathways and curricular transformation promoting primary care and innovative research education opportunities ( RUSP and Dual Degrees ) (2012 – 2021)
2. PART 1 GOAL 3 : Providing Student Scholarships and Scholar Awards (Scholarships) (2012 – 2025)

Part 2: Community Impact

3. PART 2, GOAL 1A&B : Develop a Diabetes/Endocrine Clinical Care and Research Center (Diabetes Center and Diabetes Research) (2012 – 2021)
4. PART 2 GOAL 2: Reduce the co morbidities of chronic disease by providing expanded health care services for the underserved, underinsured, and uninsured populations of Southeastern Ohio (Community Health Programs) (2012 – 2018)

Part 3: Collaborative Research

5. PART 3 GOAL 2 : Enhancement of the Ohio Musculoskeletal & Neurological Institute (OMNI) (2012 – 2019)
6. PART 3 GOAL 4 : Engage the Central Appalachian colleges of osteopathic medicine to design a consortium for innovation focused on primary care research and medical education (Central Appalachian Consortium) (2014 – 2020)
7. PART 3 GOAL 5 : Create the Research Infrastructure Necessary to Support the Overall Heritage College Research Strategy (Research Infrastructure) (2012 – 2024)

Part 4: All of Campus

8. PART 4 GOAL 1 : Develop an Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM) Dublin campus (Dublin Campus) (2011 – 2020)
9. PART 4 GOAL 2: Develop Modern Athens Campus Academic and Research Facilities (Athens Campus Development) (2012 – 2022)