Strategy 2 - Rationale

Advance collaborative learning and discovery to improve health for the community.

The USF Health Sciences Center has been engaged in a strategic direction-setting process that is nearing completion. Five initiatives have been identified to advance the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health: Aging; Children; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism; and Health Professions Education. These areas support the new HSC mission statement in that (1) they address health care and quality of life issues that are critical to the HSC’s and University’s service area as well as to the state and the nation; (2) the HSC and university have existing, demonstrated strengths in relevant education, research, and service delivery that can be built upon to achieve national distinction; and (3) they provide enhanced opportunities for collaboration within the HSC and between the HSC and other USF colleges and programs. The following actions/initiatives will be pursued to advance collaborative learning and discovery to improve health for the community.