McQueary College of Health and Human Services Student Learning Outcomes

Biomedical Sciences Learning Outcomes

• Exhibit a knowledge base in genetics, cell and molecular biology, and anatomy and physiology.
• Demonstrate the knowledge of common and advanced laboratory practices in cell and molecular biology.
• Exhibit clear and concise communication of scientific data.
• Engage in review of scientific literature in the areas of biomedical sciences.
• Critique and professionally present primary literature articles in the general biomedical sciences field.

Clinical Laboratory Sciences Learning Outcomes

• Graduates will be able to demonstrate competencies consistent with best practices in their discipline.
• Graduates will be able to demonstrate the ability to think critically, to analyze complex and diverse concepts, and to use reason and judgment.
• Graduates will be able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in academic and professional settings.
• Graduates will be able to interact effectively and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and work through differences with civility.
• Graduates will be able to exhibit ethical leadership skills in professional practice and community service.
• Graduates will be able to utilize knowledge and skills related to their discipline to engage in activities that directly benefit the University or the civic community.
• Graduates will be able to demonstrate readiness to pursue life-long learning through continuing education, scholarship, service, and participation in professional organizations.

Communication Sciences and Disorders Learning Outcomes

Outcomes for graduates of the speech-language pathology program

• Students will demonstrate basic levels of ethical leadership by completing training in Privacy and Confidentiality of Private Health Information.
• Students will demonstrate awareness of different aspects of diversity (e.g. SES, severity of disabilities, age) by reflecting on experiences with diverse groups via service-learning activities.
• Students will demonstrate cultural competence by examining personal values and beliefs regarding culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
• Students will demonstrate cultural competence by completing an extended observation report that acknowledges the focus of communication treatment and the manner in which it was tailored to meet the needs of the individual client based on his/her culture and point in the lifespan.
• Students will demonstrate basic knowledge of the processes involved in normal speech, language, hearing, and swallowing functions. This includes, and is not limited to, acoustic, linguistic, biological, physiological, and neurological processes and the research and clinical technologies associated with these processes.
• Students will demonstrate foundational knowledge regarding the clinical signs, and etiologies related to communication disorders as well as understanding of the basics of clinical intervention. Part of this involves knowing how these disorders impact participation in and access to daily life skills for both affected individuals and their caregivers, in culturally diverse contexts, and across the lifespan.

Outcomes for graduates of the audiology program

• Students will demonstrate basic levels of ethical leadership by completing training in Privacy and Confidentiality of Private Health Information.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the effect of deafness on family, friends, and society and recognize and respect multiple perspectives and cultures. They will demonstrate engaged and principled leadership, as well as recognition of the importance of contributing their knowledge and experiences to the community and broader society.
• Students will demonstrate cultural competence by examining personal values and beliefs regarding culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
• Students will demonstrate cultural competence by completing an assignment that addresses adherence to the code of ethics, understanding and celebration of diversity, and awareness of tendencies to stereotype.
• Students will be able to describe the basic mechanism of audition/human hearing.
• Students will be able to identify the presence and effects of hearing loss by looking at an audiogram.

Exercise Science Learning Outcomes

• Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of the structure and function of the body, application of biomechanical principles to efficient movement in activities of daily life as well as to training, physiological principles, responses, and adaptations to training, and developmental changes with growth, maturation and aging.
• Graduates will demonstrate the ability to discuss the physiological basis of the components of physical fitness; accurately measure and interpret the measurement of each component; screen clients of all ages for fitness testing; adapt testing protocols according to health appraisals and medical history; and understand the effects of common prescription drugs on exercise testing and prescription.
• Graduates will demonstrate the ability to prescribe and implement all phases of exercise training programs specific to the age and functional ability of the client and in accordance with benefits, precautions, and contraindications of progressive exercise; identify proper and improper technique in the use of equipment; and apply methods to monitor exercise intensity.
• Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of energy balance in weight management; effects of diet and exercise on body composition and health; nutritional factors in the female athlete triad, eating disorders; misconceptions of inappropriate weight loss methods; calories per nutrient (food) and nutritional ergogenic aids.
• Graduates will demonstrate the knowledge of five behavioral strategies to enhance exercise and health behavior changes; elements that should be included in counseling sessions; the stages of motivational readiness and methods of motivation.

• Graduates will demonstrate knowledge and prowess in addressing emergency procedures and individual injury in health and fitness settings; maintenance of a safe environment and legal implications in documenting safety standards, precautions, policies, and injury; environmental stressors, overtraining signs, and common injury in exercise training; and skill in first aid/CPR.

• Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of program administration, marketing, monitoring, management, and evaluation.
• Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, and musculoskeletal risk factors or conditions that may require consultation with medical personnel before testing or training.

Health Services Learning Outcomes

• Utilize appropriate technology in health care delivery and management.
• Interact with persons from diverse backgrounds in a culturally competent manner.
• Manage human and fiscal resources in a cost-effective manner to ensure quality health care.
• Practice within ethical and legal boundaries in the health care setting.

• Integrate current evidence-based practices within a health care setting.

• Communicate effectively with interprofessional team members, patients, and patient families.
• Provide leadership in interprofessional education and practice to improve patient safety and health care quality.
• Develop practical applications of individual, community, and public health.

Nursing Learning Outcomes

• Graduates are prepared to integrate knowledge from liberal arts and sciences with nursing's historical foundation to make evidence-based decisions, use sound clinical judgment, and provide ethical, equitable care for patients across the lifespan.
• Graduates are prepared to use a patient-centered, team approach that considers the physical, emotional, social, and heterogeneity aspects of individual patient well-being and includes the patient and important others in decision-making.
• Graduates are prepared to apply holistic concepts of equitable public health, disease prevention, and health promotion to manage, advance, and protect population health across communities.
• Graduates are prepared to identify how research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient and family values are integrated to optimize care within the evidenced-based practice (EBP) framework and articulate the impact on patient outcomes.
• Graduates are prepared to demonstrate effective use of technology, improvement science, EBP, and a culture of patient safety to enhance and support safe practice. 
• Graduates are prepared to use interprofessional communication skills to develop collaborative relationships with stakeholders to improve health care delivery and patient outcomes. 
• Graduates are prepared to incorporate system-thinking, innovation, and EBP to optimize and improve care delivery for all.
• Graduates are prepared to incorporate ethical and intentional use of innovative technology to synthesize relevant data and support clinical decision-making, patient education, error prevention, and coordination of care for all. 
• Graduates are prepared to demonstrate development of a professional identity that embraces nursing values, accountability, and commitment to the nursing profession. 
• Graduates are prepared to apply leadership competencies, lifelong learning, and a spirit of inquiry to advocate for self, the nursing profession, patients, and populations. 

Nutrition and Dietetics Learning Outcomes

• Program graduates will be prepared for an accredited supervised practice program and careers in nutrition and dietetics.
• Program graduates will obtain a scientific foundation for expertise in the translation of food, nutrition, and medical science while promoting health and nutritional well-being.
• Program graduates will demonstrate commitment to community engagement, lifelong learning, and ethical practice.

Physical Education Learning Outcomes

• Graduates will select and create learning experiences that are appropriate for curriculum goals, relevant to learners, show evidence of sequential learning, incorporate modifications for variations in learning styles and performance, and are based on the principles of effective instruction.
• Graduates will demonstrate competence in movement skills, analyze the performance of motor skills (particularly team and individual sports activities and dance/rhythms), as well as prepare and teach written lesson plans which address student learning of motor skills and analysis and assessment of these skills.
• Graduates will describe and apply physiological and biomechanical concepts related to skillful movement, movement patterns, motor development and motor learning, biomechanics and developmental readiness to learn.
• Graduates will plan and adapt instruction for diverse student needs including specific accommodations and/or modifications for student exceptionalities and specialized needs.
• Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of current technology by planning and implementing learning experiences that require students to appropriately use technology to meet lesson objectives as well as use technological applications to facilitate effective assessment and evaluation strategies, and enhance personal productivity and professional practice.
• Graduates will maintain a health-enhancing level of fitness throughout the program as well as be able to collect and analyze personal fitness data.
• Graduates will demonstrate effective communication and pedagogical skills, utilize strategies to enhance student engagement and learning, and create appropriate managerial rules and routines in order to create a safe effective learning environment.

Psychology Learning Outcomes

Knowledge base of psychology

Students will demonstrate familiarity with the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology.

Critical thinking and research skills

Students will use critical and creative thinking as they demonstrate basic research skills in psychology, including research design, data analysis and interpretation.

Application and community engagement

Students will understand and apply psychological principles to personal, social and organizational issues.

Ethical leadership

Students will be able to weigh evidence, tolerate ambiguity, act ethically and reflect other values that are the underpinnings of psychology as a discipline.

Cultural competence

Students will recognize, understand and respect the complexity of sociocultural and international diversity.

Career planning and development

Students will emerge from the major with realistic ideas about how to implement their psychological knowledge, skills and values in occupational pursuits in a variety of settings.

Radiography Learning Outcomes

• Graduates will demonstrate competencies consistent with best practices in their discipline.
• Graduates will demonstrate the ability to think critically, to analyze complex and diverse concepts, and to use reason and judgment.
• Graduates will communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in academic and professional settings.
• Graduates will interact effectively and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and work through differences with civility.
• Graduates will exhibit ethical leadership skills in professional practice and community service.
• Graduates will utilize knowledge and skills related to their discipline to engage in activities that directly benefit the University or the civic community.
• Graduates will demonstrate readiness to pursue life-long learning through continuing education, scholarship, service, and participation in professional organizations.

Sport and Recreation Administration Learning Outcomes

• Graduates will demonstrate competencies consistent with best practices in their discipline.
• Graduates will demonstrate the ability to think critically, to analyze complex and diverse concepts, and to use reason and judgment.
• Graduates will communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in academic and professional settings.
• Graduates will interact effectively and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and work through differences with civility.
• Graduates will exhibit ethical leadership skills in professional practice and community service.
• Graduates will utilize knowledge and skills related to their discipline to engage in activities that directly benefit the university or the civic community.
• Graduates will demonstrate readiness to pursue life-long learning through continuing education, scholarship, service and participation in professional organizations.

Respiratory Therapy Learning Outcomes

• Graduates will demonstrate competencies consistent with best practices in their discipline.
• Graduates will demonstrate the ability to think critically, to analyze complex and diverse concepts, and to use reason and judgment.
• Graduates will communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in academic and professional settings.
• Graduates will interact effectively and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and work through differences with civility.
• Graduates will exhibit ethical leadership skills in professional practice and community service.
• Graduates will utilize knowledge and skills related to their discipline to engage in activities that directly benefit the University or the civic community.
• Graduates will demonstrate readiness to pursue life-long learning through continuing education, scholarship, service, and participation in professional organizations.

Social Work Learning Outcomes

To meet accreditation standards for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the above document shows student learning outcomes for Missouri State’s Master of Social Work (MSW) program.

Athletic Training Learning Outcomes

• Students will gain employment as an AT.

  • Recent graduates will demonstrate characteristics desired by employers.

  • Graduates will obtain employment as athletic trainers or enrollment in post-professional education.

  • Students will demonstrate the ability to practice independently as AT within an evolving health care delivery system.

  • Admitted students will be retained.

  • Admitted students will graduate on time.

• Students will participate in a challenging, multifaceted academic curriculum.
  • Students will evaluate program content as above average.
  • Students will evaluate each instructor within the AT curriculum as above average.
  • Students will evaluate the overall curriculum as above average.
  • Students will evaluate each preceptor and clinical site as above average.
  • Students will demonstrate knowledge, skills, and clinical abilities on all didactic assessments of course objectives and/or curricular content standards.
  • Students will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and clinical abilities on all clinical assessments of curricular content standards.
  • Students will pass the Board of Certification (BOC) Examination.
  • Students will design, complete, and present a research project.
• Students will embrace the university's public affairs mission and demonstrate the three broad pillars.
  • Students will demonstrate ethical leadership, community engagement, and cultural competency.
  • Students will demonstrate professional practice.
  • Alumni will demonstrate ethical leadership, community engagement, cultural competency and professional practice.
• Students will participate in highly engaging athletic training experiences in local and global communities.
  • Students will experience a variety of clinical settings.
    
  • Students will indicate their clinical experiences are of high quality.
  • Students will document a variety of engaging experiences in their professional development activities.

Athletic Training Learning Outcomes

• Students will master advanced content not previously explored in their education.
• Students will create new knowledge through completion of degree requirements.
• Students will develop lifelong learning skills.
• Students will participate in the Universities’ Public Affairs Mission.

Behavior Analysis and Therapy Learning Outcomes

• Program graduates will demonstrate competencies consistent with best practices in their discipline.
• Program graduates will demonstrate the ability to think critically, to analyze complex and diverse concepts, and to use reason and judgment.
• Program graduates will communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in academic and professional settings.
• Program graduates will interact effectively and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and work through differences with civility.
• Program graduates will exhibit ethical leadership skills in professional practice and community service.
• Program graduates will utilize knowledge and skills related to their discipline to engage in activities that directly benefit the University or the civic community.
• Program graduates will demonstrate readiness to pursue life-long learning through continuing education, scholarship, service, and participation in professional organizations.

Biomedical Sciences Learning Outcomes

• On comprehensive exams, exhibit an advanced knowledge base in genetics, cell and molecular biology, and anatomy and physiology.
• Demonstrate advanced laboratory bench skills, lab notebook record keeping, and team work.
• When conducting research, be able to construct and test formulated hypotheses related to graduate research projects.
• Be able to critique and professionally present primary literature articles in the general biomedical sciences field, and exhibit clear and concise communication of scientific data.

Counseling Learning Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate competence on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) content standards by earning a satisfactory score on the School Counseling Content Exam.
• Students will be able to apply the Council for Accreditation in Counseling and Related Educational Professions (CACREP) and Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) standards to their field of study as demonstrated by successfully completing field-based practicum and internships based on CACREP and CAEP criteria.
• Students will demonstrate knowledge of counseling competency through successful completion of the national counselor educator comprehensive examination.

Health Promotion and Wellness Management Learning Outcomes

• Apply at least one health behavior theory to a real-world health program.
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct a needs assessment. (Public Affairs-cultural competence, community engagement)
• Describe the behavioral, environmental, and genetic risk factors for chronic diseases.
• Successfully identify appropriate programmatic strategies to meet the needs of specific populations. (Public Affairs-ethical leadership)
• Describe at least three fundamental skills in managing a health-related program.
• Identify the ethical considerations associated with planning, implementing, and evaluating health programs.
• Demonstrate an overarching understanding of research in the health field.
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of health education and promotion professionals.
• Be able to effectively read and evaluate research articles and translate research into evidence-based practices.
• Apply course content via their culminating research and internship experiences.

Nursing Learning Outcomes

• Program graduates will utilize a systematic deliberative approach in implementation of advanced nursing roles.
• Program graduates will demonstrate competence in advanced communication, critical thinking, research and therapeutic nursing intervention skills in area of role specialization.
• Program graduates will integrate legal, ethical and professional guidelines as standards for nursing practice into area of specialization.
• Program graduates will develop advanced nursing roles in area of role specialization, integrating knowledge and theory from the arts, sciences and nursing.
• Program graduates will develop strategies to influence nursing, health care and health care policy.
• Program graduates will demonstrate professional development and preparation of life-long learning in areas of role specialization.

Nutrition and Dietetics Learning Outcomes

• Program graduates will be competent for practice as entry-level registered dietitian nutritionists.
• Program graduates will demonstrate life-long learning skills who will enhance the nutrition and dietetic profession and demonstrate leadership in the field of nutrition and dietetics.

Occupational Therapy Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate competence as generalists in current and emerging practice areas.
• Provide occupation-based practice interventions that promote independence, participation, health, and wellness among diverse persons, groups, and populations within rural and underserved communities.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors consistent with the legal and ethical standards, values, and attitudes of the occupational therapy profession.
• Utilize interprofessional knowledge and skills embodying the University’s Public Affairs Mission in community engagement.
• Demonstrate cultural humility to social, geographic, economic, gender, racial and ethnic diversity during personal interactions and in professional practice.
• Implement the holistic occupational therapy process demonstrating use of theory, scientific-inquiry, evidence, clinical reasoning, client-centered and individualized intervention, and effective oral and written communication skills.
• Engage in lifelong learning through ongoing self-assessment and mindful reflection, continuing education, and scholarship.

Physician Assistant Studies Learing Outcomes

The MSU Physician Assistant Studies Department has established the identified PA program competencies. These competencies are summative in nature and are expected of an MSU PA Program graduate. In addition, these competencies are consistent with program course learning outcomes and take into account national professional guidelines for the PA profession.

1. MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE

Graduating MSU PA students will:

• Understand, evaluate, and apply an evidence-based approach to medicine to patient care.
• Apply sound science concepts to patient care.
• Evaluate medical conditions with the understanding of the etiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, and epidemiology of the disease process.
• Recognize and interpret the signs and symptoms of medical and surgical conditions.
• Select, perform and/or interpret the appropriate laboratory and diagnostic studies/procedures.
• Formulate and monitor a management plan for general medical and surgical conditions to include pharmacotherapy, therapeutic procedures, and other treatment modalities.
• Apply concepts of health maintenance and disease prevention utilizing appropriate resources, referrals, and follow-up services.
• Utilize appropriate screening methods to detect medical and surgical conditions in asymptomatic patients.
• Elicit a comprehensive, accurate patient history and perform a thorough physical examination to identify abnormalities associated with disease.
• Organize and interpret information to formulate differential diagnoses for each patient presentation.

2. INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Through verbal, nonverbal, written, and electronic communications, graduating MSU PA students will:

• Develop an ethically sound and appropriate relationship with patients.
• Use effective communication skills to elicit and provide information.
• Adapt communication and information according to the context of the interaction while considering the importance of health literacy.
• Work effectively and professionally as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team.
• Demonstrate emotional resilience and stability, adaptability, and flexibility.
• Acknowledge and tolerate ambiguity in medicine.
• Accurately documents medical information that is compliant with medical, legal, professional, and financial standards.

3. PATIENT CARE

Patient care includes patient- and setting-specific assessment, evaluation, and management. Physician assistants must demonstrate care that is effective, safe, high quality, and equitable. Graduating MSU PA students will:

• Work effectively and professionally as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team to provide patient-centered care.
• Interact with patients and their families with respect, empathy, and compassion.
• Obtain, organize, and document essential and accurate patient information, including appropriate use of the electronic medical record.
• Utilize patient preferences, current scientific evidence, and informed clinical judgment to develop medical plans regarding diagnostics and therapeutic interventions.
• Effectively counsel and educate patients and families regarding physical and mental health issues, including disease prevention, health maintenance and holistic care.
• Competently perform and/or assist with essential medical and surgical procedures within the scope of PA practice.
• Competently utilize information technology to educate patients and refer them to sound and valid electronic media.

4. PROFESSIONALISM

Professionalism is critical to the physician assistant practice. Graduating MSU PA students will:

• Understand the legal and regulatory requirements, as well as the appropriate role of the physician assistant.
• Foster professional relationships with all health care providers.
• Display respect, compassion, and integrity in all patient and professional encounters.
• Be accountable to patients, society, the healthcare team, and the profession.
• Commit to excellence and on-going professional development.
• Adhere to the ethical principles that guide clinical care, confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, and business practices.
• Be sensitive and responsive to differences in race, class, gender, sexual orientation, country of origin, abilities, as well as cultural, political, religious, or other affiliations including veteran and socioeconomic status.
• Maintain practices of self-reflection, critical curiosity, and initiative.
• Commit to the education of self, students, and other health care professionals.
• Maintain a healthy work-life balance and behaviors, avoiding substance abuse.
• Acknowledge professional and personal limitations.

5. PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT

Graduating MSU PA students will:

• Engage in critical analysis of their own practice experience, the medical literature, and other information resources for the purposes of self- and practice-improvement.
• Assess, evaluate, and improve their patient care practices.
• Analyze practice experience and perform practice-based improvement activities using a systematic methodology in concert with other members of the health care delivery team.
• Locate, appraise, and integrate evidence from scientific studies related to their patients’ health.
• Apply knowledge of study designs and statistical methods to the appraisal of clinical literature and other information on diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness.
• Utilize information technology to manage information, access medical information, and support their own education.
• Recognize and appropriately address personal biases, gaps in medical knowledge, and physical limitations in themselves and others.
• Be prepared to serve in areas of need, particularly in rural and inner-city health professional shortage areas.

6. SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE

Graduating MSU PA students will:

• Demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger system of health care to provide patient care that balances quality and cost.
• Effectively interact with different types of medical practice and delivery systems
• Understand and effectively use the funding sources and payment systems that provide coverage for patient care.
• Practice cost-effective health care and resource allocation that does not compromise quality of care.
• Advocate for quality patient care and assist patients in dealing with system complexities.
• Collaborate with the health care team and administration to assess, coordinate, and improve the delivery and effectiveness of health care and patient outcomes.
• Promote a safe environment for patient care, recognize, and correct systems-based factors that negatively impact patient care.
• Apply medical information and clinical data systems to provide effective, efficient patient care.
• Recognize and appropriately address system biases that contribute to health care disparities.
• Apply the concepts of population health to patient care.

Professional Studies - Sports Management Focus Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to read, understand, and balance the budget for the organizations in which they are employed.
• Students will understand and practice appropriate legal/regulatory and ethical issues in the context of the work environment.
• Students will be able to select, train, evaluate, and terminate employees under their supervision.
• Students will design research projects to collect information to assess the effectiveness of current practices, and interpret the results of a statistical analysis of data, and use this to make informed decisions.
• Students will be able to identify and employ effective communication appropriate to the work environment.
• Students will understand, utilize, and adapt to the technologies common in their work environments.
• Students will understand the culture, behavior, diversity and structure of organizations.
• Students will understand the basics processes of grant writing and grant administration.

Psychology Learning Outcomes

• Program graduates will demonstrate competencies consistent with best practices in their discipline.
• Program graduates will demonstrate the ability to think critically, to analyze complex and diverse concepts, and to use reason and judgment.
• Program graduates will communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in academic and professional settings.
• Program graduates will interact effectively and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and work through differences with civility.
• Program graduates will exhibit ethical leadership skills in professional practice and community service.
• Program graduates will utilize knowledge and skills related to their discipline to engage in activities that directly benefit the University or the civic community.
• Program graduates will demonstrate readiness to pursue life-long learning through continuing education, scholarship, service, and participation in professional organizations.

Public Health Learning Outcomes

• Program graduates will be able to identify and apply appropriate statistical methods to analyze and describe a public health problem.
• Program graduates will be able to use epidemiologic methods to analyze patterns of disease and injury and discuss application to control problems.
• Program graduates will be able to understand the relationship between environmental factors and community health; discuss remediation for environmental health problems.
• Program graduates will be able to demonstrate the ability to apply principles of leadership, policy development, budgeting and program management in the planning, implementation and evaluation of health programs for individuals and populations.
• Program graduates will be able to address behavioral, social and cultural factors that impact individual and population health and health disparities over the life course.

Social Work Learning Outcomes

To meet accreditation standards for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the above document shows student learning outcomes for Missouri State’s Master of Social Work (MSW) program.

Speech-Language Pathology Learning Outcomes

• Program graduates will demonstrate knowledge and skills specified in the KASA competencies for speech-language pathology professionals.
• Program graduates will communicate effectively, recognizing the needs, values, referred model of communication, and cultural/linguistic background of the client/patient, family, caregivers, and relevant others.
• Program graduates will collaborate with other professionals in case management.
• Program graduates will provide counseling regarding communication and swallowing disorders to clients/patients family, caregivers and relevant others.
• Program graduates will adhere to the ASHA Code of Ethics and behave professionally.

Audiology Learning Outcomes

• Program graduates will demonstrate competencies consistent with best practices in their discipline.
• Program graduates will demonstrate the ability to think critically, to analyze complex and diverse concepts, and to use reason and judgment.
• Program graduates will communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in academic and professional settings.
• Program graduates will interact effectively and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and work through differences with civility.
• Program graduates will exhibit ethical leadership skills in professional practice and community service.
• Program graduates will utilize knowledge and skills related to their discipline to engage in activities that directly benefit the University or the civic community.
• Program graduates will demonstrate readiness to pursue life-long learning through continuing education, scholarship, service, and participation in professional organizations.

Nurse Anesthesia Practice Learning Outcomes

• Program graduates will be able to apply physiological, safety, and organizational theories to promote patient safety, enhance quality care, and improve nurse anesthesia practice.
• Program graduates will be able to analyze and synthesize relevant scientific literature and apply results to improve nurseanesthesia practice and patient care outcomes in a culturally sensitive manner.
• Program graduates will be able to communicate effectively with patients, families, the public, and other health professionals.
• Program graduates will demonstrate leadership skills to meet the challenges of increasingly complex health care and educational environments impacting nurse anesthetists.
• Program graduates will develop effective strategies for managing ethical dilemmas inherent in anesthesia patient care and the workplace.
• Program graduates will employ teaching and learning principles for the nurse anesthetist in educating and counseling individuals, families, students in training, and groups.
• Program graduates will demonstrate nurse anesthesia scholarship through presentations, publications, leadership activities and collaboration with other disciplines.

Nursing Practice Learning Outcomes

• Graduates will incorporate a scientific, deliberate approach to advanced nursing practice and clinical scholarship to improve the health and health care of individuals, groups and populations, with special emphasis on rural and vulnerable populations.
• Graduates will demonstrate advanced skills in communication, critical thinking, translational research and nursing practice to address the quality of health and safety of healthcare delivery to individuals, groups and populations.
• Graduates will implement the advanced practice nursing roles as practitioner, leader, innovator, clinical scholar, healthcare advocate and collaborator to address the current and future health and healthcare delivery needs at the individual, group, population and system level.
• Graduates will evaluate, synthesize and apply scientific evidence from multiple disciplines to improve and transform health care and health care outcomes.
• Graduates will develop evidence-based clinical prevention and population health approaches to influence nursing practice, healthcare and health policy at the system to global levels.
• Graduates will demonstrate professional development and skills for life-long learning as a nurse leader and advanced practice nurse.
• Graduates will use a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to decrease or eliminate health disparities in diverse and vulnerable populations.
• Graduates will incorporate technology into health care systems to transform practice, health care delivery and health policy.
• Graduates will demonstrate advanced practice leadership through the incorporation of ethical, cultural, social, political and economic strategies to transform health systems.

Occupational Therapy Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate competence as generalists in current and emerging practice areas.
• Provide occupation-based practice interventions that promote independence, participation, health, and wellness among diverse persons, groups, and populations within rural and underserved communities.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors consistent with the legal and ethical standards, values, and attitudes of the occupational therapy profession.
• Utilize interprofessional knowledge and skills embodying the University’s Public Affairs Mission in community engagement.
• Demonstrate cultural humility to social, geographic, economic, gender, racial and ethnic diversity during personal interactions and in professional practice.
• Implement the holistic occupational therapy process demonstrating use of theory, scientific-inquiry, evidence, clinical reasoning, client-centered and individualized intervention, and effective oral and written communication skills.
• Engage in lifelong learning through ongoing self-assessment and mindful reflection, continuing education, and scholarship.
• Demonstrate synthesis of in-depth knowledge in the focused area of study.

Physical Therapy Learning Outcomes

• Provide physical therapy services in a manner that is consistent with the American Physical Therapy Association’s Standards of Practice and the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice to maximize patient outcomes.
• Employ critically reflective thinking strategies in the provision of physical therapy services and in the pursuit of personal and professional development.
• Effectively function as primary care practitioners with direct access to patients in jurisdictions where allowed.
• Promote wellness and healthy behaviors while providing preventive and rehabilitative care.
• Effectively interact, communicate, and practice in collaboration with a variety of health care professionals, patients/clients, and laypersons.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural, social, economic, and ethnic diversity during professional and personal interactions with other professionals, patients/clients, family members and others.
• Develop and conduct appropriate and effective educational programs for patients/clients, family caregivers, other healthcare professionals, students, governmental agencies, and the community.
• Adhere to legal practice standards and practice ethical decision-making that is consistent with the American Physical Therapy Association’s Code of Ethics, Standards of Practice, and Guide for Professional Conduct.
• Engage in critical inquiry and embrace the philosophy of learning as both a lifelong endeavor and a professional responsibility.
• Contribute to the body of knowledge that influences client and patient care by participating in basic and/or clinical research, and justify and support treatment approaches and methodologies by effectively engaging in outcome analysis.
• Assume leadership roles within the profession and the community, and successfully adapt to a changing healthcare environment.
• Consistently reflect upon the relationship between personal values and professional behavior and modify those values and behaviors as necessary to meet personal, practice, and professional expectations.

Psychology Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Missouri State University Doctor of Psychology program will be able to:

• Integrate and apply the existing and evolving body of general knowledge and methods in the science and practice of psychology.
• Formulate, conduct, critically evaluate, and disseminate research or other scholarly activities that are of sufficient quality and rigor to have the potential to contribute to the scientific, psychological, or professional knowledge base.
• Act in accordance with the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists code of conduct, relevant laws and regulations, and professional standards and guidelines, recognize dilemmas as they arise, and apply ethical decision-making processes in order to resolve dilemmas.
• Conduct all professional activities with sensitivity to individual and cultural diversity, including the delivery of high-quality services to diverse individuals and groups.
• Act consistently the values and attitudes of the discipline of psychology, professional identity, and the well-being of self and others.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships, demonstrate interpersonal skills, and communicate in an informative, well-integrated, and professional manner.
• Conduct evidence-based assessment consistent with the scope of Health Service Psychology, interpret assessment results, and effectively communicate assessment findings and implications to a range of audiences.
• Implement evidence-based interventions consistent with the scope of Health Service Psychology, evaluate intervention effectiveness, and adapt intervention goals and methods consistent with evaluation.
• Apply knowledge of supervision models and practices in direct or simulated practice with psychology trainees or other health professionals.
• Apply knowledge of consultation and interprofessional/interdisciplinary skills in intentional collaboration with individuals or groups to address a problem, seek or share knowledge, or promote effectiveness in professional activities.
• Develop advanced knowledge in an area of specialization designed to meet the needs of communities served by clinical psychologists and represent the scope and depth needed to become a competent and effective scientist practitioner.

Forensic Child Psychology Certificate Learning Outcomes

• Program graduates will demonstrate competencies consistent with best practices in their discipline.
• Program graduates will demonstrate the ability to think critically, to analyze complex and diverse concepts, and to use reason and judgment.
• Program graduates will communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in academic and professional settings.
• Program graduates will interact effectively and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and work through differences with civility.
• Program graduates will exhibit ethical leadership skills in professional practice and community service.
• Program graduates will utilize knowledge and skills related to their discipline to engage in activities that directly benefit the University or the civic community.
• Program graduates will demonstrate readiness to pursue life-long learning through continuing education, scholarship, service, and participation in professional organizations.

Nurse Educator Certificate Learning Outcomes

• Graduates will utilize a systematic deliberative approach in implementation of advanced nursing roles.
• Graduates will demonstrate competence in advanced communication, critical thinking, research and therapeutic nursing intervention skills in area of role specialization.
• Graduates will integrate legal, ethical and professional guidelines as standards for nursing practice into area of specialization.
• Graduates will develop advanced nursing roles in area of role specialization, integrating knowledge and theory from the arts, sciences, and nursing.
• Graduates will develop strategies to influence nursing, health care and health care policy.
• Graduates will demonstrate professional development and preparation of life-long learning in areas of role specialization.

Registered Nurse First Assist Certificate Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to perform detailed perioperative assessments and advanced care planning.
• Students will be able to articulate advanced principles of evidence-based care of the patient in the perioperative setting.
• Students will demonstrate knowledge, skills and attitudes specific to the expanded role of the RNFA.
• Students will apply techniques used in surgery, to include: suturing, tissue handling and manipulation, operating room instrumentation, and wound preservation.

Sports Management Certificate Learning Outcomes

• Graduates will demonstrate competencies consistent with best practices in their discipline.
• Graduates will demonstrate the ability to think critically, to analyze complex and diverse concepts, and to use reason and judgment.
• Graduates will communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in academic and professional settings.
• Graduates will interact effectively and respectfully with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and work through differences with civility.
• Graduates will exhibit ethical leadership skills in professional practice and community service.
• Graduates will utilize knowledge and skills related to their discipline to engage in activities that directly benefit the University or the civic community.
• Graduates will demonstrate readiness to pursue life-long learning through continuing education, scholarship, service, and participation in professional organizations.