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The Office of Planning and Health
Professions (OPHP) provides oversight for a diverse range of
academic programs and is responsible for strategic planning,
governmental and community relations, program development, specialty
reports, and the administration of several community outreach
programs. Health Professions
Programs
The health professions programs offered by EVMS provide training at a progressive, nationally recognized medical school and in clinical and community facilities throughout the Hampton Roads area. EVMS has affiliations with many
community partners, including rural and urban clinics, modern hospitals, and other health-care settings.
Biomedical Sciences
Health Care and Public Health
Strategic
Planning
The EVMS Strategic Plan was
approved by the EVMS Board of Visitors on May 14, 2002. Begun in April 2001, the
strategic planning effort's goal was to develop a new Strategic Plan that the
Board of Visitors would endorse that would guide EVMS' development during the
next three to five years. To download a copy of the Strategic Plan and its
appendices, please click on the appropriate link to the left.
Publications
In addition to the
“Report
on Performance Trends,”
OPHP prepares the annual “EVMS Fact Book,” a report that provides a
statistical review of the institution and an inventory of research projects
taking place at EVMS. Governmental
and Community Relations
The Vice President
for Planning and Program Development serves as the principal advocate for
EVMS with the local, state, and federal governments. In addition, OPHP
acts as EVMS' liaison with other academic institutions, health components
of U.S./state/local governments and economic development groups.
As a part of new procedural guidelines by the
Department of Planning & Budget for the Commonwealth, all agencies requesting
funding from the Commonwealth are required to update their Strategic and
Service Area Plans based on the Governor's introduced budget and post their
plan on their Web site. To download a copy of the EVMS Plan, please click on
the appropriate link to the left.
Program Development
OPHP takes
the lead in or supports the development of new programs at EVMS. For instance,
the department developed the graduate program in Public Health with Old
Dominion University and the Eastern Virginia Telemedicine Network with
health care providers at EVMS and on the Eastern Shore.
In addition,
OPHP has established a community-based primary health care partnership
with the Republic of Moldova. The purpose of this partnership is to jointly
create primary care centers with educational resources for staff and patient
education. Specialty
Reports OPHP leads the self-study
process for reaccreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools (SACS) and the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME).
The SACS self-study addresses all EVMS programs, whereas the LCME self-study
focused primarily on the medical education program of EVMS.
Outreach
Programs OPHP is responsible
for directing community outreach programs such as the Eastern Virginia
Area Health Education Center (EVAHEC) and the Eastern Virginia Regional
Perinatal Coordinating Council (EVRPCC).
Comments on
these reports should be e-mailed to Dr.
Don Combs, Project Director.
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