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The Mission of the College of Health Professions is to create outstanding health professionals to improve the well-being of Tennesseans and the global community through collaborative and inclusive education, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. The mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to transform lives through collaborative and inclusive education, research/scholarship, clinical care, and public service. The College 鈥媑raduates outstanding health professionals 鈥媤ho address the health care needs of the people of Tennessee, provide leadership in the respective health professions, contribute to 鈥媏vidence-based practice through cutting edge research, and promote healthy lifestyles and lifelong learning.

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College ByLaws

Curriculum Committee

• The curriculum committee for COHP follows the UTHSC policy on Approval of Curricular Changes Relating to Academic Programs.
• The committee reviews and processes submissions for curriculum enhancement and new programs.
• The committee coordinates and reviews program learning outcomes assessment, and makes recommendations for curriculum enhancement.

Promotion and Tenure Committee

The committee is advisory to the Dean of faculty appointments, promotions and tenure in the COHP.听

• Review dossier, meet to discuss each candidate, complete Metric Matrix, and vote on each recommendation for promotion and/or tenure, thereby making a positive or a negative recommendation on each candidate. The vote will be taken anonymously. Voting is limited to members of the committee holding rank equal to or higher than that to which the candidate is seeking promotion听
• Promotion and Tenure (P&T) Committee of the COHP is responsible for making recommendations to the Dean concerning the award of tenure, and for promotion in rank.
• If requested by the Dean, the committee may review a candidate鈥檚 credentials and make a recommendation concerning the appointment and rank.
• If requested by the department chair, the committee participates in faculty interim probationary reviews and also in termination of tenured faculty in accordance with the UTHSC Faculty Handbook.

Research Committee

• The research committee facilitates the dissemination of research information and opportunities from the office of the Associate Dean for research to the respective departments.

Student Affairs Committee

• The student affairs committee is responsible for advising the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs on recruitment and enrollment of students for the degree programs and certificates offered by the College.
• The committee monitors enrollment goals in productivity and quality metrics and coordinate with external departments on policy, processes, and change management.

Public Relations Committee

• The public relations committee serves as the editorial board for the college alumni magazine and other college or campus publications, including the College鈥檚 website and various social networks.
• The committee collects information, photographs and other records on an ongoing basis about faculty, alumni, and student activities as well as special achievements in the College.
• The information is maintained for publications and other public relations activities or events.
• This committee works closely with the office of the Associate Dean for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs to ensure proper coordination and correct data in the publications.

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The College was founded as the College of Community and Allied Health Professions in 1972 and was later named the College of Allied Health Science. In 2014, the name changed to the College of Health Professions.听

The College serves as an administrative base for allied health programs from a variety of departments and institutions. Initial departments included clinical laboratory sciences (which included programs in medical technology, cytotechnology, histotechnology and blood banking), then within the College of Medicine鈥檚 Department of Pathology; dental hygiene, then in the College of Dentistry; medical record administration (now health informatics and information management), then a part of Baptist Memorial Hospital; physical therapy, then within the College of Medicine鈥檚 Department of Medicine; and radiologic technology, then within the College of Medicine鈥檚 Department of Radiology. Start-up funding for the College came from a Veterans Administration grant. The Departments of Occupational Therapy and Audiology and Speech Pathology (located on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus) were later added. The blood banking program was discontinued, and the Department of Radiologic Technology and the histotechnology program were transferred to Southwest Tennessee Community College. The Physician Assistant studies program was added in 2012, but moved to the College of Medicine in 2016.

The College has made a commitment towards a new direction and a renewed purpose to train students and to impact our community, state and nation. After a year of discussion and committee review, the College鈥檚 faculty voted overwhelmingly Sept 14. 2018, to adopt the new Strategic Plan (2018-2025) which the College faculty believe will launch us to national prominence. The new Strategic Plan stresses research throughout the curriculum in each program and obtain national research funding for these important efforts. The College will seek resources that will recruit world class researchers, and for the first time as a college, prepare students for research investigations of clinical problems in the Health Professions. The College will strive to grow its clinical outreach efforts, expand its existing training opportunities and add new academic BS, PhD and professional training programs to provide new career choices for students who choose to come to work with world class faculty at UTHSC. The goal of the College is to strive to be the best, but to begin with, it will work hard with all of the alumni and stakeholders听 to elevate the national ranking of every program in the college to be in the top 20 (or higher) by 2025.