SPH Accreditation Requirements by Council on Education for Public Health

(CEPH)

Criterion 1.1: The school shall have a clearly formulated and publicly stated mission with supporting goals, objectives and values.

Criterion 1.1.A: A clear and concise mission statement for the school as a whole.

Criterion 1.1.B: One or more goal statements for each major function by which the school intends to attain its mission, including instruction, research and service.

Criterion 1.1.C: A set of measurable objectives relating to each major function through which the school intends to achieve its goals of instruction, research and service.

Direct quotes from:

http://www.ceph.org/pdf/SPH-Criteria-2011.pdf and http://www.sph.unc.edu/images/stories/communications/about_the_school/CEPH_self_study/Criterion_1.1.pdf

School Mission (As seen on our website)

Our mission is to improve public health, promote individual well-being, and eliminate health disparities across North Carolina and around the world. We bring about sustainable, positive changes in health by providing an outstanding program of research, teaching and service to:

• Educate the next generation of public health leaders;

• Discover, test and disseminate solutions to health threats and problems;

• Translate research into effective practices and sound policies; and

• Serve North Carolina and beyond through outreach, engagement, education of citizens and health professionals, and application of solutions to health threats and problems.

CEPH Structure for Outcomes & Metrics Evaluation

Example goal, objective, metric structure based on CEPH requirements for outcomes measures.

School Goals (Defined by SPH during CEPH self-study process)

Goal I: Prepare the next generation of leaders who will improve the public’s health through innovations in research, policies, systems, programs, and service.

Goal II: Discover new knowledge that will lead to the creation and improvement of programs, policies, and practices that will have a maximum, positive, sustainable impact on the public’s health.

Goal III: Serve North Carolina and beyond through outreach, engagement, education of citizens and health professionals, and application of solutions to health threats and problems.

Goal IV: Sustain the highest quality faculty and staff and their ability to contribute to public health.

Goal I: Education 4 Objectives & 11 Metrics

• Student Diversity & Quality • Program Quality • Educational Environment

Goal II: Research 5 Objectives & 12 Metrics

• Productivity • Training • Dissemination • Innovation

Goal III: Service 4 Objectives & 8 Metrics

• Practice • Service • Engaged Scholarship • Practice In Research &

Education Mission

Goal IV: Faculty & Staff 5 Objectives & 7 Metrics

• Faculty & Staff Diversity & Quality • Practice Experience • Collaboration • Mentoring

School Goals, Objectives & Subject Areas

Goal II: Discover new knowledge that will lead to the creation and improvement of programs, policies, and practices that will have a maximum, positive, sustainable impact on the public’s health. Objective 1: Maintain the school’s strong productivity in research grants and contracts Metric 1: Total dollar amount of grants and contracts awarded to PIs whose primary appointment is in the School per fiscal year.

$63.2

$97.2 $88.5 $92.7 $88.1 $86.0

$40.6

$53.0 $54.0

$72.1 $65.9

$57.1 $103.8

$150.2 $142.4

$164.8 $154.1

$143.1

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 5yr Avg

Administrating Appointing

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Goal I: Prepare the next generation of leaders who will improve the public’s health through

innovations in research, policies, systems, programs, and service.

Objective 1: Recruit a diverse and accomplished student body. – Metric 1: Number of student applications, acceptances, matriculations by

department by race/ethnicity.

– Metric 2: Average verbal and quantitative percentiles of GRE, MCAT, and GMAT scores for students who applied, are accepted and matriculated

– Metric 3: Proportion of under-represented minority students (fall). Data will be students stratified by race and ethnicity.

Objective 2: Provide world-class, innovative educational opportunities. – Metric 1: Quantitative evaluation of teaching performance and course

objectives from student course evaluations.

– Metric 2: Quantitative assessment of the use of innovative technology in the class room.

– Metric 3: Quantitative assessment of a supportive environment.

Goal I: Prepare the next generation of leaders who will improve the public’s health through

innovations in research, policies, systems, programs, and service.

Objective 3: Sustain a supportive, active learning environment. – Metric 1: Quantitative assessment of the use of active learning techniques in

courses.

Objective 4: Graduate a diverse and accomplished student body. – Metric 1: Graduation rates & Public health job placement rates within 2-3

years.

– Metric 2: Number of Student Awards.

– Metric 3: Number of all student publications stratified by student type during the program or within 12 months of graduation?

– Metric 4: Number of Student Service Hours while in the program.

Goal II: Discover new knowledge that will lead to the creation and improvement of programs, policies, and

practices that will have a maximum, positive, sustainable impact on the public’s health.

Objective 1: Maintain the school’s strong productivity in research grants and contracts – Metric 1: Total dollar amount of grants and contracts awarded to PIs whose

primary appointment is in the School per fiscal year.

– Metric 2: Total dollar amount of grants and contracts per fiscal year on which there is an investigator (PI, Co-PI, or Co-I) whose primary appointment is in the SPH.

Objective 2: Strengthen research productivity among assistant and associate professors – Metric 1: Percentage of School tenure-track and fixed-term assistant and associate

professors who are PIs on awarded grants and/or contracts per fiscal year [stratified by rank (assistant/associate) and appointment type (tenure-track/fixed term)].

– Metric 2: Number of publications by SPH assistant and associate professors per calendar year (stratified by these two ranks).

Goal II: Discover new knowledge that will lead to the creation and improvement of programs, policies, and

practices that will have a maximum, positive, sustainable impact on the public’s health.

Objective 3: Strengthen research training experiences among student scholars – Metric 1: Number of research training grants per fiscal year.

– Metric 2: Number publications by school faculty per calendar year on which there is a student co-author.

Objective 4: Facilitate innovative, interdisciplinary research that contributes to public health improvements in North Carolina and worldwide. – Metric 1: 1-3 examples per department that illustrate the objective per year

– Metric 2: List and count of Gillings Innovation Labs funded per fiscal year

Goal II: Discover new knowledge that will lead to the creation and improvement of programs, policies, and

practices that will have a maximum, positive, sustainable impact on the public’s health.

Objective 5: Disseminate research findings to research and/or practice communities to enhance scientific knowledge and/or translate research to practice. – Metric 1: Number of stories of faculty research reported in CPH magazine.

– Metric 2: Number of stories of faculty research SPH website per fiscal year.

– Metric 3: Number of Publications by School faculty per calendar year.

– Metric 4: 1-3 Examples per department that illustrate the objective per year.

Goal III: Serve North Carolina and beyond through outreach, engagement, education of citizens and

health professionals, and application of solutions to health threats and problems.

Objective 1: Maintain or increase faculty engagement in public health practice. – Metric 1: Number of engaged activities reported by faculty

– Metric 2: Percent of faculty reporting engaged activities.

Objective 2: Maintain or increase faculty participation in engaged scholarship. – Metric 1: Number of engaged scholarship activities reported by faculty.

– Metric 2: Percent of faculty reporting participation in engaged scholarship.

Goal III: Serve North Carolina and beyond through outreach, engagement, education of citizens and

health professionals, and application of solutions to health threats and problems.

Objective 3: Maintain or increase faculty service. – Metric 1: Number of service activities reported by faculty.

– Metric 2: Percent of faculty who report service activities.

Objective 4: Maintain or increase engagement of practice community in the academic and research missions of the School. – Metric 1: Number of courses including identified practice component or

involvement of practitioners.

– Metric 2: Number of community-based research activities.

Goal IV: Sustain the highest quality faculty and staff and their ability to contribute to

public health.

Objective 1: Recruit and retain a diverse and accomplished faculty. – Metric 1: Percentage of faculty by race/ethnicity and gender. Show comparison

to NC census statistics (race/ethnicity & gender).

– Metric 2: Number, and holder name(s) of high level external awards.

– Metric 3: Number, and holder name(s) of distinguished professorships or other named professorships.

Objective 2: Recruit and retain a diverse staff. – Metric 1: Percentage of staff by race/ethnicity and gender. Show comparison

to NC census statistics (race/ethnicity & gender).

Goal IV: Sustain the highest quality faculty and staff and their ability to contribute to

public health.

Objective 3: Maintain faculty with public health practice experience. – Metric 1: Percentage of faculty with public health practice experience

Objective 4: Sustain a supportive environment conducive to outstanding productivity, discovery and the application of discovery within a collegial and collaborative context. – Metric 1: Count of collaborations in published works.

Objective 5: Mentor faculty to optimize their success and promote excellence. – Metric 1: Number of faculty who are mentors & count their mentees.