University Hospital-Beachwood Schools Partnership

University Hospitals

Beachwood City Schools

Medical Academy Partnership

Today’s Presentation● About Beachwood Schools & University Hospitals

● Concept origins

● Concept Development

● Replicability

Beachwood City Schools● 1550 students - Highly Diverse

● 110.6 Performance Index

● 25 AP offerings

● 100% Graduation Rate

● Comprehensive educational experience

University Hospitals●Mission Statement - “To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.”

●Nationally recognized academic medical center with 150 year history

●Serve 16 counties in Northern Ohio

●Multiple campuses – 25,000 employees

University Hospitals

● UH commitment to community partnerships

● Uniquely positioned with 100 residency training

programs to support the Medical Academy

Concept Origin

● Start with your community’s resources

● Identify a related educational/social need

● Craft a curricular means to address

Medical Academy Purpose

● Provide practical academic and

experiential advantage to students

considering professional careers in

the medical field (recognizing

significant attrition rate of pre-med

college students)

Designing the Program

● Researched needs of HS students

o Survey of medical professionals

o Survey of recent graduates

o Curriculum survey

● Researched existing programs

Align Existing Curriculum

● Community partners

● Mission Statement - “To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.”

● Develop and retain local talent

Purpose - University Hospitals

Developing the Program

Deploying the Program

● Formalized the partnership

○ Straight A Funding application

■ Coordinator

■ Advisory Council (governance)

● Beachwood High School Roll-out

○ Board communication

○ Marketing the medical academy

■ Press releases

■ Student/Parent listserv

■ Website

■ Information night

○ Counselors met with students

○ Discussion with teachers

○ Parent/Student Sign-Up

Deploying the Program

● University Hospitals Roll-out

○ Leadership announcement

○ Workforce announcement

○ Press releases

○ Targeted recruitment of health

care professionals

Deploying the Program

● Intro to Health Care Summer Camp

● Monthly Evening Seminars

● Volunteer and Internship Experiences

● On-Demand Webinars/WebCasts

Deploying the Program

Replicability?

● While programs may share

characteristics, no two are exactly

the same...

Replicability?

● Factors to consider

○ Identify partner

○ Identify the designers

○ Costs

○ Evaluation

○ Sustainability

○ Evolution

Questions?

UH-Beachwood Schools

Medical Academy

Beachwood Schools

Superintendent - Dr. Richard Markwardt - supt@beachwoodschools.org

Assistant Superintendent - Mr. Robert Hardis - rph@beachwoodschools.org

Director of Curriculum and Technology - Mr. Ken Veon - kev@beachwoodschools.org

University Hospitals

Vice President Corporate Health - PJ Hrehocik - patricia.hrehocik@uhhospitals.org