Utah Cluster Acceleration Partnership
(UCAP): Aligning Industry Needs with
Educational Programs
Jessica Miller, UCAP Project Manager, Utah System of Higher Education
&
Brenda Luther, University of Utah Director, Care Management Programs

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What state are you from?
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What are the key industries in your state or your region?
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What are the current initiatives already occurring in your state?

Strengthening the alignment between industry needs and educational programs with partnerships

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Goal 1 —
Increase Economic
Cluster Connectivity and
Educational Alignment
• Goal 2 —
Respond to Industry
Identified Skill Gaps
• Goal 3 —
Enhance the Role of the
Regional Institutions in Economic
Development
• Goal 4 — Promote Regional
Stewardship

Institution/Organization:
Box Elder County
University of Utah
University of Utah & Salt
Lake County
Approved Applications Summary
Application Title: Key use of funds:
Utah Unmanned Aircraft
System Test Center
Cell Therapy & Regenerative
Medicine
Church & State Business
Incubator
Business Infrastructure &
COA Development
Program Expansion,
Business Development
Business Creation, Training
Development
Funding
Awarded:
$250,000
$200,000
$200,000
Industry
Supporting:
Aerospace
Life Science
Multiple
Totals: $650,000

2014 UCAP Grant Awards – Training Programs
Institution/Organization:
Bridgerland ATC
*Dixie ATC
Ogden Weber ATC
Salt Lake Community College
Snow College
Southwest ATC
Southern Utah University
Uintah Basin ATC
Utah State University, Moab
Utah State University
Eastern, Blanding
Utah Valley University
Weber State University
Application Title:
Automated Manufacturing
& Robotics BATC
Advanced Manufacturing
Alliance
Advanced Composites
Equipment
Plastics Molding Skilled
Workers Project
Key use of funds:
Replicate Robotics program on another campus
New Program Development &
Program Expansion
Program Expansion &
Equipment Upgrade
Funding
Awarded:
$100,000
$200,000
$100,000
Industry
Supporting:
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
IT/CS Expansion Program
Program Expansion
Replicate CIS Program at a different campus
New Program Development &
Expansion
$175,000
$110,000
Manufacturing
IT
Advanced Manufacturing
Workforce Development for MSC Aerospace
Industry
Well Control / Safety
Program Expansion
$120,000
$73,500
Aerospace
Aerospace/IT
Enhancement
Launching Career,
Technical, & STEM
Education Programs
Expanding Healthcare
Program Enhancement
New Program Development;
Connect CTE Pathways,
Connect After-school Program
Workforce in Eastern Utah New Program Development
Regulatory Affairs
Graduate Certificate
Program
Production Control and
Automation
Continued Program
Development
New Program Development
$77,500
$101,000
$160,000
$33,000
Energy
STEM
Life Science
Life Science
$150,000 Manufacturing
Totals: $1,400,000
*Consortium

The priority initiatives for UCAP were:
• Care Management – program and curriculum implemented for post BSN level nurses.
• Residency Program –Capstone combined residency to integrate graduate nurses in to practice.
• Innovative Clinical Placement – clinical placement opportunities other than traditional experiences to meet clinical educations outcomes and quality of clinical experiences for nursing students.

1. Organize healthcare industry to assess the unique care management needs in Utah’s community.
2. Base curriculum on regional industry as well as national standards of care management.
3. Prepare a program of study that can be shared by other nursing and social work higher-ed systems.

CARE MANAGEMENT Industry Partners
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Intermountain Healthcare
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IASIS Healthcare
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HCA/Mountain Star
• University of Utah Health Care

CARE MANAGEMENT Higher Education
Partners

“Care management competencies lack an educational pathway.”
THE PURPOSE
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To continue the profession of nursing as the leader of care management and population management— balancing cost, quality, and access .
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Clinical, financial, and psychosocial theory and experience to be successful in these roles.

University of Utah developed Program of Study and Course Objectives for:
–Post Baccalaureate Certificate
–Master’s track
(approved by Utah Board of Regents and UofU
Academic Senate)

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Industry identified expert care managers
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U of U enrolled first Cohort at the U of U from these industry experts
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Expand the certificate to an Interdisciplinary status for nurses, social workers and other healthcare professions

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Programs of Study and Course Objectives for
Certificate Program shared with partnering
Universities.
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Partnering Universities taking POS and course approvals through their own institution processes.
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Partnering universities collaborating on shared faculty load, payment from student to teaching institution per course.

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Already connected groups
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Education and Industry healthcare leaders already meeting in one forum
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Using what we have
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The CON already had structure of certificate and
Master’s programs in other specialties
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Recognition and Support
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Recognize, call-out, support the progress noted

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Continued connection with partners for next steps
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Identifying other strengths in other facilities to support the goals

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Q&A
• Or share your State’s current initiatives

Jessica Lucero Miller, PhD
UCAP Project Manager,
USHE
801-321-7126 jmiller@ushe.edu
Brenda Luther, PhD, RN
Director & Asst. Prof.
University of Utah brenda.luther@nurs.utah.edu
http://jobs.utah.gov/department/ucap.html