Marshall B Ketchum University

THE MISSION OF MARSHALL B. KETCHUM UNIVERSITY IS TO EDUCATE CARING, INSPIRED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE PREPARED TO DELIVER COLLABORATIVE, PATIENT-CENTRIC HEALTH CARE IN AN INTERPROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT. MBKU IS HOME TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY, THE SCHOOL OF PA STUDIES AND COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY CONFERS A DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY AND A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN VISION SCIENCE DEGREE. THE SCHOOL OF PA STUDIES AWARDS A MASTER OF MEDICAL SCIENCES DEGREE AND THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AWARDS A DOCTOR OF PHARAMCY DEGREE. MBKU OWNS AND OPERATES TWO HEALTH CARE CENTERS: KETCHUM HEALTH IN ANAHEIM HILLS AND LOS ANGELES.

GRADUATE EDUCATION:THE MISSION OF MARSHALL B. KETCHUM UNIVERSITY IS TO EDUCATE CARING, INSPIRED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE PREPARED TO DELIVER COLLABORATIVE, PATIENT-CENTRIC HEALTH CARE IN AN INTERPROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT, AND THE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGOROUS ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL CURRICULUM ON CAMPUS, ALL PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS ROTATE THROUGH SEVERAL EXTERNAL CLINICAL SITES TO BROADEN AND DIVERSIFY THEIR LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO PREPARE THEM FOR CAREERS IN HEALTH CARE. IN THE FALL OF 2020, OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT WAS 759 FULLTIME HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS REPRESENTING OPTOMETRY (412), PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (PA) (122), PHARMACY (210), MASTER OF SCIENCE IN VISION SCIENCE (2) AND OUR INTERNATION PROGRAM OFFERING A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CLINICAL OPTOMETRY (27).FOR THE 2020-21 ACADEMIC YEAR, WE GRADUATED 40 MEDICAL MASTER SCIENCE DEGREES AND PA CERTIFICATES, 98 DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY DEGREES AND 47 DOCTOR OF PHARMACY DEGREES.ADMISSIONS PROCESS FOR FALL 2020 ENROLLMENT ARE REPORTED BELOW. AT THE OUTSET OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD, THE ADMISSIONS POLICY COMMITTEES ESTABLISH HIGH STANDARDS FOR GPAS, APPLICATION TEST SCORES AND ACADEMIC INDEX POINT MINIMUMS PROVIDING THRESHOLDS FOR ADMISSIONS PERSONNEL TO CAREFULLY SCREEN AND SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANTS TO INTERVIEW.PROGRAM: OPTOMETRYVERIFIED APPLICATIONS* 512INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED 281MATRICULATED CLASS 100PROGRAM: PAVERIFIED APPLICATIONS* 1,936INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED 175MATRICULATED CLASS 42PROGRAM: PHARMACYVERIFIED APPLICATIONS* 239INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED 140MATRICULATED CLASS 55*VERIFIED APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE CENTRALIZED APPLICATION SYSTEM(I.E., OPTOMCAS, CASPA, AND PHARMCAS).

CLINICAL EDUCATION VISION/PATIENT CARE:AFFILIATED WITH THE EDUCATION PROGRAM, THE UNIVERSITY OPERATES FULL-SERVICE VISION CLINICS ON ITS ORANGE COUNTY CAMPUS AND IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, PLUS 3 LIMITED-HOUR COMMUNITY CLINICS IN ORANGE COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES, MANY LOCATED IN LOW-INCOME AREAS. THE CLINICS TOGETHER SERVED 24,011 UNIQUE ENCOUNTERS. COMPREHENSIVE VISION SERVICES INCLUDE PRIMARY EYE CARE AND SPECIALIZED PATIENT SERVICES: BASIC VISION EXAMINATION; PEDIATRIC VISION SCREENING, VISION CARE AND VISION THERAPY; OCULAR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AND OPHTHALMOLOGY CONSULTATION; CONTACT LENSES AND PROSTHETICS FITTING; LOW VISION REHABILITATION AND EYEWEAR AND OPTICAL DISPENSING. THE VISION CLINICS PROVIDED $364,352 IN PUBLIC SUPPORT THROUGH DISCOUNTS AND FEE WAIVERS. ALSO, 1,093 PATIENTS WERE SERVED THROUGH OUR 12 SCHOOL SCREENING PROGRAMS.

RESEARCH: THE UNIVERSITY SUPPORTS RESEARCH WITHIN THE THREE UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS, THE COLLEGES OF OPTOMETRY AND PHARMACY AND THE SCHOOL OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES. THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE, PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO FACULTY AND STUDENTS WHO ENGAGE IN RESEARCH. THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY AT MBKU HAS 46 FULL-TIME FACULTY. COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY RESEARCH INCLUDED EXTERNAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (NIH) / NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE (NEI) GRANTS INCLUDING SEVERAL MULTI-CENTER STUDIES COORDINATED BY THE PEDIATRIC EYE DISEASE INVESTIGATOR GROUP (E.G. IXT5 AND ATS 22). IN ADDITION, INDUSTRY CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO FACULTY RESEARCHERS BY OPHTHALMIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES INCLUDING GYROSCOPE THERAPEUTICS, GOOD LITE AND NEVAKAR . RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ARE INTEGRAL TO THE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN VISION SCIENCE GRADUATE PROGRAM WHICH HAD A TOTAL OF 16 COMPLETED AND 11 ENROLLED STUDENTS. TOTAL DIRECT GRANT REVENUE FOR THE PERIOD WAS $137,000 AND THERE WERE 34 TOTAL PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS. THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY IS COMPOSED OF TWO DEPARTMENTS, PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND PHARMACY PRACTICE. THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE HAS 17 FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS, WITH 15 AS PHARMACY CLINICAL FACULTY AND TWO NON-CLINICAL FACULTY MEMBERS. BETWEEN JULY 1, 2020 AND JUNE 30, 2021 THE PHARMACY PRACTICE FACULTY PRODUCED 17 PEER-REVIEWED WORKS. THESE PUBLICATIONS WERE COMPOSED OF MANUSCRIPTS IN JOURNALS AS WELL AS SEVERAL BOOK CHAPTERS IN PHARMACY PRACTICE OR PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE TEXTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE DID NOT HAVE EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEACH PROJECTS OR GRANTS DUIRNG THIS REPORTING PERIOD. THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES (DPS) HAS 8 FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS, DPS RESEARCH INCLUDED EXTERNAL GRANTS SUCH AS A NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD (AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF PHARMACY) AND EARLY CAREER FACULTY GRANT (AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF IMMUNOLOGISTS). TOTAL DIRECT GRANT REVENUE FOR THE PERIOD WAS $9,500 AND THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 8 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS.