Accelerate Student Readiness - FREE
Your students are depending on you to prepare them for lifelong, fulfilling careers that utilize their education, skills, talents and passion. The life science industries have fully developed and funded the Quality Science Education Micro Credential Program for you to accelerate the readiness of your students by developing the science-based critical thinking skills needed to affect patient lives all over the world!
Complete Program: Through a cooperative education model, the life science industries are committed to supporting your success and the success of your students by providing fully developed educational content ready to use today. Pathway continously supports you through industry volunteer lecturers and graders, multiple ways to offer the program, and a pathway to immersive internship experiences and careers.
Goal
To accelerate the readiness of your students entering the life science industries by arming them with critical-thinking skills gained through immersion in science-based quality education and real-world experiences of the 21st century
What is the Curriculum?
The Quality Science Education Program is a Cooperative Education Model between industry and academia that consists of 5 courses (See Full Curriculum):
Through the Chief Quality Officer Team, content has been developed for 3 semester-long industry courses. These 3 courses have been standardized, such that the program is taught globally from the same set of slides, the homework and exams are the same, and anyone teaching the program has access to the recorded version for a train-the-trainer type of model.
Additionally, students are required to take 2 semester-long courses through your school. These courses include a business course, and microbiology (or based on Pathway approval, another non-major science)
As soon as your students start in the Quality Science Education Program, they may join the Pathway Hiring Platform (for free) to be connected to industry internships and employment.
Find out More! Virtual Information Sessions
Want to learn more, and have your questions answered? Please contact us to set up a live Virtual Information Session with Ann Hinkle, our Director of University Relations and Enrollment, at Ann.Hinkle@QualityChampions.org.
Students have participated from the following 220+ schools:
What is the Cost? - FREE!
All the educational material needed: FREE
Asynchronous recordings for online delivery: FREE
Industry Volunteers to teach on-campus or on-line if possible: FREE
Meeting with your students to inform them of the program: FREE
Industry Volunteers to grade assignments and exams: FREE
Pathway Hiring Platform for your students: FREE
Mentorship Program for your students: FREE
Pathway for Patient Health is committed to your success and the success of your students. Through the generosity of our Corporate Members, we are able to extend every aspect of this program to you free of charge.
Corporate Members hiring our Students:
How Does the Program Work?
Every school is able to decide how best to offer the Quality Science Education (QSE) program to its students. 4 options to consider are provided below. In every case, the standardized educational material from Pathway will be used, which includes course videos and/or slides, homework assignments, exams and supplemental material.
Xavier University Students are taught by AstraZeneca on-campus
On-Campus. Your school may offer the QSE program for academic credit as a minor, micro-credential, etc. by offering the program as an on-campus experience. The instructor must have significant industry experience, and as such, may be an existing faculty member or adjunct professor, or Pathway will make every effort to find an industry teaching team to “adopt” your school.
On-Line Live. Your school may offer the QSE program for academic credit as a minor, micro-credential, etc. by offering the program as an on-line live experience. Similar to the on-campus option, the on-line instructor must have significant industry experience. Again, the instructor may be an existing faculty member or adjunct professor, or Pathway will make every effort to find an industry teaching team to “adopt” your school as a virtual team.
On-Line Asynchronous. Your school may offer the QSE program for academic credit as a minor, micro-credential, etc. by offering the program as an on-line asynchronous experience. In this case, Pathway will provide you the course videos, assignments, quizzes, exams and supplemental material for you to include in your Learning Management System.
Through Pathway. If your school is unable to offer the program for academic credit, or if you want your students to start in the program while you are working towards approval, then your students may take the on-line asynchronous program directly through Pathway. Pathway offers all 3 industry courses in the Spring, Summer and Fall semesters of every year, and it is 100% free for your students to participate. As soon as your program is approved, Pathway will instruct your students to begin taking the program through you.
—> Volunteer Support: In addition to helping to teach the courses, industry volunteers are willing to support your lead professor by grading homework assignments and exams (if needed and desired).
Students who successfully complete the program (no matter how it is offered) will receive certification from Pathway, which may be designated after the student’s name as “CQSP” - Certified Quality Science Professional.
How Can You Get Started?
The Quality Science Education program is rich with resources, content and possibilities. It is highly recommended that you participate in a live virtual information session (dates provided above) to learn more about the program and have your specific questions answered. In general, though:
Pathway will work with you to determine how best to offer the program for your students, including any volunteer support you may need.
Your school will sign a Memorandum of Understanding to outline how we will work together.
Pathway will arrange a web-meeting with your students, and include an industry member, to discuss the program and encourage them to enroll in your courses, or to take the program through Pathway (if you prefer).
Pathway will meet with you to provide all the educational materials needed if you are offering the program for academic credit. The materials are “hyper-organized”, so the process has proven to be quite simple.
Pathway will directly answer student questions related to the Quality Science Education program certification.
Pathway will issue CQSP certifications to the students who successfully complete the program.
Benefits for Your School
Complimentary Support and Resources: Pathway for Patient Health will provide standardized course content developed by industry subject matter experts to any participating school. This content is given freely as an on-demand program that can be added to the school’s on-demand platform. Through the Pathway Hiring Platform, your students will be provided direct linkage to internship and employment opportunities.
Increased Student Recruiting: Your school will be able to communicate to prospective families that through this program, students are placed on an accelerated path into one of the most in-demand industries in the world. Participating students are highly valued and sought after by companies of all sizes and global locations.
Increased Employment Rate: Many schools are measured by the placement-at-graduation rate of their graduating students. Students with education in Quality Science will be directly connected to hiring companies through the Pathway Hiring Platform. The Pathway Hiring Platform removes the barriers created by targeted school lists. Now your students will be visible for fulfilling career opportunities!
We look forward to supporting your success! Please contact Ann Hinkle, Director of University Relations and Enrollment, with any questions you might have: Ann.Hinkle@QualityChampions.org.