Quality Enhancement Plan
Are you ready to live Well Beyond?
Not only does TTUHSC seek to produce graduates who are knowledgeable in their fields,
but we also want to develop individuals who prioritize self-care and seek to achieve
healthy balances across multiple dimensions of their lives. With this in mind, TTUHSC
faculty, staff, and students have developed a five-year project to focus on student
wellness, with a specific emphasis on emotional intelligence. Known as the Well Beyond
initiative, the project is a component of TTUHSC’s process to seek reaffirmation of
accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
(SACSCOC). As part of this process, TTUHSC is required to develop a Quality Enhancement
Plan, or QEP. This is a focused project to improve a specific aspect of student learning
or student success across the institution, regardless of academic program or campus
affiliation. Through the Well Beyond initiative, TTUHSC students will learn to achieve
healthy balances in their lives and cultivate appropriate strategies for responding
to their emotions. Ultimately, we desire for our graduates to be better equipped to
persevere through challenges not only as students, but also as future healthcare professionals
and researchers.
8 Dimensions of Wellness:
(1) Emotional: Recognizing and accepting a wide range of feelings in
yourself and others, including the productive management of those
feelings and related behaviors in the face of adversity
(2) Environmental: Leading a lifestyle in which we recognize our impact on the
environment and promote practices that sustain the earth’s resources
(3) Financial: Being mindful of your financial decision-making in order to live within your means,
discern between needs and wants, and manage short- and long-term financial goals
(4) Intellectual: Expanding your knowledge and challenging your mind with creative and stimulating
activities
(5) Occupational: Utilizing your skills and talents to obtain personal satisfaction and meaning through
work
(6) Physical: Understanding and caring for your body through a healthy diet and regular physical
activity, including the avoidance of behaviors which impair optimal performance
(7) Social: Developing and maintaining healthy relationships with others as we seek to improve
the communities in which we live
(8) Spiritual: Exploring a connection to something bigger than ourselves, which may involve the
search for meaning in life or the development of congruence among our actions, beliefs,
and values