Next Steps

In conjunction with CSW faculty, the team created 17 cases to support instruction. Through partnerships with the College of Motion Picture Arts and FCIM, these cases are being produced into high-quality videos that will facilitate PBL/CBL for the pilot courses to be offered in Spring 2023. Course activities related to these cases will be deployed in the Canvas learning management system using tools provided by CapSource, a company that specializes in experiential learning opportunities using open cases and live cases to expose students to real-world challenges. Their involvement includes case development, assignment and rubric creation, and live case facilitation.

Finally, the faculty leadership team identified FSU partners for interprofessional collaboration activities for year two of the project and are in the process of establishing memoranda of understanding to ensure expectations, timelines, and deliverables are clearly communicated and agreed on. The initial FSU partners for the interprofessional collaboration are the College of Nursing, College of Education, College of Arts & Sciences—Department of Psychology, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and College of Medicine.

The first three courses will be implemented during Academic Year 2022-2023. The faculty leadership team will collect data and complete a preliminary analysis that compares these classes with classes taught with typical pedagogy. Additional next steps are to adapt three more courses for instructional innovation using PBL/CBL; to complete the filming of long videos for all 17 case studies; to offer additional faculty training; to contract with external evaluators to validate initial evaluation data; and to align all initiatives with the Florida Certification Board (FCB) and the Department’s child welfare pre-service training content.

Faculty from at least seven other FSU disciplines will create instructional materials around interprofessional collaboration. These faculty will seek college level approval from their disciplines, while exploring the best way to integrate into their existing curriculum. A lecture series and interprofessional immersion event are also planned outcomes. In 2023, the college plans to use several professional networks, including the GROW Center Advisory Committee and the Institute’s Affiliate Network to recruit early adopters of these materials across the state.

Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) focuses on developing students’ understanding of the factors that lead to child maltreatment and the currently existing responses to incidents of child abuse and neglect. CAST, with the Zero Abuse Project, offers support and evidencebased learning objectives of curriculum around child welfare. FSU will be a CAST implemented program and is seeking approval in the Zero Abuse Project’s certification track. This will make FSU the first approved program in Florida. Discussions are underway with CAST on how FSU can support other universities to also be implemented or approved.