Schoen W. Kruse, PhD, MSHPEd

Dr. Schoen Kruse serves as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Integrated Learning at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Kruse is committed to developing an integrated approach to academic affairs and aligning the university’s strategy with all educational initiatives. He is driven to create innovative solutions and build teams that enhance the work environment and create success.

Dr. Kruse has an extensive background in teaching in the basic sciences, pharmacology, learning sciences, and leadership development. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology from the University of Colorado and his Master of Science in Health Professions Education from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.  He has completed training at the Harvard Macy Institute and Costin Institute for Osteopathic Medical Educators and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators.  Dr. Kruse serves as faculty for the Harvard Macy Institute and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Senior Leadership Development Program, where his instruction focuses on curriculum design, emotional intelligence, leadership, teamwork, and the learning sciences.

Dr. Kruse has shaped the development and innovation of new medical curriculum, fostered partnerships resulting in new dual degree opportunities in public health, and utilized the visual arts to enhance tolerance for ambiguity and teach foundational competencies of interprofessional collaborative practice.  He is a champion for student well-being, psychometric evaluation of students, the use of technology and simulation in health professions education, and interprofessional curricular design.

 

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The Academy for Advancing Leadership (AAL) is a health and higher education consulting firm. We work with organizational leaders to achieve their goals through strategic planning and professional development. We have helped over 150 institutions and thousands of leaders advance in their fields. Unlike other firms, our clients engage directly with accomplished and seasoned experts to achieve objectives with agility.

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Launched in 2005, AAL is a collaborative of scholars, educational specialists, and consultants providing services that help leaders in businesses, nonprofits, and academia pursue excellence, the application of knowledge, the discovery of ideas, and the quest of lifelong learning. The AAL team strives to build long-term relationships based on superior service, mutual trust, and intellectual inspiration. We focus on professional development, consulting services, and the application of assessment technologies and informatics to solve our clients' challenges. We hope to get to know you and assist with your personal, professional, and organizational growth.

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AAL builds and strengthens your unique value through results-driven consulting and professional development.

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Scholarship through continuous learning, discovery, dissemination of knowledge, and interprofessional collaboration.

Innovation through risk-taking and disruption of the status quo.

Integrity through doing the right things for the right reasons.

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Philanthropy through volunteerism and financial contribution.

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“I've taken quite a few leadership courses and seminars; none come close to the material involved and coordination AAL. Sprinkle a little genuine interest in seeing us succeed and well intentions and you have the best leadership mentors PERIOD.”

Dr. Khaled Hussein

BronxCare Health System

“The program was very valuable in the way that it gave us some real tools, some real opportunities and ways to evaluate ourselves and our own approaches to leadership and then gave us an opportunity of how to apply that to interprofessional education. I think that was the best … the applicability of the tools that were provided to us and how we can utilize those were just amazing. It was very valuable and an opportunity to evaluate yourself with the tools that they provided to give an introspective look into your own leadership style and what other people thought of your leadership, and that was very powerful.”

Dr. Kevin Brueilly

Wingate University Levine College of Health Sciences

“I think the program was excellent. There were many excellent sessions. They were very stimulating. They kept us moving, very thought provoking. I thought the program overall was well designed, and as I said very thought provoking. For the inaugural program, it was well put together. You could see the passion in the instructors, who were very well versed in the topics that they talked about. I’m really pleased to be a part of this, and as a social worker, I really got a great sense of how interprofessional education can be very instrumental in terms of social workers working in healthcare settings. I think this is the wave of the future, and this program will gain traction in the future. I’m just glad to be a part of it.”

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University of Utah College of Social Work

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