Nursing Professor honored as Middle Tennessee Nurse of the Year for Education

Dr. Debra Wollaber, Professor of Nursing at Belmont, is one of 16 Middle Tennessee nurses honored recently as 2012 Nurse of the Year by the March of Dimes regional chapter.   Dr. Wollaber received the award for education to entry level nurses.  Each year, the March of Dimes recognizes outstanding nurses in a number of areas within clinical nursing, administrative nursing, research nursing and nursing education.  Nurse educators are nominated for their efforts towards the education of future nursing professionals either at the entry level or at the graduate level.

“We are so happy for Debra to be recognized in this way,” said Dr. Martha Buckner, Associate Dean of Nursing in the Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing.  “Many of us at Belmont have been impacted by her leadership and mentorship.”

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Pharmacy faculty receive ACCP Teaching and Learning Certificates

Assistant Professors of Pharmacy Practice Dr. Hope E. Campbell and Dr. Mark J. Chirico  recently received  a certificate in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s (ACCP) Teaching and Learning Certificate Program.  The ACCP Academy was established in 2006, to provide high-quality, flexible and accessible professional development opportunities for members of the College. These programs are designed to provide professional and personal growth in one’s selected area of study.  They were both engaged in a two-year study with full-day, prerequisite primer; three half-day modules and five elective courses chosen at the participants’ discretion.  Each participant is required to develop online portfolios, complete a series of required readings and be evaluated by one or more mentors. Dr. Cathy Ficzere, assistant professor of pharmaceutical, social and administrative sciences and director of Belmont’s Drug Information Center, has previously completed the program.