Associate Professor in the School of Occupational Therapy Dr. Teresa Plummer was recently featured in Siloam Health’s 30th Anniversary video. Plummer spoke about the impact of Siloam’s work in global health care. Watch the full video here.
Belmont University and Nashville State Community College today announced the renewal of a nursing studies partnership between the two institutions. The partnership was created many years ago for students who plan to attend Belmont to earn their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Before transferring, students satisfy the prerequisites needed and earn an Associate Degree in Health Science at Nashville State. Belmont holds a maximum of 16 seats for Nashville State students each year.
With the city of Nashville attracting more and more health care industry, the partnership continues to build a strong pipeline of quality nursing talent for an ever-growing workforce. The agreement’s extension was finalized at a signing ceremony held on Nashville State’s White Bridge campus Tuesday afternoon.
“We are excited to continue our partnership with Nashville State through the renewal of this agreement,” said Belmont President Dr. L. Gregory Jones. “Given that Nashville is the health care capital of the world, we understand the role higher education institutions in our city must play in educating the next generation of health care talent. With the shortages health care is seeing amidst the pandemic, we are eager to support the growing pipeline of nurses across this region and beyond.”
“This program creates another Nashville State bridge to Belmont for students seeking a bachelor’s degree in nursing,” said Nashville State President Dr. Shanna L. Jackson. “The College is focused on increasing the talent pipeline in Nashville and strengthening our transfer pathways is key. We thank Belmont for the continued partnership.”
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Dr. Edgar S. Diaz-Cruz, associate professor in Pharmaceutical, Social & Administrative Sciences in Belmont’s College of Pharmacy, and three College of Pharmacy alumni recently had their manuscript titled: “Leveraging Expertise from Community Resources to Improve the Role of the Pharmacist in HIV Testing and Counseling” published in the INNOVATIONS in pharmacy journal.
This work is the result of a continued 10-year collaboration with the community-based organization Nashville CARES. Nashville CARES serves more than 50,000 clients annually throughout 17 counties in Middle Tennessee. It provides targeted education, free and confidential HIV testing, and a broad range of comprehensive social services to individuals at-risk for or living with HIV.
This article describes the development of a partnership between a pharmacy school and a community-based organization to offer an HIV counseling and testing training program to help develop skills in delivering HIV testing services. The HIV counseling and testing training program contains learning modules that provide a wide array of in-depth information about HIV patient care in the community. The partnership allows for the enjoyment of a myriad of benefits for students, the pharmacy program, the community-based organization and the public health of the community-at-large. Student pharmacists feel more prepared and comfortable working with patients in discussing HIV transmission risk factors and test results because of this training. The study proved that a successful and durable relationship between a community partner and a school of pharmacy is a feasible strategy for pharmacy progress in public health.
INNOVATIONS in pharmacy focuses on the leading edge, novel ideas for improving, modernizing and advancing pharmacy practice, education and policy.
Dr. Genevieve Lynn (Ness) Engle, Director of the Christy Houston Foundation Drug Information Center and Associate Professor in Pharmaceutical, Social & Administrative Sciences in Belmont’s College of Pharmacy, recently published a book chapter titled, “Assessing Drug Promotions” in the 7th edition of the Drug Information A Guide for Pharmacists textbook. This chapter was written in collaboration with Robert D. Beckett, PharmD, BCPS from Manchester University College of Pharmacy.
Pharmacists must be able to assess both Direct to Consumer Advertising (DTCA) and promotions designed for healthcare professionals. This chapter outlines the requirements and legislation of such promotions, as well as a pharmacist’s role in reporting promotional concerns to the FDA.
Drug Information a Guide for Pharmacists is a collaboration of more than 50 contributors with expertise in drug information, pharmacy education, analytics and medication safety. A total of 30 chapters are presented, covering a broad array of topics relevant to drug
Dr. Mike Voight, Professor in Belmont’s School of Physical Therapy, spent the last week traveling the country lecturing.
He began in Las Vegas at the 2021 International Orthopaedic Summit, one of the nation’s most premiere Orthopaedic meetings with more than 10 simultaneous tracks. This year, the International Society of Hip Arthroscopy partnered with OSET for their annual meeting. With over 1500 orthopedic surgeons and specialists in attendance, Dr. Voight gave seven presentations on various orthopedic topics. While there, he also gave a presentation to the Hip Arthroscopy Society on return to play guidelines following hip surgery.
From there, Dr. Voight traveled to Pennsylvania to give an all-day presentation to the medical staff of the Philadelphia Phillies MLB baseball club. The topic was on movement assessment to recognize and prevent baseball injuries.