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The university’s first Interprofessional Case Competition brought together students from the School of Health Professions, Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy and Eleanor Wade Custer School of
Nursing to analyse the root cause of a complicated stroke case.
School of Health Professions, Bernard J.
Dunn School of Pharmacy and Eleanor
Wade Custer School of Nursing students
came together Feb. 28 to compete in the
university’s first-ever Interprofessional
Case Competition. Eight teams of
three to four students each, representing
various disciplines, presented their root
cause analysis of a complicated stroke
case written by faculty at the University
of Minnesota. The case used during
Shenandoah’s competition will also be used
for the 2015 CLARION National Case
Competition, to be held at The University
of Minnesota, April 17 to 18. Internal
judges for the competition included
Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and
Professor of Pharmacy Practice Penny
Shelton, Pharm.D.; Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
School of Business Assistant Professor of
Healthcare Management Seth Chatfield,
Ph.D.; and School of Health Professions
Dean Timothy Ford, Ph.D.“This
competition provides a unique experience
that will help students in their professional
lives, where health care decisions invariably
need multiple perspectives and disciplines
to provide the best quality and continuity
of care,” said Dr. Ford. The winning team
was composed of second-year physical
therapy student Krista Eskey, second-
year occupational therapy student Sarah
Marshall and second-year physician
assistant studies student Rebekah Payne.
The students, along with a fourth team
member, will represent Shenandoah at the
national competition.
Shenandoah University is one of 15
Council of Independent Colleges in
Virginia (CICV) member schools
participating in the Solar Market Pathway
for Independent Colleges of Virginia
(SMP-ICV) program through a cooperative
agreement with the U.S. Department of
Energy SunShot Initiative. CICV has been
awarded more than $807,000 in federal
funding from the SunShot Initiative to help
15 member schools, all private nonprofit
colleges in Virginia, develop comprehensive
plans for implementing solar power on
their campuses. The three-year program
will help the colleges navigate the complex
legal, regulatory, and technical challenges
associated with installing solar systems,
leverage group purchasing power to
achieve price reductions for hardware and
installation services, and create a learning
network accessible by other organizations
considering solar power.
On March 2, Shenandoah University
students created a national promo
recording of the song “The Summons,” by
John Bell. The recording will be used for a
United Methodist Church prison ministry.
Students from the Music Production &
Recording Technology program recorded the
session and engineered the recording during
Spring Break. The final recording will be
accompanied by video footage of both the
music rehearsals and a choreographed dance.
Shenandoah University has been named
to the 2014 President’s Higher Education
Community Service Honor Roll, which
honors the nation’s leading higher
education institutions and their students,
faculty and staff for their commitment
to bettering their communities through
service. This year, the university was
honored in the Interfaith Community
Service category. It is the first time this
category has been part of the Honor Roll
distinctions. According to the Honor Roll’s
fact sheet, Interfaith Community Service
recognizes institutions that are addressing
community issues (such as education
or health) with a focus on interfaith
cooperation. Effective interfaith programs
facilitate positive meaningful relationships
between people from different religious and
non-religious backgrounds and increase
appreciative knowledge of other traditions.
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