PERSPECTIVES 25th Anniversary - Fall-Winter 2018

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice ( IJAHSP ), the college’s official journal, is an internationally peer-reviewed, open-access, scholarly, online journal dedicated to the global exploration of allied health professional practice, research, and education. Now in its 16th year of publication, the IJAHSP continues to welcome manuscripts from first-time and seasoned authors who have the desire to share knowledge through the dissemination of published works online. The IJAHSP provides a global, interdisciplinary forum where initiatives involving the science, practice, and education of allied health professionals are shared. Because of the journal’s broad scope, its editorial and review boards are composed of practitioners, researchers, scholars, and educators from universities, hospitals, and private practices across the globe. It is because of these individuals that the journal continues as a free service to the health science community. There is no cost to authors to publish or to readers to download articles, and there are no advertisements. It is truly a service to the world of allied health. More than 100 articles are downloaded each day from readers around the world. At the bottom of the front page, there is a world map that shows which articles are being downloaded and from where, when you use Firefox or Chrome as your browser; this feature does not work with Explorer. To view the journal, please visit nsuworks.nova.edu/ijahsp/ . The Next 25 Years The one thing we know for sure about the future of the college is that there will be change. Changes in health care are coming at us so quickly, it is difficult to keep up. Available technology to facilitate better diagnosis and treatment is increasing at a pace we have never seen before, and the need for interprofessional approaches to patient care has become paramount. Whatever comes our way, the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences will be there to lead our professions into new visions for health care. Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 9