Perspectives Winter/Spring 2018

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 19 The Clinical Education Committee remains under the direction of Kenny McCallum , M.P.H., CHES, administrative director of clinical education in the Physician Assistant Department in Fort Lauderdale. The committee’s charge is to establish strategic partnerships and collaborations with intercampus programs to facilitate the provision of clinical training opportunities for PCHCS students. An additional goal is to improve the incentive programs tied to clinical site development and preceptor recruitment and retention. Suzie Wolf , M.S.P.A.S., PA-C, assistant professor of the Physician Assistant Department in Jacksonville, leads the final best practices group—Interprofessional Education (IPE). This faculty team is dedicated to interprofessional education and practice across the college. One of its goals is to enhance the IPE initiatives within curricula and align with accreditation standards across disciplines. Additionally, the group provides strategies and resources for current interprofessional team approaches in NSU clinics and clinical education sites in collaboration with the Clinical Education Committee. The college participates in many IPE activities on and off campus, so please visit healthsciences.nova.edu/index.html for updates. The college’s health care education best practices groups aspire to be leaders in advancing education for NSU faculty members, students, and health care professionals while supporting professional programs in the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences. Using the NSU Core Values as a blueprint to build and strengthen our strategic goals, the future is bright. ● Eunice Luyegu , Ph.D., CPT, curriculum design specialist in Tampa, leads the newly named Educational Technology Committee, formerly called the Hybrid Committee. The Educational Technology Committee will continue the Hybrid Chronicles while broadening the scope of learning and educational technology in health care education. The college also acknowledges the leadership of Mary Blackinton , Ed.D., PT, GCS, CEEAA, director of the Hybrid Entry-Level Doctor of Physical Therapy Department, who set the foundation of this best-practice domain. The Assessment and Evaluation Committee continues under the strong leadership of Morey J. Kolber , Ph.D., PT, a profes- sor in the Physical Therapy Department in Fort Lauderdale. The intradepartmental model design for student evaluation is on the College Best Practices Forum. Rachelle Dorne , Ed.D., OTR/L, CAPS, associate professor and M.O.T. program director of the Occupational Therapy Depart- ment in Fort Lauderdale, said the group will “help faculty members access resources and learn to analyze test items and design questions that will more effectively assess student knowledge and skills, particularly for norm-references exam- inations, where understanding item difficulty and item discrimination characteristics is key.” Additionally, this committee can provide on-boarding for new faculty members in the area of student assessment and evaluation. Bini Litwin , D.P.T., Ph.D., M.B.A., PT, director of the Professional Doctor of Physical Therapy: Transition degree program in Fort Lauderdale, has stepped up to the challenge of combining the simulations and the standardized patient commit- tees into one. The new Simulation Innovations Committee will work with all programs and locations to assess current didactic components. Melba Ovalle , M.D., medical director, associate professor, and assistant program director of the Physician Assistant Department in Orlando, created the Simulation Resource Center, which provides a wealth of information to support simulations. A team of faculty and staff members focused their mission to embrace an interactive learning process for the students through simulation.