CHCS - Perspectives Winter/Spring 2016

COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES • 37 this dual-certification course to NSU. “Given the wide scope of comorbidities faced in day-to-day clinical practice, the critical-thinking skills facilitated in this course, and the intensive hands-on training, are paramount to equip students and clinicians to provide an advanced standard of care,” explained Hettrick. “We are also very pleased that a portion of course tuitions will be donated to the Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) Clinic in Leogane, Haiti, where the ILWTI and NSU have both been a part of the startup and ongoing operations to treat Haitians suffering from lymphedema caused by LF.” “We’re glad to be working with Nova Southeastern University,” said Robyn Bjork, M.P.T., CWS, WCC, CLT-LANA, CLWT, founder and CEO of the ILWTI. “The CLWT course is a wonderful opportunity for faculty members, students, and licensed clinicians to advance their skills to meet the growing needs of patients with complex medical conditions, including multifactorial edemas and wounds. My passion is to train clinicians to care for patients with various forms of edema and wounds, and to provide exciting opportunities to use these skills in resource-poor areas. “We accomplish this through our CLWT course and our nonprofit ILWTI medical missions, which are currently focused on the Bring Hope to Haiti project,” Bjork added. “This project aims to help relieve the disability and pain caused by LF lymph- edema in Haiti, in conjunction with the goal of elimination of LF transmission by 2020 through the efforts of the World Health Organization, Haitian Ministry of Health, University of Notre Dame, World Alliance for Wound and Lymphedema Care, and other organizations.” As the ILWTI medical missions’ program director at the LF Clinic in Leogane, Hettrick works closely with the ILWTI to make these exciting opportunities a reality for students, faculty members, and NSU affiliates. For complete information on the CLWT course, course schedule, upcoming mission trips, and to begin your comprehensive training, visit www.ILWTI.com . The dual-certification course will be offered at NSU on August 15–20, 2016. For more information on the Bring Hope to Haiti project, visit www.bringhopetohaiti.com . ■