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Donor Gift to Support Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
A gift from alumna Aline Demers provides a significant opportunity for CNHS to facilitate a strategic focus in interprofessional education and collaborative practice – key elements in providing high quality patient care.
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New Study: Exercise Reduces Suicide Attempts by Bullied Teens
As high schools across the country continue to reduce physical education, recess, and athletic programs, a new study shows that regular exercise significantly reduces both suicidal thoughts and attempts among students who are bullied. Continue reading...
Nursing Students, Senior Citizens Learn From Each Other
When Jason Garbarino asked his students at the beginning of his gerontology course if any of them planned to work with the elderly, only a few hands went up. That was before the students met the seniors living at the Residence at Shelburne Bay — and heard their stories.
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IDEAL Program Helps Vermonters with Multiple Sclerosis, Advances Research
When Bob Greenough was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in his early 40s he was faced with two choices: surrender to the potentially debilitating disease or fight it with a rigorous exercise and balance training program designed for people with MS. Continue reading...
UVM Named 'Exercise is Medicine' Campus
The American College of Sports Medicine designated UVM an ‘Exercise is Medicine’ campus in October, and Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin declared the month ‘Exercise is Medicine on Campus’ month to celebrate campuses’ role in fostering healthy, physically active communities. Continue reading...
Health Sciences Interest Group Supports Student Success
This fall, CNHS offered 25 first-year students the opportunity to be part of a residence-hall based health sciences interest group. The students lived in Davis Hall, with on-site access to study groups, tutoring, and peer mentor hosted spaghetti dinners.
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Physical Therapy Students Participate in International Collaborative
Thirteen Doctor of Physical Therapy students traveled with physical therapy clinical faculty members Sonya Worth and Karen Westervelt to Auckland University of Technology on the North Island of New Zealand for the International Collaborative in Manual Physical Therapy in July.
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