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STAYING INFORMED - our faculty and staffCHIROPRACTIC DIRECTOR ELECTED TOACCREDITING AGENCY COUNCILKathleen L. Linaker, d.c., ph.d., executivedirector of chiropractic programs atD’Youville College, was elected to theCouncil on Chiropractic EducationInternational (CCEI).The Council on Chiropractic Education(CCE-USA), based in Scottsdale, Ariz.,nominated her to the CCEI. It is theaccrediting body that establishes andpromotes standards of chiropracticeducation stressing educational quality andpatient-centered healthcare in the UnitedStates. It evaluates achievement of acceptedstandards and encourages improvementand excellence in chiropractic education.The council is recognized by the U.S.Secretary of Education for accreditationof programs and institutions offeringthe doctor of chiropractic degree.Linaker has been a member of CCE sincelast year. “Dr. Linaker brings a broadbase of experience in higher educationgenerally and chiropractic in particular.We are very pleased with the level ofexpertise she brings to the council,” saysDr. Craig S. Little, D.C., council chair.She is a graduate of the University ofAlberta and received her doctor ofchiropractic degree from NorthwesternHealth Sciences University inBloomington, Minn. Linaker completedher residency in radiology at NationalUniversity of Health Science in Lombard,Ill. Her doctorate is from Loyola University.She joined D’Youville in 2009 andpreviously was director of radiology and anassociate professor at Canadian MemorialChiropractic College in Toronto.Dr. Gamble presents Malia Obama with hertrophy.D’YOUVILLE’SPROFESSORPRESENTS TROPHYTO PRESIDENT’ SDAUGHTERDr. Robert J. Gamble, professor ofeducation at D’Youville College, presenteda trophy to Malia Ann Obama, daughter ofPresident Barack Obama and First LadyMichelle Obama.Malia received the runner-up trophy inthe ‘15 and under division’ of the TennisTournament Invitational at Camp Robindel,a summer camp for girls, located on LakeWinnipesaukee in New Hampshire.“She came up to me after the briefceremony and said she enjoyed the day.She was very, very nice,” Gamble said.Gamble is long time director of the tennisprogram at Camp Robindel, The President’sdaughter, who attends a nearby camp, wasplaying in the tournament.EDUCATION FACULTY AT D’YOUVILLE PRESENTSPAPER IN PARIS, FRANCEDr. Gheorghita M. Faitar, assistantprofessor in the department of educationsince 2006, presented the results of herresearch initiative at the prestigiousFourth Paris International Conferenceon Education, Economy and Society,July 23-28, 2012 in Paris, France. Theconference brought together more than 400participants from 30 countries in an effortto delineate preeminent issues and solutionsof evaluation of education systems andeducation professionals. Keynote addresswas delivered by Règis Malet, professorof comparative education at the Universityof Lille, at the International Center forEducational Research (CIREL), and theeditor of international journal EducationComparee.Dr. Faitar’s presentation entitled “SomethingOld, Something New…in Pre-serviceTeacher Education,” discussed generalrecommendations and possible factors ofchange that might be amplified by the swiftdevelopments in national and internationalscientific career orientation policies.This study presented the latest developmentsin United States public education, andanalyzed the significant adjustmentsrequired under the implementation ofthe No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.Schools, districts and states had becomeresponsible for their students’ educationalaccomplishments and also held accountablefor their progress. As a result, a bettereducation needs to be offered not only tothe general student population, but also tothe teaching staff. The structural analysisformulated by Dr. Faitar emphasizedideas promoted by referenced longitudinalstudies specifying that the teacher traininghas to start earlier than before, and shouldbe done in accordance to the realities of amulticulturally diverse society. The resultsof the research leading to the generalconclusion of imperative change neededin training of new Science, TechnologyEngineering and Mathematics (STEM)professionals were based on the groundsof educational endeavors foreseen at thehigher institutions levels. The New Yorkstate higher education institutions offeringpre-service teachers training towardcertification consider critical characteristicsof an efficient teacher in today’s society.The pre-service teachers’ perceptionsregarding trends and needed initiative inconjunction with future national requestsfor STEM highly-qualified professionalsoffered valuable insights into much neededactions.10
Nicole Conroe, RPA-C, director of the health center, administers a skin test for TB to astudent preparing for fieldwork at the first on-campus PODCLINICAL COORDINATOR COMMITTEE (CCC)FACILITATES DYC’S FIRST “POD”On September 21, 2012, the Blue Loungewas transformed into D’Youville’s first oncampusPOD site. A Point of Dispensing(POD) site dispenses medications to aspecific group of people as a service to itsconstituents or during health emergencysituations. A POD is an organization in thecommunity (agency, hospital, business oracademic institution) that forms a voluntarypartnership with state and public healthplanners to better protect its employees/families/students. The POD benefits theDepartment of Health in meeting publichealth needs; it aligns with the StrategicNational Stockpile, designed to prevent themass casualty effect of certain biologicalagents by rapidly distributing antibiotics toall residents believed to be in the affectedarea within a 48-hour period.There are closed or private PODs as wellas open or public PODs. The open PODsare locations at which the general publiccan receive emergency medications frompublic health officials in a catastrophichealth event. A closed POD, D’YouvilleCollege, is qualified to schedule a PODfor specific needs, or to dispense medsto its employees, their family membersand students during a catastrophic healthevent.The genesis of a closed POD at DYCstemmed from the work of the DYCClinical Coordinator Committee (CCC).The CCC envisioned a time-efficient/costefficient immunization clinic using oncampusresources to serve our studentsprior to clinical fieldwork rotations.Consultation with and immediate supportby Dr. Anthony Billittier, dean of theSchool of Health Professions, led to aquick partnership with the Erie CountyDepartment of Health (ECDOH). APOD committee, spearheaded by Dr.Theresa Vallone convened; they attendeda training hosted by the ECDOH. TracyFricano Chalmers, Office of Public HealthEmergency Preparedness; Jack Koford,clinical coordinator for the School ofPharmacy, who chaired the “pilot” POD;and committee members developed theinfrastructure for a successful closedPOD. Staffed by J. Koford, J. Bovey, T.Vallone, and three ECDOH employees,approximately fifty people (pharmacystudents, a few OT students and a fewemployees) received a PPD (at an outof-pocketcost of $15). Nicole Conroe,director of the health center, and ReneeAndreef, clinical assistant professor in PAprogram, administered the PPDs on Friday.An online pre-registration procedurewas devised by the ECDOH and wassuccessfully accessed by those who werescheduled. It was the first time in New YorkState that the Clinical Data ManagementSystem (CDMS) was used for trackingthe administration of the PPD. Plans for aspring 2013 POD are underway to servehealth professional students who beginclinical rotations in spring/summer 2013.The CCC, formed to enhance clinicalcoordination efforts across campus,continues proactive efforts throughinterprofessional and interoffice collaboration.The goal is to streamline similarprocesses related to affiliation agreements,professional liability coverage, preceptorrelationships and healthcare pre-requisites.KWANDRANSTO CHAIRSUPERINTENDENTSADVISORY COUNCILFOR OCCUPATIONALEDUCATION FORBUFFALO SCHOOLSKaren Kwandrans, interim director,Learning Center/HEOP director, andNursing Workforce Diversity Program atD’Youville College, was appointed chairof the Superintendents Advisory Councilfor Occupational Education for the BuffaloPublic Schools.She will focus on awareness of the Careerand Technical Education Programs (CTE)offered in the public schools as well asthe successful collaborations with areabusinesses and post-secondary institutions.“Our CTE program has a 78 percentgraduation rate in the City of Buffalo, with90 percent of the students going right intopost-secondary training, employment intheir career area, or the military. These areimpressive numbers,” Kwandrans said.The Superintendents Advisory Councilcomprises business, post-secondary, tradeand labor partners as well as representativesof the New York State Department of Laborand workforce investments agencies.Kwandrans has worked with the BuffaloPublic Schools for more than 12 years inmultiple grant capacities and has been amember of the advisory council for tenyears. She has been the director of theNursing Workforce Diversity Program atD’Youville since 2007 and is an adjunctfaculty in the educational foundationsdepartment at the State University College.She serves on the Perkins AdvisoryBoard and is an Allied Health Boardrepresentative at Erie County CommunityCollege, a member of the Education ActionCommittee at St. Francis of Assisi School,and is on the board of the Western New YorkProfessional Development Consortium.Kwandrans holds a master of educationdegree in technical education from theState University College and a bachelor’sdegree in nursing from University atBuffalo.alumni.dyouville.edu 11
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