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health needs of significantly under- served members of our community.”
This is the second time that UMSON has received the Innovation in Professional Nursing Education
Award in the Academic Health Center category, and it is the only school to have received the award more than once.
Innovations in Baccalaureate Population Health Award
In 2014, UMSON significantly revised its undergraduate curriculum to integrate CPH nursing concepts throughout the four-semester program. UMSON students are introduced to population health in their first term, and they build upon this knowledge
via the classroom, learning labs, and community field placements in the greater Baltimore and Washington, D.C., metro area during the remaining three semesters.
“Our students learn critical skills
to address major health problems in our community, like asthma and HIV/ AIDS,” says Pat McLaine, DrPH, MPH,
RN, assistant professor and director
of the CPH master’s specialty. “Our strong partnerships enable students to see with their own eyes the importance of community to the health of people living here.”
UMSON’s revised curriculum includes four other innovations that set it apart in its commitment to incorporating population health into baccalaureate nursing education, including:
n home visit simulation and an emphasis on the principles of childhood asthma management
n interprofessional education and service-learning experiences to ensure basic competencies to address the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the area
n a focus on understanding social justice and the social determinants of health
n exposure to diverse community- based clinical experiences.
—G.S.
BY THE NUMBERS
At the University of Maryland School of Nursing, we don’t take our research funding for, well, granted. Grant funding supports faculty
and student initiatives in research, education, and service and involves UMSON community members not just as principal investigators on research grants but as other key investigators and as recipients of individual educational and training/ instructional program grants. The upward trend in our funding seen in fiscal year 2016 continued into the first quarter of fy 2017.
$8.3 million
total extramural funding in fy 16
9.6
percent increase in year-over- year funding, fy 15 to fy 16
12
UMSON’s National Institutes of Health national research funding ranking among nursing schools
74
percent of new grants awarded in fy 16 as compared to 49 percent in fy 15
nearly 1 in 4
UMSON faculty members who received grant funding in fy 16
Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award
UMSON won a third AACN award this year, recognizing Susan L. Bindon, DNP ’11, RN-BC, CNE, assistant professor, for her
excellence and innovation in teaching. Bindon,
who has taught in various settings for 25 years
and at UMSON for the past five, is known for collaborating with other faculty to address instructional challenges they may be facing and to help them identify the best teaching strategies for their particular classroom, online, or clinical setting.
Additionally, Bindon has helped to develop and deliver a workshop for new adjunct clinical nursing faculty that has been
offered several times in the past year, reaching more than 80 educators throughout Maryland.
“I’m tremendously honored to receive this year’s AACN Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award. Helping others to become good teachers is both a professional privilege and a personal joy,” Bindon says.
—G.S.