School of Health and Human Services Blog

Please read Dr. Salomon Chertorivsky's talk on Bi-national responses to Pandemics: How the U.S. and Mexico can work together to combat infectious diseases .

Students and faculty celebrate a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the High Fidelity Anesthesia Simulation Center. Basic Science Faculty member, Jennifer Debban, with two nurse anesthesia students.   Nurse anesthesia students working with Dr. Bryan Tune on airway management skills.   Nurse anesthesia students participating in a crisis management simulation.  

Please view the update from the Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development about the Healthcare Workforce Development Division Update .

Above: Student nurse anesthetist students: Ning Nguyen, Troy Davis, and Chris Simmonson work with Dr. Tune on airway management skills in the high-fidelity anesthesia simulation center. Above: Nurse anesthesia students work as a team during an unfolding case study and simulation activity. Above: Professor Jennifer Debban works with nurse anesthesia student, Chad Bosyl, in the anatomy lab at the National University, Fresno campus. Above: Nurse Anesthesia students: Nazarret Tomassian and Guillermo Vallejo studying prior to an anatomy practical exam. Above: Nurse Anesthesia students working together in a high-fidelity anesthesia crisis management scenario.

Individual augmentees (IAs), who presumably have lower social support or unit cohesion, were not at increased risk for PTSD or mental health symptoms following deployment compared with non-IA deployers. It is likely that social isolation was not highly influential among Navy IAs in this study. http://ohrc.nu.edu/assets/resources/MilCohort IA Deployment May2012 JOEM.pdf Chronic use of smokeless tobacco has been linked to poor military training performance, early discharge, and a host of medical problems from cancer to heart disease. Smokeless tobacco initiation occurred in 1.9% and persistent use in 8.9% of Millennium Cohort participants. The study showed that deployment, combat exposure, smoking, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder increased the risk for smokeless tobacco initiation, while deployment and combat exposure increased the risk for persistent use. http://ohrc.nu.edu/assets/resources/Millennium Cohort Smokeless Tobacco May2012 Addiction.pdf

Join The Chronicle of Higher Education and Pearson for a discussion around learning design and its applicability in building strong education courses and programs by joining the webcast, Learning Design: the Science Behind a Great Course .

Please read the new Release from CHIP, Community HEALs Through Literacy Lessons .