When a child is hospitalized, what he or she considers “normal” – going to school, participating in extracurricular activities, daily routines – is disrupted. For children who are admitted for extended stays at WVU Medicine Children’s, a new School Intervention Program is available to keep them on track, so they can return to their classrooms without missing a beat.
In its 10th year, the WVU Medicine Farmers Market is set to begin May 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute parking lot.
During the 2018 spring semester, health professions students, faculty physicians and residents traveled to Brazil, Fiji, Ghana, Paraguay, India, and Italy. Each global health rotation lasted about a month. In addition to clinical experience, students gain insights into culture, communication and relationships as well as increase their medical skills.
Of the Mindful Physician, an organization for medical students focusing on the impact that arts and humanities have on healthcare, will host a community event May 22 discussing the use of dance to enhance functional outcomes in patients with disorders that affect movement.
The WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities has been funded to serve as West Virginia’s Family to Family Health Information Center. F2F HICs are family-staffed organizations that assist families of children and youth with special health care needs and the professionals who serve them.
Starting May 16-June 29, the newly opened Wellness Studio (G-278, Health Sciences South) will host three weekly 20-minute mindfulness meditation sessions.
As the vice president of health promotion and wellness and dean of the WVU School of Nursing, Tara Hulsey, PhD, understands the need for qualified nurses in West Virginia. She is taking her passion for nursing and education one step further by providing $25,000 for WVU nursing scholarships.
WVU Medicine announced Monday (May 7) that Richard Funnell, M.H.A., F.A.C.H.E., C.M.P.E., a nationally recognized executive, will join the WVU Cancer Institute as vice president of cancer services on May 21.
Friends and colleagues gathered at the West Virginia University Charleston Campus to wish a happy retirement to Alvita Nathaniel, PhD, APRN-BC, FNP, FAANP, Professor and Chair of the West Virginia University School of Nursing in Charleston.
WVU Medicine Children’s announced Monday (May 7) plans to open a Neurodevelopmental Center in late summer to evaluate and treat children with a wide variety of neurodevelopmental disabilities, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, developmental delay, cerebral palsy, neuromuscular disorders, and Tourette Syndrome.