Halmos College Holds Inaugural Pre-Health Professionalism Workshop
Faculty, graduate students and administrative staff who developed and ran this workshop. From the viewers left to right: Nikette Neal, M.D.; Scott Kjelson, Pharm.D., CPh.; Katy Popplewell; Diego A. Camacho, D.M.D., M.S.D.; Katie Crump, Ph.D.; Mark Jaffe, D.P.M; Elizabeth Gray, M.D.; Luzan Phillpotts, D.O.; Haley Ehrlich; Devin Haney.
On Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 students representing several pre-professional student organizations on campus took part in the Inaugural Pre-Health Professionalism Workshop. This event was a collaboration between faculty of the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography and the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine. This inter-professional affair also included faculty from the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, the NSU College of Pharmacy, and the NSU Offices of Academic Advising and Career Development.
Halmos faculty member Katie Crump, Ph.D. started the event with a welcome speech outlining the importance of professionalism in the health care field. Following this, the students rotated through four inter-professional stations: 1. Career Advising, 2. Professional Student Panel, 3. Professional Panel, and 4. Vital Signs Training.
During the rotations, students held interactive discussions about undergraduate professionalism with Academic Advising and Career Development, learned about professionalism from both graduate health science students and practicing health science professionals, and finally had a “hands-on” workshop on vital signs run by graduate medical students under the supervision of Halmos faculty member Mark Jaffe, D.P.M.
A final keynote presentation by Nikette Neal, M.D. of the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine encouraged students to apply what they have learned and be an example to their peers.