This office has provided a bridge between the School of Nursing and registered professional nurses in the State and across the nation who need to maintain competency in a rapid changing environment. Many of these programs are grant funded and have support for the development of innovative instructional methods and dissemination models. Both credit and non-credit courses are offered and students need not be accepted into a degree granting programs for general enrollment into courses for academic credit. However coursework is currently being developed for delivery via the Internet. Their Statistical Course is expected to be on the Web by summer of l997 including synchronous chat rooms and weekly discussion questions.
Plans are underway to develop a preceptorship program.
This is predominantly a B.S. Program, but a Pharm. This course work will be broadcast via the AHEC sites. Additionally, the School of Pharmacy expects to use the two-way interactive video for scholastic Counseling. Although this is currently a Masters Degree program, the Physical Therapy Program at the HSC is proposing a post-professional graduate program for physical therapists who seek advanced education. The approval for this program is not expected until l997-98.