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Once again, the news has been filled with disturbing and distressing international and local reports of chaos, anger, and violence. I struggle with understanding how our society perpetuates such profound disenfranchisement. If you’ve read any of my other posts, you’ve already figured out that my compensatory mechanisms are to focus on the wonders of nature; curiosity […]
Erene Stergiopoulos is an author, an educational researcher, a decade-long cancer patient and now a third-year medical student at the University of Toronto. She recently wrote about the cloak of superhuman invulnerability that is worn by many in the helping professions. Erene expressed eloquently how experiencing life as a patient has informed her view of healthcare and had […]
It was early on a Saturday. The sun was up and shadows receding. Dew sparkled in the stillness of the morning. I was drinking my first cup of coffee, sitting on our deck in the shade of a nearby pine tree. Birdsong filled the air. This year’s fledgling purple martins were soaring overhead with dazzling […]
Sundials work when sunlight creates a shadow, thereby allowing us to tell time. Light and shadow are equally important. Without the shadow, the sundial doesn’t work. Similarly, accreditation shines a light on what works, it is an overall indicator of excellence. Equally important, accreditation is a mechanism for acknowledging the shadows — identifying areas that […]
The National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Consortium (NNPRFTC) is pleased to announce the accreditation of another postgraduate nurse practitioner training program: North Mississippi Medical Services’ (NMMS) Advanced Practice Clinician Fellowship (APCF), headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi. The APCF program has been awarded programmatic accreditation for the full 3-year period. Current trainees will be considered to have completed […]
It doesn’t matter if one is negotiating an international peace agreement, conducting an accreditation self study, giving feedback to a preceptor, or offering suggestions to a novice trainee, the communication goal is threefold: to advance the conversation, to hear and be heard accurately, and to have a functional exchange between the participants. James Ryan, Dean […]
As I write this, the March nor’easter has just barely clipped DC on its blizzardly path up the Atlantic coast. Classic March weather – predictably unpredictable. As written by French philosopher Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1908 – 1990): “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même“— the more things change, the more they are the same. “The […]
Mid-winter is a time of end-of-season rivalries and celebrations (or not!), analysis and reflection, planning and implementation. This past weekend, the 51st Super Bowl had a nail-biting, historic overtime win, complete with a half-time sky diving diva, heroic vindication, familial dedication, awkward award moments, and a stolen jersey. The Patriot’s 4th quarter come-from-behind victory is emblematic of […]
As a student at the University of Wisconsin, I had some appreciation of the importance of hockey as a fast, hard-hitting game of endurance and strategy. But I came to appreciate hockey as an example of disciplined and rigorous team work, resilience, almost psychic communication, and exquisite timing during the 1980 Olympics. As the US Hockey […]
Announcement NNPRFTC Awards National Programmatic Accreditation to: International Community Health Services and Community Health Center, Inc Nurse Practitioner Residencies The National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Consortium (NNPRFTC) is pleased to announce the accreditation of two postgraduate nurse practitioner residencies: International Community Health Services (ICHS) headquartered in Seattle, Wash., and Community Health Center, Inc. (CHCI) […]
