OMHED eLearning Campus to be launched!
OMHED will be launched in a weeks time with the mission to change the way health professionals access mental health content for professional development purposes. Over the next 12 months OMHED (Online Mental Health Education) will make avaible to the mental health and health professional community an eLearning Campus, an eConference Centre, an eCourse Campus and an [...]
ASU announces expansion of Doctor of Nursing Practice program
The College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University has added a post-master’s Innovation Leadership Concentration to its accredited Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. The concentration is the seventh offered in the program. “The DNP Innovation Leadership Concentration will provide advanced nursing knowledge and leadership competencies for nurses who are not direct [...]
UPCEA honors UC Berkeley Extension Counseling and Psychotherapy programs
UC Berkeley Extension’s professional programs in Counseling and Psychotherapy are the 2012 recipient of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) Outstanding Noncredit Program Award. UPCEA, an organization of higher-education institutions, promotes excellence in university professional and continuing education by increasing awareness of the importance of lifelong learning. “These workshop series were developed in [...]
Teaching Social Work in the Land of Ho Chi Minh
Mary Collins wanted to make a difference with her Fulbright Scholarship. She considered working in several Asian countries, but decided on Vietnam once she learned that social work was a new field there. Collins thought she could help shape a nascent profession. So the School of Social Work professor of social welfare policy set off [...]
'The Mind Course' for medical students – Canada
The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has partnered with the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine to evaluate a special course for second year medical students which aims to reduce the prejudice and discrimination associated with mental illness. “The Mind Course ignites a curiosity in students to understand mental health,” explains Dr. Andriyka Papish, [...]
