University of Technology, Jamaica 56 COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES Dr. Janet Campbell-Shelly Dean • Caribbean School of Nursing • School of Allied Health and Wellness • School of Pharmacy Outstanding Student Achievements Subarie Linton, Pharmaceutical Technology student, received a full tuition scholarship from Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP) and West Kingston Power Partners Company for the 2019/20 academic year. Ricardo Dyke, Bachelor of Pharmacy student, received a scholarship form VM Foundation for the 2019/20 academic year. Sherona Brown and Judene Henry of the Caribbean School of Nursing were recipients of the University of Technology, Jamaica’s 60th Anniversary Scholarship for Academic Year 2019 – 2020. Ms. Nassanya Russell was placed second runner-up in NAJ/Lasco Nursing Student of the Year Competition. Local collaborations/Linkages The Cynthia Shako ECE & Daycare Centre since 2016 has collaborated with the Empowerment programme, HEART Trust NTA and the National Youth Service aimed at providing work experience for participants with disabilities. The programme is designed to support individuals by providing three weeks of personal and professional development training (executed by HEART Trust NTA) and six months of supported work experience to improve participants’ employability (facilitated by UTech, Jamaica). Eleven new BSc. Dietetics and Nutrition students were recruited and participated in the Nestle Nutrition Advisors programme aimed at enhancing students’ nutrition education and consumer relations’ skills. International Linkages The Organisation of American States (OAS) provided scholarships for non-Jamaican Public Health Nutrition students and provided a US$10,000 grant to facilitate a workshop on Disaster Risk Management and its impact on the Clinical Laboratory training workshop held from July 22 – 26, 2019. The Child and Adolescent Development Department partnered with Humber College, Canada in hosting a one-day workshop targeted at parents, caregivers, teachers of young children on May 25, 2019. In November 2019, representatives from the Caribbean School of Nursing visited a Critical Care unit in a Level 1 Hospital in The People’s Republic of China. This was aimed at forming linkages with an overseas hospital for Critical Care internship/observation and to expose Critical Care students to adjunctive equipment and treatment modalities in a technologically advanced country. Dr Adella Campbell, Head, CSON visited Brandon University, Canada in November 2019 with the aim of
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