52nd Graduating Class of the Practical Nursing Program; L to R, 1st row: Mary Blue, Ora Riley, Mary Watkins, Christine Williams, Laura Thomas; 2nd row: Sadie Boden, Ella Crawford, Geraldine Roghelia, Josephine Horne, Lynn Johnson, Ruby Griffis;...
Three of the Library's primary user groups, the Schools of Nursing (SON), Physician Assistant (PA) and Physical Therapy (PT), require their students to have specific textbooks. The SON, PA and PT library liaisons compared required textbooks to the...
Information literacy (IL) instruction permeates health sciences education. There have been numerous attempts to map IL concepts to each professional academic discipline to improve IL instruction and advocate for librarian involvement in the...
Evidence-based practice (EBP) content is mandated by national curricular standards for nursing, medical, physician assistant, and physical therapy students. At the same time, there is an increased interest and emphasis on interprofessional...
One of the first initiatives of the MLA Education Domain Hub is to create an online repository of educational resources developed by health information professionals.
Durham Technical Institute’s Practical Nursing Education Program graduates who took their clinical education work at Duke Hospital; Row 1- Nellie McCrea, Calverine Yelverton, Joyce Greenfield, Bessie Cozart, Madeline Barbee, Ricky Crabtree,...
Mrs. Addie Butler, left, a practical nursing student, gets some instruction from a nurse on Matas ward. This photograph was taken by Phyllis Cole and appeared in the December 10, 1971 issue of the Intercom newsletter.
Four African American LPN (licensed practical nursing) students and a Duke University Hospital staff member or nursing instructor gathered around a table. The students are enrolled in a cooperative program between Durham city schools, State...
The 43 Paths for Employee Progress (PEP) Program graduates file in for the Recognition of Achievement Ceremony on August 31, 1971. Ora L. Riley, LPN, was named class valedictorian. Diane B. Evans, LPN, gave the class response at the ceremony. This...
Mary Baldwin poses in front of a display about Murphy’s Laws. Baldwin received degrees from both Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing and N.C. Central University. She held numerous roles at Duke including staff nurse, head nurse, and instructor in...
Practical nursing graduates- 20 women and two men graduated from the Practical Nursing Program at the Durham Technical Institute. Their program consisted of a 12-month training period of theory course at DTI and clinical work at Duke. The students...
Dr. William G. Anlyan speaks about Dr. Susan Dees; Dr. Jane Elchlepp; Dr. Elchlepp as a talented facilities planner in the Duke Department of Pathology; hiring Dr. Elchlepp to work as a facilities planner for his office when he was chancellor;...
This oral history interview was conducted with Tracy K. Gosselin on October 13, 2021 by Josephine McRobbie. In the interview, Gosselin discusses early interest in nursing and later oncology nursing, her career trajectory into leadership roles, and...
This oral history interview was conducted with Jessie Parker Smith on June 13, 2022 by Patara Williams and transcribed by Josephine McRobbie. Smith's daughter, LaHoma Romocki, was also part of the conversation, and the interview was attended by...
This oral history interview was conducted with Mary Ann Fuchs on October 31, 2022 by Josephine McRobbie. During the interview, Fuchs discusses her background and education; research and care at Duke Hospital; career paths for nurses, healthcare...