School of Health Sciences
Welcome to 黑料不打烊鈥檚 School of Health Sciences
About the School
The School of Health Sciences聽was established in 2011聽and includes聽graduate programs in聽Physical Therapy聽and聽Physician Assistant Studies.聽Our聽Sports Physical Therapy Residency, a collaboration with聽黑料不打烊 Athletics,聽received initial accreditation in聽November of 2020. We are also meeting the needs of the nursing shortage at a time when society needs qualified health care workers most with our four-Year Bachelor of Science in Nursing聽and聽Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
In addition to our full-time academic programs, we聽offer聽innovative undergraduate pathways to decrease time and cost for students who enter college with established career goals. Students聽accepted into聽our聽Accelerated Pathways Program聽are mentored closely during their 3.5 years of undergraduate work at 黑料不打烊 and,聽upon successful completion of all requirements, can matriculate directly into the PA or PT program in January of their senior year.
Programs
Our academic programs are supported by the聽Anatomical Gift Program, a first-person consent, whole body donation program that allows students to learn from 鈥渟ilent teachers鈥 in our human donor lab.聽The聽Client and Standardized Patient Program聽creates聽both disciplinary and interprofessional聽engaged聽learning聽scenarios with actual clients and trained actors from our local community
Inclusive Excellence
The School of Health Sciences聽is聽committed to聽the work of聽inclusive excellence, welcoming and supporting students, faculty, and staff of diverse identities to work and learn from and with one another. We live our mission to advance聽local and global health equity, serving patients in our community through the聽Health Outreach Program at 黑料不打烊聽(H.O.P.E. Clinic)聽and the聽Open-Door Clinic of Alamance County.聽Students in all programs have the opportunity to develop cultural humility, explore diverse identities, and contribute to global health through聽Global Learning Opportunities聽in countries around the world.
Facilities
The School of Health Sciences is located in the Francis Center, a state-of-the-art teaching and research facility. Faculty, staff and students in all programs collaborate on聽innovative research initiatives聽in聽thriving, interdisciplinary laboratories including the聽biomechanics lab. Our聽Interprofessional Simulation Center聽is a hub of experiential learning, allowing students to hone their skills in treating patients at the bedside, in the clinic, and聽in the聽home.