STAYING SAFE
In the coming days, thousands of East Carolina University students will officially return to campus and in-person instruction for the first time since COVID-19 caused the university to shift to...
Nursing Archives
Peralta appointed director of Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, Chemistry
Dr. Ariane Peralta, assistant professor in East Carolina University’s Department of Biology, has been appointed director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine and Chemistry (IDPBBC) housed in the...
LAUPUS LENDS HELP
Although Laupus Library’s physical doors aren’t open, it continues to fulfill the research, service and informational needs of the health sciences community. The pandemic forced Laupus to close on March...
VIRTUAL SIMULATION
As East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine prepares future medical professionals, it relies on the Office of Clinical Simulation to provide lifelike patient scenarios for students. However, with coronavirus...
BLOCK SCHEDULING
East Carolina University is adopting a block scheduling format for the 2020-21 academic year to aid in returning to on-campus instruction. Each semester will be divided into two eight-week blocks...
Standardized patients continue helping ECU health sciences students learn despite COVID
For 15 years, Ann Flake has helped students across the East Carolina University Division of Health Sciences practice their clinical skills—and the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t changed that. Flake serves as...
Faculty: Dr. Holly Wei
Dr. Holly Wei is a magician. And as an associate professor in East Carolina University’s College of Nursing, she is teaching her students to become magicians themselves. “When I was...
ADDRESSING NURSING SHORTAGE
An East Carolina University faculty member who helps Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students conceptualize and strategize their four-semester projects is now on the other side, working on her own...
ECU medical students resume clinical rotations for the first time since COVID-19
Medical students at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine recently returned to clinical rotations for the first time since rotations were halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Third-and-fourth year...
ECU Nursing resumes clinical placements and simulation labs for select programs
The College of Nursing has begun welcoming back students for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic paused clinical placements and other experiential learning exercises – allowing these students to...