The University of Adventist Health Sciences (ADU) , formerly The Florida School of Health Sciences , is located in Orlando, Florida, United States. This is a Seventh Day Adventist institution specializing in health care education. The college is linked to Florida Hospital and Adventist Health System, operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. This is part of the Seventh Day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system. The physical facility is located next to the Orlando Florida Hospital campus. The University offers more than 20 undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from association to doctoral level, including online and post-baccalaureate certificates.
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Accreditation
ADU is accredited as a Level V institution by the South High School and School Association (SACSCOC) to earn a Certificate, Associate, Baccalaureate, Master and Doctorate degree. The University is also accredited by the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Accreditations, Schools, Colleges, and Universities. Hospitals used by colleges for clinical experience are accredited by the Joint Commission.
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History
In 1913, the Florida Hospital Registered Care Program was established by what is now the Florida Hospital Medical Center (FHMC) and is operated for 70 years as a three-year hospital-based nursing training program. Southern Missionary College (now Southern Adventist University) at Collegedale, Tennessee will send "pre-nursing" students to Orlando for a clinical experience. In 1983, a two-year Associate Degree program in Nursing started at FHMC under the sponsorship of Southern College of Seventh-Day Adventist, now Southern Adventist University. In August 2012, his name was changed to Adventist Health Science University.
In 1988, Tom Werner, then President of Florida Hospital, called and asked Dr. Robert Williams, then president of the Kettering College of Medical Arts, and Dr. Don Sahly, President of SAU, to conduct research to see if Florida Hospital should start its own college. Their report concluded that it would benefit the Hospital to start its own course. The planned outcome is to collect programs currently conducted by the Hospital in sponsoring the SAU and hospital-based programs and bringing them together into a two-year college institution.
In 1990, Werner approached Dr. David Greenlaw, a chaplain at Florida Hospital at the time, and asked to complete a feasibility study on opening a college. Using the research he collected with the help of an outside consultant, Dr. Greenlaw recommends that Florida Hospital begin their own lectures. Finally, Dr. Greenlaw asked to establish and direct the new institute, became the founder, CEO, and President of the first ADU. Dr. Robert Williams joins Dr. Greenlaw and first served as Academic Dean at the College.
Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences, 1992-2012
The school opened on 24 August 1992 with the name of Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences (FHCHS) with 26 faculty members, full and part-time, and 243 students on the first day of enrollment. Formal radiographic education began at the FHMC campus in 1962 and transferred to FHCHS in 1992 with the opening of schools with the approval of the Allied Health and Allied Education Committee of the American Medical Association, and was accredited today by its successor, Joint Reviews of the Education Committee on Radiological Technology. The diagnostic medical sonography program, established by FHMC in 1988, is accredited by the Accreditation Commission of the Allied Health Education Program.
The Nursing Program from the Florida Hospital campus was transferred to the new College, where he received accreditation from SACSCOC as well as recognition by the National League for Nursing. These programs are augmented with radiation therapy programs to form the first four curriculum offerings at the College, which are degree-level associations in Nursing, Radiation Therapy, Sonography, and Radiography.
In 1998, SACSCOC granted school-level accreditation II and ADU into the second major era as an undergraduate baccalaureate. During the same year, Higher Education added U.S. Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA). degree followed by the first undergraduate school program, a B.S. degree in Nursing. ADU later added two associate titles, one in the Pre-Professional study (2000) and the other in Nuclear Medicine (2002).
In 2008 the school received a level III accreditation by SACSCOC to offer a master's degree. Nurse Anesthesia was introduced as the University's first postgraduate program. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Board of the Anesthesia Nurses Education Program (COA).
In 2011, ADU introduced a second bachelor's degree, Master of Occupational Therapy (M.O.T.). The ADU PL program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Occupational Therapeutic Education (ACOTE) from the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).
In 2011, a new Generic Graduate degree in Nursing was introduced and the U.S. The nursing program has been removed. The following year the U.S. degree in Nuclear Medicine was also transferred to B.S. after ADU was selected by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) to serve as a pilot program in 2010. In November 2013, the program received a maximum of 7 years accreditation from the Joint Review Committee on the Nuclear Medicine Technology Technology Program (JRCNMT).
Adding ADU Online
In 2001, ADU received accreditation to offer distance degrees from SACSCOC. The first program offered in off-campus modalities is Radiography B.S. Completion rate.
A B.S. The graduation rate in Nursing is added to the online line-up followed by the third B.S. Program completion in Medical Sonographic Diagnostics in 2007. By 2015, ADU Online introduces the Executive Master of Health Administration (E.M.H.A.).
ADU Denver
Around 2008, an opportunity appeared in Denver, Colorado. The Adventist Health System has four hospitals in the Denver area where they have struggled to find quality and mission-oriented health care providers. When the leaders of these institutions became aware of FHCHS and their ability to provide distance education, they invited College administrators to offer classes in Denver. The initial investigation led the College to an interactive live video broadcasting education. In 2009, equipment was purchased and installed on campus in Orlando and on the site offered by Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver.
With the approval of the Colorado Board of Education to offer the degree, the students first started a nursing class at the Denver site later that year. In 2011, a Radiography degree was added to the Denver program and Sonography courses were offered next year.
Rename
The ADU name was changed to Adventist University of Health Sciences in August 2012. The new Adventist name reflects religious origins in the Seventh-day Adventist education mission and institutional relationships with AHS, not limited to the Central Florida region, and serves as a more meaningful name for the community Denver.
Adventist University of Health Sciences, 2012 - present
ADU continues to add a new bachelor's degree for its offer with a master's degree in Health Administration in 2013 and a master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies by 2015. That same year B.S. in the Conductive Education program was added, making ADU the first health care university in the US to offer one, followed by B.S. in Health Care Administration
In March 2015, President Dr. Greenlaw introduced Edwin I. HernÃÆ'¡ndez, Ph.D. as a new Provost. ADU launches an Associate Advanced Medical Assist Associate program in 2016. On July 31, 2017, Dr. Greenlaw retired as President and Provost of the University; HernÃÆ'¡ndez, appointed by the Supervisory Board to serve as the next President of the school. She started her new role on August 1, 2017.
Academics
ADU is organized into eight departments:
- Doctor Assistant (M.S.)
- Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)
- Occupational Therapy
- Master in Occupational Therapy (M.O.T.)
- Occupational Therapy Assistant (U.S.)
- Conductive Education (B.S.)
- Conductive Education (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
- Care (B.S.N., RN-B.S.N.Completion Options)
- Anesthetist Nurse (M.S.)
- Health Care Administration (M.H.A., E.M.H.A., B.S., M.H.A-SI)
- Master of Health Care Administration in Strategy & amp; Innovation (M.H.A.-SI) has two songs:
- Traditional M.H.A.
- U.S. to M.H.A.
- Master of Health Care Administration in Strategy & amp; Innovation (M.H.A.-SI) has two songs:
- Health Sciences and Biomedicine
- Pre-Professional Studes (U.S.)
- Health Sciences, Science (B.S.)
- Health Sciences, Allied Health (B.S.)
- Biomedical Sciences (B.S.)
- Imaging Sciences
- Medical Sonography Diagnostics (B.S., B.S. Settlement Option)
- Radiography (option A.S., B.S. Completion)
- Radiology (B.S.)
- Nuclear Medicine Technology (B.S.)
- Advanced Imaging Certificate in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - (Online)
- Advanced Imaging Certificate in Computed Tomography (CT) - (Online)
- Advanced Imaging Certificate in Interventional Vascular Radiography (VI) (Online)
Distance Learning
ADU offers online B.S. degrees in Radiology Science, Medical Sonographic Diagnostics, Nursing, and a bachelor's degree in Health Administration. In addition, ADU's continuing education division, Echelon, provides high quality online continuing education to hospitals and corporate partners throughout the United States.
Partnership with Stetson University
In November 2016, ADU signed a partnership agreement with Stetson University.
Campus
Campus Center Building
In 2006, the 64,000 square foot Center building was opened, adding many classrooms, laboratories, offices for academic and administrative departments, expanded bookshops, NESS Cafà © à ©, and the Student Success Center. The new building also houses the Chapel, just off the central entrance of the Center, which celebrates ADU Christian mission.
The ADU Welcome Center, which is where visitors check-in, is located in the Campus Center lobby as well as the Clerk's office and the entrance to the campus bookstore and NESS Cafe.
Nursing House
The Nursing House was completed in 1996 to accommodate the Nursing program and laboratory skills, classrooms, computer labs, Learning Resources Centers, 90 seater amphitheater, and offices.
Public Education Building
The Public Education Building, which caters to the Florida Hospital community for many years as a church and religious education center, has been completely renovated to serve as a location for R.A. Williams Library, Writing Center, administration offices, science laboratories, classrooms, and Pre-Professional/Education offices.
Graduate Building
In 2012, ADU broke ground at the planned 60,000 square foot Postgraduate Building and was officially dedicated to a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 3, 2014. The Graduate Building accommodates all current and proposed graduate programs. It also contains 350 auditorium seats, Dr. Greenlaw Conference Center, and Simulation Center laboratory.
Miracle Park
On the same day, the Graduate Building was dedicated, ADU also introduced Garden of Miracles. Seven paths to seven glass panels towering fourteen feet above the ground. Each panel displays the style portrayal of one of the miracles performed by Jesus. The chosen miracle represents the path to wholeness, usefulness, hope, peace, faith, restoration, and life.
Maurizio Maso is the main architect in the project and artist Maurice Casa Casa. Design, construction and installation for Park donated by HuntonBrady Architects, Brasfield & amp; Gorrie, BBM Structural Engineer, Bellommo-Herbert, GAI company, Poulos & amp; Bennett, and TLF Engineering for Architecture.
Andersen House
In 1995, a house on campus was overhauled to provide offices for Student Services personnel, game rooms and student rooms. Today, this house is known as Anderson House and is the headquarters for Mission Office and Campus Ministries activities.
Library
Library collections consist of backup, reference, general education, health sciences, and historical collections. The E-book represents 66% of library book collections with over 34,000 titles. Professional 99% electronic journal and a total of more than 31,000 titles. The streaming video represents 98% of library video collections that exceed 40,000 titles. All library electronic resources are available with 24/7 remote access.
April 2015, the library launched the JoVE, Journal of Visualized Experiments, the world's first peer-reviewed scientific video journal devoted to publishing scientific research in a visual format. UpToDate, a decision support tool for online national clinical decisions, was added to the library collection with the launch of ADU's assistant physician program in May 2015.
Since the spring of 2016, the library wall space has been used as an exhibition area for students and employees of ADU to showcase their artistic creations. This display area shines with bright colors, inspiration, and hope.
The library offers several databases, including:
- Access Anesthesiology: an online database summary of over 20 anesthesiology books, 300 videos, practice guides, cases, and assessment tools.
- JSTOR Arts/Sciences lll: is a digital library of academic journals, books, and major sources to support art, religion, and science.
- Anatomy Reference Center Amirsys: contains nearly 15,000 anatomical structures, topics, and views with thousands of anatomical images for over 250 topics. These resources include: anatomical illustrations, photographs of corpses, anatomical imaging, and histology that are intended to utilize clinical anatomy in determining the surgical approach or the best procedure for the patient.
- Amirsys Radiology Reference Center: has over 4,000 clinical diagnoses, and nearly 72,000 high quality images, such as MRI, CT scans, ultrasound, x-rays, and medical illustrations.
- Elsevier Clinical Pharmacology: is a comprehensive summary of drug information that provides clinically relevant information on prescribed drugs, over-the-counter medicines, herbal and nutritional supplements, plus new and investigated drugs.
- ProQuest Literature Online: is a fully searchable library with over 350,000 works of poetry and English and American languages, drama and prose, hundreds of full-text literary journals, and other critical criticisms and reference sources.
Academic Achievement Center
The Academic Achievement Center is committed to helping students strengthen their academic skills by offering counseling, testing, counseling, consulting, and proactive coaching.
Writing Center
The center opened in 2012 as part of ADU's academic support system. In addition to assistance with writing assignments, consultants at the Center have developed new services to prepare students for reading comprehension and writing sections that appear in standardized tests. In 2017, the Center moved from its native place in the Nursing House to the 2nd floor of the Robert A Williams Library.
An art gallery featuring rolling exhibitions donated by members of the teaching community, staff and students of the ADU is opened in the Writing Center relocated in September 2017.
Chapel
The chapel is a quiet place for students, staff and faculty to reflect, pray, or be silent.
Research
To support the research effort, ADU through its Grant Management Committee, competitively awarded the Seed Research Grants in Fall and Spring trimesters to qualified university faculty and faculty/student teams.
By 2016, ADU has two centers of excellence on campus to facilitate student and faculty research.
Advanced Ultrasound Education Center (CAUE)
CPHR engages students and faculty in applying geographic information systems technology to medical geographic research, incorporating current projects that are currently in process at ADU. Students gain direct research experience while developing skills in spatial thinking, quantitative analysis, and problem solving. In 2016, faculty are provided:
- Advanced education for over 90 radiological sonographers
- The ultrasound treatment education point for 12 Florida Hospital residents and colleagues
- Graduate classes in ultrasound education for about 50 students
- Presentation at the national conference and international conference in Chile
Population Health Research Center (CPHR)
CAUE expands ongoing initiatives to provide opportunities for education beyond what is captured in the current sonography program at ADU. The Center offers ongoing education training for ultrasound communities in Central Florida, including emergency doctor training and training for Radiology Doctor residency program at Florida Hospital. In addition, the center consolidates departmental faculty efforts and their contributions to the ultrasound education community.
Community Involvement and Humanitarianism
Since 1999, ADU members have participated in an annual mission trip, and all students receiving a bachelor's degree must complete the study-graduation requirements. In 2008, the Service Learning course must be introduced to facilitate this goal.
The ADU Community Engagement Office works with community partners to prepare service learning projects and volunteer opportunities for students and faculty and staff. There is also an annual Service Day where faculty and staff gather to volunteer at local community organizations. The first annual Service Day was held on August 26, 2009 at Primrose Center, a large facility in South Orlando that caters to the physical and mental needs of Orange County.
The Community Engagement Department organizes and hosts an annual Summer Camp with a local branch of Boys & amp; Girls Clubs of America. The long week camp is designed to teach high school age children the benefits of STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), health education, and health careers. Children participate in science workshops, field trips, and fitness and fitness workshops. By 2017, ADU takes children participating in camps to the Orlando Science Center for the day to enjoy interactive exhibits, live events, and other educational activities.
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University and Florida Hospital employees initiated the Grace Fund to help students with unforeseen emergencies. In 2013 it was reported that over $ 325,000 had been donated to the fund over the past decade. According to the 2015 - 2016 Annual Report, 78 students receive assistance from the funds during that time period.
Hope Clinic
In 2011, the University of Health Sciences Advent founded the HOPE Clinic (Healing through Workplace, Destination and Excellence) in Orlando. In 2016, the Community Health Impact Council (CHIC) of FL Hospital approved a clinic grant, enabling it to expand its size and impact. The newly repaired clinic is expected to open in 2019.
Transitional Health Care Health Care
ADU partnered with Florida Hospital to develop a Public Health Care Internship.
Colloquium University Series
To contribute to the intellectual and spiritual discourse of the Orlando community, the University has hosted an annual Colloquium series since 2013, inviting speakers, who have recently published authors, to campus to lead discussions on the chosen theme. The speakers have included Lucy Kalanithi and Daryl Davis. Past themes include:
- Moral Courage, 2013 - 2014
- Resilience, 2014 - 2015
- Integrity, 2015 - 2016
- Faith and Lost, 2016 - 2017
- Courtesy, 2017 - 2018
People
President
Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences (1992-2012)
- David E. Greenlaw (1992-2012)
Adventist University of Health Sciences (2012 - Now))
- David E. Greenlaw (2012-2017)
- Edwin I. HernÃÆ'¡ndez (2017 - present)
See also
- List of Seventh Day Adventist colleges and universities
- List of Seventh Day Adventist hospitals
References
External links
- Official website
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