Lacey Eden Academic and Mentoring Objectives As a pedagogical strategy, the purposes of this service-learning activity were two-fold: 1) to provide students with an organized service activity that also met identified community needs; and 2) to help augment the students’ learning, giving them a broader appreciation of any given discipline, and enhance their sense of […]
Learning History: Understanding and Facilitating Improvement in Clinical Microsystems
Dr. Bret Lyman, Nursing Department Evaluation of Academic Objectives The academic outcomes of the proposal were generally met (and exceeded). The proposal specified that four students would be involved in the mentoring environment, yet we found it possible to include eight students in faculty-mentored research efforts. Although only three students applied for ORCA grant funding […]
Family Health History: What’s the Best Tool?
Dr. Gaye Raye and Dr. Karen Whitt, Nursing Department Evaluation of Objectives The purpose of this project was to mentor undergraduate nursing students as they worked on a project to identify the most effective tools for collecting family health history and to assess the impact of knowledge of family health history on preventive health behaviors. […]
MEG Final Report: Peer Teaching TeamSTEPPS
Dr. Michael Thomas, Nursing Department I’m very grateful for the Mentoring Environment Grant (MEG) I received in 2015. This grant has brought about positive changes within the College of Nursing at BYU and has helped multiple students have significant mentoring experiences. Evaluation of Objectives: 1. Have student teaching assistants in the N293 Communication for Nurses […]
N404 What Our Students Learn Through Serving Our Veterans MEG 2015 2016 Final Report
Ron Ulberg Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met: The academic objectives of the MEG proposal were met and exceeded. Specifically, students were exposed to local and national venues in which Veterans and their history are prevalent. Examples of this include visits by the students and faculty to Walter Reed […]
Getting to Know Veterans Through the Utah Honor Flight
PI: Kent Blad Co-PI: Ron Ulberg Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met: The academic objectives of the MEG proposal were met and exceeded. Specifically, students were able to serve as individual guardians for a WWII or Korea War Veteran on an Honor Flight to Washington DC to allow those […]
Validation of Four Activity Trackers and Their Influence on Activity Level in Adolescents and Young Adults
PI: Neil Peterson Objectives Objectives: Validate activity trackers including FitBit Surge, Basis Peak, and Apple Watch, against the validated ActiGraph GT3X+. Use quantitative and qualitative means to determine the influence on these commercial exercise trackers on changing sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) behavior. Evaluation of Academic Objectives: Overall, the study was successful in […]
Nursing student experiences regarding safe use of electronic health records: A pilot study of the SAFER guides
PI: Karen Whitt Co-PI’s: Katreena Merrill, and Lacey Eden Evaluation of Objectives The purpose of this project was to mentor undergraduate nursing students through the entire research process while they worked on a study to evaluate undergraduate and graduate nursing students’ and practicing nurse practitioners’ clinical experience and awareness of safe electronic health record (EHR) […]
Mentoring Nursing Students in a Refugee and Immigrant Public and Global Health Course
PI: Debra Edmunds Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Student academic objectives for this project included the following: Development of cultural competence Identification of culturally-appropriate nursing interventions Utilization of family nursing principles Collaboration with community partners Promotion of healthy behaviors Participation in health conference Immersion in various cultures The […]
WIC Clients and Immunizations: A Community-wide Educational Project
PI: Karlen E. Luthy Although most well-known for formula and food vouchers, the WIC Program also excels with their education programs. In fact, every three months WIC parents are required to complete authorized on-line educational modules or attend approved educational classes prior to obtaining their food vouchers for the subsequent quarter. In Utah, WIC clients […]