One exciting thing I have read about the program is that they will be getting a brand new building that will be ready for the 2023-2024 school year. Here is some information about it.
Part one of Building Connections: A series about Miami’s new building and renovation projects
By Susan Meikle, university news and communications
The new Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness facility will be part of Miami University’s first “corridor of excellence,” said Steve Large, assistant vice president for health and wellness and a member of the planning committee for the facility. Located on Campus Avenue, its proximity to Miami’s Recreational Sports Center, Phillips Hall, and the Goggin Ice Arena creates a corridor that will naturally promote cross-divisional partnerships in order to advance holistic wellness efforts for our campus and local communities, Large said.
The Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness (CHSW) facility will comprise three wings, connected by a “wellness ribbon,” or corridor, connecting three academic programs and three clinics both figuratively and collaboratively, said Marilyn Heflin, project manager for the facility.
The south wing will house Miami’s TriHealth employee and student health centers, the student counseling service, and the speech and hearing clinic.
The middle wing will house faculty and staff offices, inter-professional lounges and research labs for speech pathology and audiology faculty.
The north wing will house three academic programs: speech pathology and audiology, the Oxford cohort for the BSN nursing program and the new Master of Medical Science (MMSc)/Physician Associate studies program, an initiative supported by the Boldly Creative academic development fund.
Nursing: Oxford BSN cohort, workshops for new graduate nursing programs
Jennifer Rode, associate professor of nursing and director of the new nursing graduate programs, is also excited about the new facility and how it will contribute to the expansion of nursing programs.
The facility will house the Oxford cohort of undergraduate nursing (BSN) students. The nursing graduate programs will have a presence across both the Hamilton and Oxford campuses in terms of faculty and lab resources, she said.
The new Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs will be mainly online, but certain required on-campus workshop components will be held in the CHSW facility’s simulation labs and collaborative classroom spaces. All nursing graduate students will have access to the lab space for skill development as needed, Rode said.
The third floor of the academic wing will house a nursing skills area with eight simulation (SIM) labs including OR/trauma; obstetrics; ICU; pediatrics; three adult exam rooms; and a home health apartment model.