FPB CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

In addition to providing an advanced academic and clinical education, our Centers of Excellence offer a wealth of services and experiences, serving both the health care community and the community at large.

Students are exposed first-hand to research, global health care systems, evidence-based practice, initiatives in aging care, and self-management.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1948 by the United Nations as its specialized agency for health. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. WHO Collaborating Centres are national institutions around the world designated by the WHO to collect and disseminate information on world health issues, provide education and training, and participate in collaborative research. The WHO Center here at Case is charged with research and clinical training in home care nursing and is one of only 12 designated centers in the United States.

The Center for Research and Scholarship, as one of the main resource facilities of the Bolton School, provides a plethora of services to faculty, staff, and students. It offers infrastructure support for funding opportunities; assists in the development of research proposals including budgeting, editing, and compilation; disseminates research results regionally, nationally, and internationally; and assists with post award compliance, budgeting, and human subject approval issues. The CFRS works in conjunction with its counterparts in the centralized University Office of Sponsored Projects Administration to monitor research compliance, budget management, and communication with funded projects sponsors. In addition, the CFRS provides a variety of guidance and support for faculty scholarship, continuing education, and research consortium activities.

Evidence-based practice in nursing is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. As one of only a few such centers in the country, the Sarah Cole Hirsh Institute disseminates evidence-based practice information through printed and online publications. The SCHI also conducts certification training programs and consulting services and is considered a forerunner in this arena.

By the year 2020, a staggering number (approximately 17%) of the US population will be considered elderly. In addition, almost 40% of a physician's time will be spent treating the elderly by that year. UCAH serves international, national, and local communities by providing an interdisciplinary platform for gerontological education, research, and services. A key objective of UCAH is to increase the number of students in the role of gerontology and utilize its partnerships to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.

The SMART Center is an NIH-funded research center designed to address the science of self-management at the levels of individual, family, organization, and community. Its goals are to expand knowledge related to self-management through interdisciplinary investigations of self-management, serve as a national leader in research and dissemination of research findings to the scientific community, and diffuse knowledge into clinical practice and policy to enhance the use of self-management strategies to improve the health, function, and quality of life of individuals.