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The following University Electives were also submitted

to the Curriculum Committee for approval:

Injury and Violence Prevention

Basic Conversational Jamaican Sign Language

Intermediate Conversational Jamaican Sign Language

Student Achievements/Awards

In November 2014, the first batch of seventeen

(17) nursing students graduated from the franchise

programme offered through the St Vincent and the

Grenadines Community College. An additional twenty

(20) students are expected to graduate in 2015

UTech Pharmacy Alumni

The UTech Pharmacy Alumni (UPA) continued to be a

major and reliable source of support for the School of

Pharmacy. Both the UPA and the Caribbean Institute

of Pharmacy Policy Practice (CIPPPAR) continued to

provide assistance for needy pharmacy students.

Enhancing Health Care Training Across the Caribbean

Through the use of distance technologies, the College

continued to expand access to its courses of study to

prospective students within and outside of Jamaica.

Through this initiative the College has maintained its

top place position on the University’s list of having the

greatest number of international students enrolled in its

programmes.

The continued use of online/blended modalities has

resulted in the enrolment of students in the Bahamas,

Anguilla, Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent and the

Grenadines, Barbados, Canada, Antigua and Belize.

Collaboration with the Organization of American States

Since late 2012, the College has been involved in a drug

demand reduction project funded by the Organization of

American States/ Inter-American Drug Abuse Control

Commission (OAS/CICAD). The Project involves

building capacity among the UTech community through

workshops that cover drug abuse prevention education,

policy development, addiction and treatment.

To date, several workshops aimed at sensitizing persons

on the misuse of drugs have been hosted jointly with

the National Council on Drug Abuse. The Caribbean

Poison information Network has also assisted through

the hosting of some public education seminars in

schools.

The Wellness and Welfare Initiative

For the period under review, the College’s Wellness

and Welfare Committee responded to the Chik V and

Zika Virus outbreaks with a number of public awareness

bulletins. These bulletins assisted staff members

as well as external persons in identifying symptoms

associated with the viruses and seeking the relevant

medical support.

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University of Technology, Jamaica

• ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

CONT’D

Miss Beverley King, Head, Caribbean School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, addresses final year nursing and midwifery students at their 4th

annual Striping Ceremony held Friday, March 13, 2015 in Montego Bay, St. James.