Applying Social Determinants of Learning™ to Guide Holistic Admissions
Webinar Details & Objectives
The National Academy of Medicine’s Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Report highlights the importance of holistic admissions and how greater racial and ethnic diversity in nursing is critical to advancing health equity. Despite the numerous factors that hinder efforts to diversify the nursing workforce and implement holistic admissions, some schools have been successful. This presentation emphasizes upstream approaches that center on educational justice and mitigate barriers to diversifying the workforce. Using the social determinants of health model as a foundation, this webinar will reveal how the Social Determinants of Learning™ framework can be used to reconcile educational injustices, strengthen diversity, and advance health equity.
Objectives:
- Increase the capacity of participants to synthesize the tenants of holistic admissions.
- Demonstrate how the Social Determinants of Learning™ can be used to guide the adoption of holistic admissions.
Speakers
Carla D. Sanderson, PhD, RN
Provost
Chamberlain University
Carla Sanderson has forty years of leadership experience with global reach and impact in higher education and healthcare through academic leadership and board membership. Carla’s career motivation has been under-resourced patients and students, bringing expertise in regulation, ethics, and the development of people and programs to bear on advancing the well-being of others. Recognized as a mission-driven leader, Carla is an ambassador for educational justice in higher education. Carla is Provost, Chamberlain University which grants nursing, public health and social work degrees. Chamberlain awards the highest number of Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees to under-represented minorities in the U.S. She has responsibility for academic programs, including the implementation of innovative academic technologies for personalized learning and assessment, and leads the regulatory team in meeting compliance standards for all 50 Boards of Nursing and 6 healthcare program accreditors. She leads an institutional effectiveness and research team that has developed a Social Determinants of Learning™ framework and has implemented highly effective predictive modeling in support of student success.
Linda M. Hollinger-Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Associate Provost
Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Accreditation, and Research
Chamberlain University
Dr. Linda Hollinger-Smith is the Associate Provost, Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Accreditation, and Research at Chamberlain University. Prior to joining Chamberlain, Dr. Hollinger-Smith led Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging as Vice President focused on improving the quality of gerontological nursing care through applied research programs. Other past positions included Assistant Dean at Rush University College of Nursing; Director of Nursing at the Rush Primary Care Institute; and Associate Chairperson of Adult Health Nursing, Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Hollinger-Smith has served as principal investigator on numerous public and privately funded studies totaling more than $8 million to support nursing workforce and faculty development efforts. She has published numerous articles and has presented her research nationally on topics including nursing workforce development, trends in senior living, long-term care workforce culture, family caregiving, gerontological nursing, and faculty development. She is a fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and the Academy of Nursing Education.
Kenya V. Beard, EdD, AGACNP-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAAN
Associate Provost Social Mission & Academic Excellence
Chamberlain University
Kenya V. Beard is the Associate Provost for Social Mission and Academic Excellence at Chamberlain University. As a 2012 Macy Faculty Scholar, she focused on increasing workforce diversity and strengthening educational equity. Dr. Beard has consulted with numerous schools across the country on ways to strengthen diversity. She led the New York State Action Coalition in constructing the state’s 2014 Workforce Diversity Toolkit and contributed to the National League for Nursing’s 2016 Diversity Vision Statement. She co-created the Josiah Macy Foundation’s 2018 ground-breaking document, Improving the Environment for Learning in the Health Professions and more recently, co-authored the publication, Racism and the Diversity Policy Paradox: Implications for Nurse Leaders to help strengthen diversity in higher education.
Karen Cox, PhD, RN, FACHE, FAAN
President
Chamberlain University
Dr. Karen Cox is the President of Chamberlain University since 2018. She is responsible for managing all undergraduate and graduate programs, which includes over 20 campuses in 15 states, as well as online programs. Prior to joining Chamberlain, Dr. Cox served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Children’s Mercy – Kansas City, an independent, academic medical center. Dr. Cox led the organization to receive Magnet designation by The American Nurses Credentialing Center, becoming the first hospital in Missouri, and the region, in 2003 to receive such recognition when she was Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer. Dr. Cox was named a Fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship Program (1999-2002) and was appointed to a term on the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, U.S. Health and Human Services (2006-2011).
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Education Credits
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.