Welcome
The purpose of the Center for Excellence in Health Care Practice is to demonstrate the Christian worldview of humanity in enhancing the skills and knowledge of students and existing health care practitioners. The Center seeks to demonstrate the Christian worldview of humanity through simulation education, continuing education, information services to the community, and excellence in clinical research.
Meet The Director
Timothy L. Smith, Ph.D.
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Our facility is located on the 3rd floor of Providence Hall
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News
The Commercial Appeal: Oct. 20, 2011
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Center for Excellence in Health Care Practice partners with JCM
Tim Smith, executive director of the Center for Excellence in Health Care Practice, instructs a group of students from Jackson Central-Merry Academy of Medical Technology. (Photo by Morris Abernathy)
April 18, 2011 – Ten students from Jackson Central-Merry Academy of Medical Technology became the first group to participate in a new program which introduces students to the nursing profession, thanks to a recent partnership between the high school and Union University’s Center for Excellence in Health Care Practice.
Every Friday for 14 weeks this winter and spring, the small group of junior and senior students visit Union’s campus to gain practical nursing skills at the Center for Excellence in Health Care Practice, located in Providence Hall.
Tim Smith, dean of the School of Nursing and executive director of the Center for Excellence in Health Care Practice, said many of the students entered the program aspiring to be nursing assistants. After only a few weeks of doing assignments in the hospital simulation rooms at Union, however, many decided they want to apply the extra time, money and effort required to be registered nurses.
“This program gives them hope,” Smith said, “because it puts them in the environment to achieve more than they thought they could.”
Joy Thomason, assistant professor of nursing and director of undergraduate nursing education for the Center for Excellence in Health Care Practice, administers the Friday classes.
What Our Students Are Saying...
"I liked the SIM Lab because I have to pull all my knowledge base together."
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Center for Excellence in Health Care Practice at Union University
1050 Union University Drive, Third Floor of Providence Hall, Jackson, TN 38305
Director: Tim Smith | Phone: 731-661-5029 | Fax: 731-661-5504 | E-mail: tsmith@uu.edu