Clinical associate professor and director of the School’s Clinical Education & Resource Center Carol Durham received the Bayada Award from Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions. This national award is given to nurse educators who have significantly contributed to nursing education by developing or incorporating a new technology into the curriculum.
The Bayada Awards committee in collaboration with Drexel University selects two nurses, one from practice and one from education, annually to receive the Bayada Award. One is given to a faculty member or practicing nurse whose innovation improves nursing education and student outcomes. The second award is presented to a nurse educator or practicing nurse whose novel use of technology improves patient care and outcomes. Both awards are $5,000 prizes.
Durham received the award for developing a one-of-a-kind, on-the-road simulation based education program as a component of the HRSA funded grant #D62HP01913, Improving the Care of the Acutely Ill Elder (Palmer, PI) and Enhancing the Skills of Nursing Practice in NC Long-Term Care Facilities (Welsh, PI) through FutureCare of North Carolina, funded by Duke Endowment. The programs bring geriatric nursing education to practitioners who have little didactic experience in this area. The program provides interactive educational experiences by using high fidelity human patient simulation technology and is a portable teaching method that offers an interactive learning environment.
Durham received her award during an announcement ceremony on June 5, 2009, at the Drexel University Nursing Education Institute in Arlington, Va.
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