Breakout Session Four - Moving Accelerated Degree Students Forward to Doctoral Education

 Patricia Cowan has been the NCIN program coordinator for four years at the University of TN Health Science Center. She has been a nurse educator for 25 years. She is director of the PhD in Nursing program in the College of Graduate Health Sciences and recently assumed the position of associate dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Nursing.

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Overview:

The purpose of this activity is to enable the learner to develop strategies to increase doctoral program enrollment of underrepresented groups completing accelerated nursing programs.

Moving accelerated degree students forward, participants will share approaches that have been successful in advancing students to doctoral study.

At the conclusion of the breakout sessions, the facilitators will summarize group discussion and provide an opportunity for all participants to engage in a question and answer session.

Objectives:

1.     Describe barriers to applying to doctoral programs that students from accelerated BSN and entry-MSN programs face.

2.    Identify two strategies to facilitate accelerated degree students applying to doctoral programs.

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