The Marshall University College of Health Professions is allowing health majors to present their projects to peers, professors and the public 9 a.m. Friday at the second annual Research and Practice Day.
The Research and Practice Day is a student-based event allowing them to choose their own topic to research, which will then be presented at the event.
Topics range from evaluating the effects of post discharge telephone interventions to napping, night-shift nurses.
William Pewen, assistant professor of public health and family medicine, said it is important for students to have the opportunity to present their research because in health majors, it is inherent to research. This gives them real life experience to do research and practice to serve future patients.
“It is critical to be able to present what they have learned within their major and to be able to communicate research,” Pewen said.
In the past, students and professors from other schools have attended Marshall’s Research and Practice Day. This gives the students an interprofessional opportunity to communicate with other health professions.
The event will take place in room BE5 of the Memorial Student Center.
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