UTech, Jamaica, CSON Receives Donation of Medical Teaching Aids from 1966 Alumni of the KPH Teaching Department
Members of University of Technology, Jamaica and the 1966 alumni cohort of the KPH Teaching Department display a tablet from teaching aids and medical supplies donated to the Caribbean School of Nursing and the Kingston Public Hospital at a special presentation hosted at the CSON Critical Care Lab, UTech, Jamaica Papine Campus on Monday, January 3, 2022. Pictured from left are Mrs. Evadney Crooks and Mrs. Shirley Tomlinson, KPH Teaching Department alumni, Kimberlee McLean, 2nd year midwifery student, Dr. Adella Campbell, Dean, College of Health Sciences and Professor Colin Gyles, Acting President, UTech, Jamaica.
UTech, Jamaica’s Caribbean School of Nursing (CSON), College of Health Sciences has received a generous donation of medical teaching aids from alumni of the 1966 cohort of nurses from the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) Teaching Department, an early predecessor to the nursing programme currently offered by the University. The items include a nursing mannequin, twenty-three tablets for students in need, two arms for venipuncture and other medical supplies. Also included in the donation were bed sheets designated for the Kingston Public Hospital. Facilitated through the Kiwanis Club of Papine at UTech, Jamaica and the Jamaica Nurses Association of Florida, the donation will enhance teaching and learning for nursing and midwifery students at the University.
Professor Colin Gyles, Acting President, UTech, Jamaica, Dr. Adella Campbell, Dean, College of Health Sciences, and other members of faculty, along with Mrs. Debby-Ann McKenzie Cookes, Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Kingston Public Hospital, formally received the donation at a presentation at the CSON Critical Care Lab on Monday, January 3, 2022 at the University’s Papine Campus.
In expressing gratitude to the nursing alumni for their generosity, Professor Gyles indicated that he was heartened to see the enduring “spirit of care and interest in seeking and fostering the physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of people” demonstrated through the donation. He also voiced his appreciation that the group “continues to support national development by finding ways to contribute tangibly to education which helps to prepare the next generation.”
“We are very grateful for these practical teaching aids,” he expressed, adding that the items will assist with providing the best experience in student training, and continue the UTech, Jamaica tradition of producing work-ready graduates. He also praised Dr. Campbell and Mr. Kevin Williams, Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Sport, and other members of the Kiwanis Club of Papine at UTech, Jamaica for their efforts in facilitating the donation.
Also expressing appreciation, Dr. Adella Campbell thanked the alumni group, represented by Mrs. Evadney Crooks and Mrs. Shirley Tomlinson, noting that the teaching aids will be of enormous benefit to nursing and midwifery students at the University’s Papine and Western Campuses. Mrs. Debby-Ann McKenzie Cookes also conveyed appreciation for the donation on behalf of the Kingston Public Hospital’s administration.
Mrs. Evadney Crooks (2nd left), alumna of the KPH Teaching Department presents a mannequin arm for venipuncture to Kenyatta Walker (centre), 4th year Nursing student, CSON while (from l-r) Mrs. Shirley Tomlinson, alumna, KPH Teaching Department, Sanjay Grandison, 2nd year Midwifery student and Dr. Adella Campbell, Dean, COHS look on during a special presentation of teaching aids to the University’s Caribbean School of Nursing from the 1966 alumni cohort on January 3, 2022 at the University’s Papine Campus.
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