Feb 3, 2021
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Wesleyan Nursing professor Melissa Franke and Randolph-Elkins WIC Program nutritionist Cindy Hughes worked together to create a alternative to in-person observation and learning for WVWC students. Hughes developed case scenarios of WIC families that included a variety of WIC-related issues and topics that she counsels every day and presented them to Franke. Franke communicated the case scenarios with WVWC nursing students and they met independently in small groups through Zoom to discuss and problem solve their family scenarios.
ELKINS Virtual learning with the click of a button as senior college students struggle to complete their educations virtually, find preceptorships, and get exposed to real-world scenarios and experiences, WIC found a way to help.