As a nutritionist, it’s important to stay up-to-date on the latest nutrition research to provide your clients with evidence-based care. Every day, new scientific research reveals the benefits or harmful effects of foods, from coffee and alcohol, to organic fruits and vegetables. Education for nutritionist can help you stay on top of the latest information, but you can read research on your own, too.

Topics: Healthcare, Functional Nutrition, Integrative Healthcare

Michele Wilson not only developed the VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces) program, but she also teaches several modules: Overview of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Equity Lens: Systematic Equity and Inclusion, Class: Socioeconomics, Religion and Spirituality, Age and Generational Status, Instituting Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace: Strategic Plans, Best Practices, and Assessment, and the Capstone.

Topics: Healthcare, Meet the IHP Team, Equity & Inclusion

Dr. Joseph Accuardi-Gilliam teaches in VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces) in the module on Disability. 

Topics: Healthcare, Meet the IHP Team, Equity & Inclusion

Updated Jan. 14, 2022

As a nurse, you can provide care in a variety of settings, from primary care in a physician’s office to intensive care at a hospital. Now more than ever, as advances in medicine become more and more necessary, many nurses are working in a different setting: clinical research. However, this field also has immense benefits for RNs.

Topics: Healthcare, Clinical Research, institute for health professionals

Jimena Alvarado, Ph.D. teaches several sections in VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces). She teaches Historical Framework, Identiy: Constructions, Assignments, and Intersections, and Gender and Sexuality.

Topics: Healthcare, Meet the IHP Team, Equity & Inclusion

Updated Dec. 8, 2022.

Project management is an important skill. Successful project managers know how to run a good team, keep multiple balls in the air, and ideally bring their project in on time despite whatever problems might emerge. 

Of course, project managers are also human. Project outcomes can vary, and they can obviously make mistakes. A good project manager is not somebody who never makes a mistake. Instead, they are somebody who learns from their mistakes and, of course, from those good things that can happen through serendipity.

Topics: Professional Development, Management, Project Management

Dr. Carmen Thompson teaches in VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces) in the module on Race and Ethnicity. 

Topics: Healthcare, Meet the IHP Team, Equity & Inclusion

Dana M. Emerson, PhD teaches several sections in VOICES (Visioning Organizations: Inclusive Communities & Equitable Spaces). She teaches Inclusive Recruiting, Hiring, and Retention and Communicating Interculturally and Resolving Conflict.

Topics: Healthcare, Meet the IHP Team, Equity & Inclusion

With demand on healthcare systems constantly increasing, patient access specialists are needed more than ever. This entry-level position is one of the first roles patients face upon visiting a hospital or clinic, and it offers opportunities for a long career with just one type of training needed.

Patient access specialist training can help you begin a career with many future opportunities and bring you the satisfaction of knowing you are helping others receive the care they need.

Topics: Healthcare, Entry Level Healthcare Careers, Patient Access

Christa King is on a mission to end dieting.

Topics: Healthcare, Functional Nutrition, Integrative Healthcare, Student Profiles