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Augusta Health Sponsorship Kick Starts Development of RN-to-BSN Nursing Program
As Mary Baldwin College prepares to open the doors to the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences in June, it is already announcing plans to expand curricular offerings. Thanks to a sponsorship from Augusta Health, MBC is set to begin development of a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree completion program that will allow registered nurses at Augusta Health and throughout the region to meet increasingly rigorous educational requirements. MBC plans to have the new RN-to-BSN program up and running in 2015.
PT and OT Programs Meet Key Benchmark
The Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences has reached a crucial benchmark in pursuit of full accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) and the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy (ACOTE) that allows students to be accepted into Mary Baldwin College’s physical therapy and occupational therapy graduate programs.
Articulation Agreements Provide Paths to Student Success
The Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences is pleased to announce the signing of articulation agreements with other Virginia institutions of higher learning, including Bridgewater College, Virginia Military Institute, and Ferrum College.
Construction on Schedule
Despite an unusually wet fall and a frigid winter, the flagship building of the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences in Fishersville is on track for completion on time by May 1.
Massaro Named Medical Director
Dr. Thomas A. Massaro has been selected as the new medical director for the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences.
All programs have initiated the appropriate professional accreditation process.
Our application to offer doctoral level programs has been approved by SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools).
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Effective November 6, 2013, Mary Baldwin College has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314; phone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org). Candidacy is not an accreditation status nor does it assure eventual accreditation. Candidate for Accreditation is a pre-accreditation status of affiliation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education that indicates the program is progressing toward accreditation.
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Mary Baldwin College has applied for Accreditation – Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Mary Baldwin College/Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences anticipates matriculating its first class in August 2015, pending Accreditation – Provisional in March 2015. Accreditation – Provisional is an accreditation status for a new PA program that has not yet enrolled students, but at the time of its initial accreditation review, has demonstrated its preparedness to initiate a program in accordance with the accreditation Standards.
In the event the Physician Assistant Program is not granted Accreditation, all application fees, tuition or other fees paid to Mary Baldwin College/Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences will be refunded in full, and the Program will not commence. Provided Accreditation-Provisional is granted, Mary Baldwin College/Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences Physician Assistant Studies Program anticipates accepting a class size not to exceed 45 students.
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The entry-level occupational therapy doctoral degree program has applied for accreditation and has been granted Candidacy Status by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 4720 Montgomery Lane, Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814-3449. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is (301) 652-AOTA and its Web address is www.acoteonline.org. Once accreditation of the program has been obtained, its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be an Occupational Therapist, Registered (OTR). In addition, most states require licensure in order to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT Certification Examination. Note that a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure.