Clinical Resources

Yale-New Haven Medical Center

The combined facilities of the Yale School of Medicine, the Yale-New Haven Hospital, the Yale Child Study Center, the Yale School of Nursing, and the Yale Psychiatric Institute constitute the Yale-New Haven Medical Center. The Connecticut Mental Health Center is closely affiliated with this complex.

The Child Study Center is an academic, clinical, and research center devoted to improving the understanding and treatment of children with psychiatric and developmental problems. The center functions as the Department of Child Psychiatry for the School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital. It has three major missions: to increase knowledge about children from infancy through adolescence using systematic research, to educate professionals concerned with children’s development, and to provide clinical services to children with psychiatric and developmental disorders and to their families. To achieve these goals, the center faculty and staff comprise professionals from the major disciplines concerned with children, including child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychologists, child psychiatric nurses, social workers, speech pathologists, educators, pediatricians, pediatric nurse practitioners, child psychoanalysts, geneticists, public health planners, and lawyers. Engaged in a broad range of research programs, educational activities, consultation, and service provision, these professionals educate the next generation of professionals for leadership roles throughout the United States and abroad.

The combined service, education, and research mission of the center fosters an environment in which students can further their interest in child development and contribute to the field of developmental psychology. Collaboration with the University occurs at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

The Outpatient Clinic offers direct mental health services to children from birth to age eighteen at the Child Study Center and in school-based clinics in New Haven public schools. There are several specialty clinics that provide consultation for children with tic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and developmental disorders, and there is a psychopharmacology consultation service. The Outpatient Clinic provides school-based mental health services in inner-city schools and walk-in immediate-access service in the clinic. The Yale Children’s Psychiatric Inpatient Service, a collaborative program of Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Child Study Center, provides inpatient and partial hospital care for children between the ages of four and fourteen. Community-based child and adolescent mental health services include the Family Support Service for vulnerable children and families; in-home psychiatric services; and the Child Development and Community Policing Program, a collaboration between the Child Study Center and the New Haven Department of Police Services to serve children exposed to violence and other trauma. Director, Fred R. Volkmar, M.D.; Acting Chief of Child Psychiatry, Joseph L. Woolston, M.D.

The Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) is an urban community mental health center, owned by the State of Connecticut and operated by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services in partnership with Yale University Department of Psychiatry. The CMHC has a thirty-year tradition of serving disadvantaged persons with serious illness. The center provides innovative services and solutions to challenging problems of patient care, drawing on research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of behavioral disorders.

CMHC treats individuals suffering from severe and persistent psychosis, depression, anxiety, substance abuse disorders (including heroin and cocaine) and those with dual diagnosis (both mental and drug-related problems). Several treatments in either an inpatient or an outpatient setting are available. Special clinics include the Hispanic Clinic (for Spanish-speaking individuals), and a clinic in West Haven that offers services to children and their families. The center also runs distinct outreach programs for both the homeless mentally ill and for individuals referred by the criminal justice system.

In addition, the center is committed to educating the next generation of behavioral health professionals, who not only will care for the seriously ill but also will continue the missions of education and research into the nature, care, and treatment of serious mental and addictive disorders.

The organization and activities of the Nursing Department reflect the integration of the clinical care and academic dimensions of nursing. This integration is achieved through joint appointments with faculty of the Yale School of Nursing.

Nurses practice in a range of patient care settings in the center, providing services to individuals, groups, and families, as well as attending to community-wide mental health concerns. Director, Selby Jacobs, M.D.; Director of Nursing, Rebecca Wettemann, M.S.N., R.N.

The Yale School of Medicine offers courses leading to the degrees of Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Public Health, and Master of Public Health. In addition there are programs for postdoctoral training in the basic medical sciences and the clinical disciplines. A Physician Associate program is also offered, which awards a Master of Medical Science (Physician Associate) degree. Clinical facilities for instruction are available at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and at various community hospitals in Connecticut with which the School is affiliated. The School of Medicine provides opportunity for students in nursing to extend their knowledge both through formal courses of study and informally through clinical conferences and rounds, where problems of patient care are discussed by doctors, nurses, and other health professionals. Dean, Robert Alpern, M.D.

Yale-New Haven Hospital Founded in 1826 as Connecticut’s first and the nation’s fifth hospital, today Yale-New Haven Hospital, affiliated with Yale University Schools of Medicine and Nursing, ranks among the premier medical centers in the nation. The Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital, which opened in 1993, features new maternity facilities and the most comprehensive pediatric services between Boston and New York. Both an academic medical center hospital and a community hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital provides primary and specialized care for 944 beds in three inpatient pavilions. In 2005, 48,594 inpatients were discharged and there were 484,936 ambulatory visits, including 107,481 emergency visits. Yale-New Haven Hospital offers more than 90 medical and surgical specialty services, including anesthesiology, organ transplantation, cardiology, psychiatry, newborn special care, and geriatric assessment. It also houses the nationally designated Yale Cancer Center. Yale-New Haven Hospital is the primary clinical campus for the Yale School of Nursing. There are many joint appointments between the staff of the nursing service and the faculty of the nursing school who collaborate closely in the education of students and improvement of patient care. Yale-New Haven Hospital’s commitment to excellence in nursing care attracts highly qualified nurses to its staff, many of whom serve as role models to the rest of the staff and nursing students who use the clinical facilities of the hospital. The hospital is also the flagship hospital of the Yale New Haven Health System, a fully integrated provider of comprehensive health care to individuals, families, and employees of large and small businesses. In addition, as a strong regional provider network, currently composed of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Greenwich, Connecticut; Westerly, Rhode Island; and Yale-New Haven hospitals, the system includes relations with insurance companies, managed care companies, physician practices, and employers throughout the state. President and Chief Executive Officer, Marna P. Borgstrom; Senior Vice President for Patient Services, Patricia Sue Fitzsimons, R.N., Ph.D.

Other Clinical Resources

The Connecticut Hospice offers a specialized health care program for terminally ill patients (adults and children) and their families. The combination of medical, emotional, and psychosocial patient/family needs is met by the coordinated care of members of several disciplines: physicians (including a psychiatrist); nurses; social workers; clergy; pharmacists; financial adviser; arts, bereavement, and dietary consultants; and both professional and lay volunteers. The caregiving team is available to patients and families in the Home Care and Inpatient programs. Hospice includes family members in the unit of care to help them through the time of illness and bereavement. Hospice Home Care Services are available in Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, and Hartford counties; inpatient care is available for all state residents at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford. Any physician from the state may refer a patient for inpatient care or home care services. The Connecticut Hospice is a clinical model for national replication, and the John D. Thompson Hospice Institute for Education, Training, and Research is a national education center for health professionals from all disciplines. President and Chief Executive Officer, Rosemary J. Hürzeler R.N., M.P.H., H.A.

Fair Haven Community Health Center is a community-initiated and community-controlled health center serving the predominantly ethnic neighborhood of Fair Haven. Developed along the lines of the free clinic model in 1971, the Fair Haven center strives to provide health care in a congenial and personalized setting to 10,000 patients through an interdisciplinary team of doctors, nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, social service, and community health workers. This includes prenatal and family planning services, general medical and pediatric care, preventive health education, language translation, counseling, and community outreach. Center funding comes from patient fees and a variety of private, government, and third-party reimbursement sources. In addition to its main facility, the center operates a satellite for geriatric patients at an elderly housing complex and three school-based clinics, one at a high school, one at a middle school, and one at an elementary school. The Fair Haven Center is located in a health professional shortage area. Director, Katrina Clark, M.P.H.

Hill Health Center, established in 1968, is a community-oriented family health service that provides comprehensive care to more than 32,500 people in the New Haven area. The center also operates four satellite clinics: Dixwell Health Center, which specifically serves the Dixwell, Newhallville, and West Rock areas; Women’s Health Services; the West Haven Health Center; and the Community Health Connection in Ansonia, serving the Lower Naugatuck Valley.

The center’s programs are supported by federal grants, patient fees, third-party payments, private donations, foundation grants, and contracts-for-service.

There is emphasis on the total family health needs with comprehensive medical, dental, psychosocial, nursing, and other ancillary services provided by a team composed of professionals and community residents trained as health workers. The intent is to allow the health professional to deal more efficiently and effectively with the health care needs of the people to be served. Programs include the Young Parents Outreach Program; school-based clinics at Robinson and Clemente middle schools, and Hill Central, Lincoln-Bassett, Truman, Davis Street, and Brennan elementary schools; a homeless health care project, an AIDS outreach project, a twenty-nine-bed medical detoxification center; a comprehensive perinatal care program; an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program; a public housing primary care project; and a day treatment program for homeless substance abusers. Chief Executive Officer, Cornell Scott

The Hospital of Saint Raphael was founded in 1907 by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth and is a voluntary nonprofit community and teaching hospital. It is licensed for 511 beds. A $25 million ambulatory surgical facility opened in 1999.

Last year, the Hospital of Saint Raphael discharged over 24,368 inpatients. There were 52,730 emergency room and 67,111 clinic visits, with short-term surgery cases surpassing 9,568. Noteworthy statistics include one of the highest geriatric and case mix indexes in the state. The hospital has one of the largest caseloads of cardiothoracic surgery in Connecticut.

Saint Raphael’s provides clinical laboratory experience facilities for Yale University School of Nursing students as well as many other nursing and resident programs in the area. Master’s prepared clinical nurse specialists support the staff in clinical decision making and provide direct care in inpatient and outpatient settings. Nursing research and projects are encouraged and are reviewed by an active Nursing Research Committee. The students’ other clinical rotations include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, respiratory therapy, laboratory and radiological technology, and pastoral care. President and Chief Executive Officer, David W. Benfer; Vice President of Patient Services, Mary Kuncas, R.N., M.S.

VNA Services, Inc. is a state-licensed, Medicare/Medicaid-certified agency dedicated to providing a full range of health care services in the home and community. An interdisciplinary team of professionals provides in-home management and coordination of health care, including skilled nursing; physical, speech, and occupational therapy; home health aide service; homemakers; medical social work and medical nutrition therapy provided by a registered dietitian. Specialty programs include cardiac rehabilitation with home telemonitoring, behavioral health, home infusion therapy, maternal/child health, and early maternity discharge. Health promotion programs include adult health guidance clinics, well-child clinics, and flu and pneumonia clinics.

VNA Services, Inc. delivers over 76,360 home visits to over 2,000 patients annually throughout New Haven County. Founded in 1920, VNA Services, Inc. became an affiliate of Saint Raphael Healthcare System, Inc., in 1996. Services are available twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year. VNA Services, Inc. is accredited by JCAHO. Chief Executive Officer, Alexine Janiszewski, R.N., M.S.N.

The Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System is one of the outstanding Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers nationwide with quality clinical services and innovative research programs. The two VA hospitals (West Haven and Newington) merged in 1995 to form VA Connecticut Health Care System. Several VA Connecticut specialized programs are recognized nationally and regionally. These include the Eastern Blind Rehabilitation Center and Clinic. This is one of four national programs providing extensive rehabilitation services to blind veterans enabling them to gain and maintain their independence. The Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center is a joint project with Yale School of Medicine, and the Single Photo Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT) provides state-of-the-art imaging for medical care and research in biology, psychiatry, cardiology, and oncology. VA Connecticut also encompasses the Geriatric Rehabilitation Extended Care Service, Substance Abuse Treatment Program, National Centers for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Alcoholism Research, Schizophrenia Research, and a comprehensive cancer center. Additionally, clinical services include epilepsy treatment, cardiac rehabilitation, cardiac surgery, geriatric evaluation, respite care, and home-based primary care. Currently, VA Connecticut is a leader nationally in the application of home telemonitoring of patients in the home-based primary care program. VA Connecticut operates an Ambulatory Care Center at the West Haven campus and the Ambulatory Care Center of Excellence at the Newington campus. There are six community-based outpatient clinics located in Danbury, New London, Waterbury, Stamford, Windham, and Winsted. Director, Roger Johnson; Nurse Executive, Margaret Veazey, M.S.N.

The Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut is a licensed, nonprofit agency dedicated to providing home health and community services. The agency meets all state and federal requirements and is accredited by Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP), a subsidiary of the National League for Nursing. The agency developed and sponsors the Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing, a community-wide nursing recognition program. It is qualified to provide care for patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and other third-party payers. Founded in 1904, the VNA of South Central Connecticut offers a comprehensive array of programs and services in New Haven, Fairfield, and Middlesex counties. With its staff of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, rehabilitative therapists, medical social workers, and home health aides, the agency provides: adult care of the ill, antepartum and postpartum care, asthma care, behavioral health, advanced cardiac care, diabetes management, geriatric care, high-risk maternal and newborn care, HIV/AIDS home care, home infusion therapy, oncology care, pediatric home care, and rehabilitation therapy services including physical, occupational, and speech therapies. Specialty practices include PICC and midline catheter placement and care, central line catheter care, dementia consultation and assessments, EKG monitoring (12 lead), nutrition counseling, pain management, pulse oximetry reading, respiratory care, wound and ostomy care. Among the community services provided by the VNA of South Central Connecticut are: Healthy Families CT, HIV/AIDS caregiver workshops, home safety assessments, flu clinics, blood pressure screenings, and well-child clinics. The agency offers an emergency response system, Health Watch. Private duty care is provided through the agency’s affiliate, CareSource, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer, Joanne Walsh, M.B.A.

During the previous academic year educational experiences for some individual students have also been arranged at the following institutions and agencies:

Alliance Medical Group, Middlebury, Connecticut
Andrew Levi, MD, Trumbull, Connecticut
Avon Medical Group, Avon, Connecticut
Back to Health, Branford, Connecticut
Banner Health c/o North Colorado Medical Center, Greeley, Colorado
Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York
Boston Health Care for the Homeless, Boston, Massachusetts
Branford Pediatric & Allergy, P.C., Branford, Connecticut
Bridgeport Family Health, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport Health Care Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport Health Department, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brookline, Massachusetts
Cambridge Birth Center/Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Candlewood OB/GYN, Danbury, Connecticut
The Carriage House, Wallingford, Connecticut
CCOG Women’s Health Group, Bristol, Connecticut
Center for Pediatric Medicine, Danbury, Connecticut
Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut, Inc., New London, Connecticut
Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County, Norwalk, Connecticut
Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, Stamford, Connecticut
Children’s Medical Group, Hamden, Connecticut
Children’s Medical Group, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Coastal Women’s Care, New London, Connecticut
Community Health Center, Inc., Middletown, Connecticut
Community Health Services, Inc. (Hartford), Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut Heart Group, New Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut Hospice, Branford, Connecticut
Connecticut Medical Group, Hamden, Connecticut
Connecticut Medical Group, New Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut Medical Group, Woodbridge, Connecticut
County OB/GYN Group, Branford, Connecticut
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic-Keene, Keene, New Hampshire
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic-Lebanon, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic-Nashua, Nashua, New Hampshire
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nurse-Midwifery Service, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, Connecticut
Department of Veterans Affairs/Veterans Home & Hospital-Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Domenic Casablanca, MD, Shelton, Connecticut
Dr. Jeffrey, Simpson, New London, Connecticut
Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Manchester, Connecticut
Elmwood Medical Group, West Hartford, Connecticut
Emily Fine MD & Elizabeth Gillette, MD, Hamden, Connecituct
Endocrine Associates of Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut
Endocrinology & Internal Medicine, Inc., North Providence, Rhode Island
Enfield Women’s Health, Enfield, Connecticut
Serle Epstein, M.D., Madison, Connecticut
Evercare Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut
Fairfield County Medical Group, Trumbull, Connecticut
Fair Haven Community Health Clinic-School Based Health Clinic, New Haven, Connecticut
Family Medicine Associates of Stamford, Stamford, Connecticut
Family Orthopedics, L.L.C., Madison, Connecticut
Family Practice of Greater New Haven, Wallingford, Connecticut
Federal Corrections Institute, Danbury, Connecticut
Garrison Women’s Health Center, Dover, New Hampshire
General Practitioners of Branford and Hamden, Branford, Connecticut
Generations Family Health Center, Williamantic, Connecticut
Geriatric and Adult Psychiatry, LLC, Hamden, Connecticut
Greater New Haven OB/GYN Group, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut
Greater Waterbury Primary Care Center, Prospect, Connecticut
Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut
Griffin Hospital, Derby, Connecticut
Guilford Pediatrics, Guilford, Connecticut
Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services, Westport, Connecticut
Hartford Board of Education/School Based Health Clinics, Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford Medical Group, Avon, Connecticut
Hartford Medical Group, Wethersfield, Connecticut
Hartford OB/GYN Group, P.C., Hartford, Connecticut
HealthCare Connecticut, Inc., Stamford, Connecticut
Health Care Connections, Inc., Stamford, Connectiuct
Hill Health Center, New Haven, Connecticut
Holyoke Pediatric Associates, Holyoke, Massachusetts
Hospice & Palliative Care of Connecticut VNA by Masonicare, Wallingford, Connecticut
The Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain General & Bradley Memorial & Bradley Memoral Hospital, New Britain, Connecticut
HSC Community Services, Inc., Brittany Farms Health Center, New Britain, Connecticut
Human Services Council of Mid-Fairfield/School Based Health Clinic/Norwalk, Norwalk, Connecticut
John Dempsey Hospital/University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut
The John D. Thompson Hospice Institute, Inc., Branford, Connecticut
Kalman L. Watsky, MD, New Haven, Connecticut
La Escuelita, Nicaragua
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London, Connecticut
Leeway, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut
Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut
Mary Ann Starkes, MSN, APRN
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Health Department, Mashantucket, Connecticut
Memorial Hospital for Cancer & Allied Diseases, New York, New York
Middlesex Health Systems, Middletown, Connecticut
Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, Connecticut
Middlesex Medical Associates, Middletown, Connecticut
The Midwife Center for Birth and Women’s Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Milford Hospital, Milford, Connecticut
Milford Pediatric Group, P.C., Milford, Connecticut
Ministry of Health, British Columbia, Canada
Montauk GYN, New London, Connecticut
Montefiore Family Health Center, Bronx, New York
Naugatuck Valley OB/GYN, Waterbury, Connecticut
New Haven Health Department/New Haven Board of Education, New Haven, Connecticut
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, New York, New York
Norwalk Hospital Nurse-Midwifery Service, Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwich Pediatric Group (Kara Willette, A.P.R.N.), Colchester, Connecticut
Obstetrics & Gynecology & Memopause Physicians, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut
Obstetrics andGynecology of North Haven, Hamden, Connecticut
Optimus Health Care, Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut
Park City Primary Care Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine of Cheshire, Cheshire, Connecticut
Pediatric Plus, North Haven, Connecticut
Peter Jones, MD, Willimantic, Connecticut
Pine Ridge Hospital/Women’s Health, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut
PriMed, Bridgeport, Connecticut
PriMed, Trumbull, Connecticut
ProHealth Physicians, Avon, Connecticut
ProHealth Physicians, Litchfield, Connecticut
ProHealth Physicians, North Haven, Connecticut
ProHealth Physicians, West Hartford, Connecticut
ProHealth Physicians Sparrow Commons Family Practice, Colchester, Connecticut
ProHealth Physicians-University of Hartford Health Services, West Hartford, Connecticut
Quinnipiack Valley Health District, North Haven, Connecticut
Rockville Hospital, Rockville, Connecticut
Rushford Center, Inc., Middletown, Connecticut
Ryan White Program-Valley Mental Health Center, Ansonia, Connecticut
Michael Ryskin, M.D., P.C., Ansonia, Connecticut
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
Saint Francis Hospital, New York, Poughkeepsie, New York
Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center/Burgdorf/Fleet Health Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center/Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Saint Francis Nurse-Midwifery Practice/Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Saint Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut
Saint Raphael, Hospital of, New Haven, Connecticut
Shoreline Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, P.C., Madison, Connecticut
Silver Hill Hospital, New Cannan, Connecticut
Dr. Jeffrey Simpson, New London, Connecticut
State of Connecticut Mental Health & Addiction Services, Hartford, Connecticut
Staywell Health Center/Waterbury, Waterbury, Connecticut
Staywell Pediatrics, West Haven, Connecticut
Jerzy Stocki, M.D. (North Stonington Medical Center), North Stonington, Connecticut
Student Health Services of Stamford, Stamford, Connecticut
The Carriage House, Wallingford, Connecticut
The Center for Advanced Pediatrics, Norwalk, Connecticut
The Village for Families & Children, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut
Torrington-Winsted Pediatric Associates, P.C., Torrington, Connecticut
United Community & Family Services, Inc., Norwich, Connecticut
University of Connecticut Health Center, Correctional Managed Health Care, Farmington, Connecticut
University of Connecticut Health Center/UMG Agency, Farmington, Connecticut
University of Connecticut Student Health Services, Storrs, Connecticut
University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut
Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut/New Haven, Milford, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut
Wheeler Clinic, Plainville, Connecticut
Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Whitney Pediatrics, PC., Hamden, Connecticut
Wildwood Pediatrics, Essex, Connecticut
Windham Hospital, Willimantic, Connecticut
Women’s Cancer Care Associates, LLC, Albany, New York
Women’s Health Associates, North Branford, Connecticut
Women’s Health Associates, Westfield, Massachusetts
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

University Resources

International Activities and Representation

The Center for International Nursing Scholarship and Education, formed in 2006, is the focal point for YSN’s international health activities. The center promotes excellence in all aspects of our international work, with an emphasis on collaborative scholarship and thoughtful examination of the cross-cultural and cross-border dimensions of our work. The aims in scholarship are the development of faculty scholarship in international health and the establishment of externally funded programs of international health research and scholarship. The aims in education are to develop sound international clinical placements for YSN students, to establish stable sources of funding for these educational experiences, and to propose and develop academic programs at YSN for students and scholars seeking a career in international health.

We provide mentorship and financial support for a diverse array of faculty projects to promote leadership skills in the area of Global Health research and programs including research collaboration with partners in China (Hong Kong and Changsha, PRC), Community Health conference participation in Spain, and YSN clinical project development in the Caribbean region.

The Chia Fellows and Chung Fellowship programs are co-run with Yale-China Association. This is an ongoing, well-integrated exchange program which provides academic mentoring to Chinese nursing leaders and graduate students and builds collaboration in research and scholarship.

The Mahidol University School of Nursing (Thailand) doctoral exchange program hosts Ph.D. candidates at YSN and enables them to recenternational Nursing Collaboration: Opportunities and Challenges. We had three keynote speakers and twenty presentations (posters and oral) by colleagues from the region. Attendees were from five states, Chile, Mexico, and Ireland. The reviews were very positive and speak to a need for building a stronger network of nurse researchers and nurse clinicians involved in global health.

Academic year 2007–2008 showed improved faculty and student exposure to the Yale Downs Fellowship program through group meetings, individual student counseling, and discussions with faculty. Six students were awarded Downs Fellowships for summer 2008. The Committee on International Health has congratulated us on faculty mentoring and support for students wishing to develop research proposals.

In 2008 there will be sixteen students visiting three well-established community health sites in Nicaragua, South Africa, and New Zealand.

There are also new clinical sites for first- and second-year specialty students. These are Managua, Nicaragua (pediatrics and family specialty), and La Romana, DR (midwifery). The development of these new projects is in line with our goal of creating quality experiences in places where we are also building sustainable relationships with local colleagues.

A Global University

In a speech entitled “The Global University,” Yale President Richard C. Levin declared that as Yale enters its fourth century, its goal is to become a truly global university—educating leaders and advancing the frontiers of knowledge not simply for the United States, but for the entire world:

The globalization of the University is in part an evolutionary development. Yale has drawn students from outside the United States for nearly two centuries, and international issues have been represented in its curriculum for the past hundred years and more. But creating the global university is also a revolutionary development— signaling distinct changes in the substance of teaching and research, the demographic characteristics of students, the scope and breadth of external collaborations, and the engagement of the University with new audiences.

Yale University’s goals and strategies for internationalization are described in a report entitled “The Internationalization of Yale: The Emerging Framework,” which is available online at www.world.yale.edu/pdf/Internationalization_of_Yale.pdf.

International activity is coordinated by several University-wide organizations in addition to the efforts within the individual schools and programs.

Launched in 2003–2004, the Office of International Affairs supports the international activities of all schools, departments, offices, centers, and organizations at Yale; promotes Yale and its faculty to international audiences; and works to increase the visibility of Yale’s international activities around the globe. (www.yale.edu/oia)

The Office of International Students and Scholars is a resource on immigration matters and hosts orientation programs and social activities for the University’s international community. See the description under General Information and www.oiss.yale.edu.

The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies is the University’s principal agency for encouraging and coordinating teaching and research on international affairs, societies, and cultures. (www.yale.edu/macmillan)

The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization draws on the intellectual resources of the Yale community, scholars from other universities, and experts from around the world to support teaching and research on the many facets of globalization, and to enrich debate through workshops, conferences, and public programs. (www.ycsg.yale.edu)

The Yale World Fellows Program hosts eighteen emerging leaders from outside the United States each year for an intensive semester of individualized research, weekly seminars, leadership training, and regular interactions with the Yale community. (www.yale.edu/worldfellows)

For additional information, the “Yale and the World” Web site offers a compilation of resources for international students, scholars, and other Yale affiliates interested in the University’s global initiatives. (www.world.yale.edu).

Libraries

The major collection of the School of Nursing Library is housed in the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. This allows students access to a broad scope of health care information and health-related information sources. There is a small reference collection housed in the School of Nursing for use by students and faculty. The School of Nursing reference librarian spends time both at the School and in the Medical Library.

The Medical Library supports the Yale University School of Nursing, the Yale School of Medicine, the Yale School of Public Health, as well as the Yale-New Haven Medical Center, Yale University, and nursing and health professionals in the community. The Medical Library is staffed by seventeen professional librarians and twenty-four clerical/technical people who provide services which include guiding users in the most efficient use of the resources in a predominantly online environment, acquiring and organizing digital and paper collections, lending materials, and obtaining from other libraries items that the Yale Library does not own. The Medical Library offers online tutorials, in-person library instruction, and specialized seminars, to help users discover how to best access the resources available to them.

The collections covering nursing, clinical medicine and its specialties, the preclinical sciences, public health, and related fields are among the country’s largest in a medical center, numbering more than 380,000 volumes. About 90,000 or more are source materials or supporting works in the historical collections, including more than 315 incunabula. More than 6,800 current biomedical journals are received electronically, in addition to over 3,000 electronic biomedical books.

The Medical Historical Library, a section of the Yale Medical Library, was founded by Dr. Harvey Cushing, Dr. Arnold C. Klebs, and Dr. John F. Fulton, whose personal collections form its core. The Historical Library collection includes many manuscript volumes from the twelfth through sixteenth century, prints and drawings, painting, art slides, and museum objects.

Yale’s main library is Sterling Memorial Library, which, together with the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Bass Library, and the Seeley G. Mudd Library, contains about 5.6 million volumes. The Kline Science Library has 358,000 volumes and receives about 1,900 current journals, many in the life sciences. Messengers transport books daily among these and other units of the Yale University Library, whose more than 12.5 million volumes are available to all members of the University.

General Resources

Two sources of information about the broad range of events at the University are the Yale Bulletin & Calendar (YB&C), a newspaper printed weekly during the academic year, and the Yale Calendar of Events, an interactive calendar that can be found online at http://events.yale.edu/opa. The YB&C, which also features news about Yale people and programs, is available without charge at many locations throughout the campus and is sent via U.S. mail to subscribers; for more information, call 203.432.1316. The paper is also available online at www.yale.edu/opa/yb&c.

The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History contains collections in anthropology, mineralogy, oceanography, paleontology, and some aspects of geology.

The Yale University Art Gallery is known worldwide for its collections of American art, the Jarves Collection of early Italian paintings, the finds excavated at the ancient Roman city of Dura-Europos, the Société Anonyme Collection of early-twentieth-century European and American art, and most recently the Charles B. Benenson Collection of African art. The gallery is both a collecting and an educational institution, and all activities are aimed at providing an invaluable resource and experience for the Yale and New Haven communities. Admission is free, and the gallery is open to the public six days a week.

The Yale Center for British Art houses an extraordinary collection of British paintings, sculpture, drawings, and books given to the University by the late Paul Mellon, Yale Class of 1929.

There are more than eighty endowed lecture series held at Yale each year on subjects ranging from anatomy to theology, and including virtually all disciplines.

More than four hundred musical events take place at the University during the academic year. These include concerts presented by students and faculty of the School of Music, the Department of Music, the Yale Concert and Jazz bands, the Yale Glee Club, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, and other undergraduate singing and instrumental groups. In addition to graduate recitals and ensemble performances, the School of Music features the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale, the Chamber Music Society at Yale, the Duke Ellington Series, the Horowitz Piano Series, New Music New Haven, Yale Opera performances and public master classes, and the Faculty Artist Series. The Institute of Sacred Music sponsors Great Organ Music at Yale, the Yale Camerata, the Yale Schola Cantorum, and numerous special events.

For theatergoers, Yale and New Haven offer a wide range of dramatic productions at the University Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Yale Cabaret, Long Wharf Theatre, Palace Theater, and Shubert Performing Arts Center.

Founded in 1971, the Graduate-Professional Student Senate (GPSS) fosters discussion and the exchange of ideas among the graduate and professional student population. All graduate and professional students are eligible to become senators. Senators are chosen each year by their respective schools. The GPSS meets every two weeks throughout the academic year, and meetings are open to the graduate and professional school community. Members serve on and make appointments to University committees, meet with University officials and Yale Corporation members, sponsor informational workshops and conferences, organize lectures and social events, and assist in community service events. Additionally, the GPSS oversees operation of the Graduate-Professional Student Center at Yale (GPSCY), at 203 York Street, which includes office and meeting spaces for graduate-professional student organizations, and the Gryphon’s Pub. For more information, please contact gpss@yale.edu or visit www.yale.edu/gpss.

The McDougal Graduate Student Center in the Hall of Graduate Studies provides space and resources for building intellectual, cultural, and social community among graduate students, and for enhancing professional development activities across the departments of the Graduate School. The Center houses the cooperating offices of Graduate Career Services, Graduate Student Life, and the Graduate Teaching Center, as well as the Writing Program and the Resource Library. Graduate Career Services provides programs, advising, and on-campus recruitment for academic and non-academic jobs for Graduate School students. In the Graduate Student Life Office, McDougal Fellows, who are current graduate students, plan and organize socials; community service activities; arts, music, and cultural events; sports and wellness events; events for international students, and students with children. The Graduate Teaching Center provides pedagogical workshops, videotape consultation, and teaching forums led by the GTC student consultants and the director. The Writing Center offers programs tailored to specific Graduate School departments. The McDougal Center welcomes the participation of postdoctoral fellows, alumni/ae of the Graduate School, students from other Yale professional schools, and members of the larger Yale community. The Center houses a large common room with comfortable furnishings, a computer kiosk, wired and wireless Internet access, newspapers, and magazines, and the student-run Blue Dog Café, which serves coffee and light foods. Other resources include a large program room with AV equipment, and a public computer cluster with ITS laser printer and copier. The McDougal Center is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. and weekends from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. during the academic year. For more information or to sign up for weekly e-mail Notes, visit the Web site at www.yale.edu/graduateschool/mcdougal; tel., 203.432.BLUE; e-mail, mcdougal.center@ yale.edu.

The religious and spiritual resources of Yale University serve all students, faculty, and staff. These resources are coordinated and/or supported through the University Chaplaincy (located on the lower level of Bingham Hall on Old Campus); the Yale University Church at Battell Chapel, an open and affirming church; and Yale Religious Ministry, the on-campus association of clergy and nonordained representatives of various religious faiths. The ministry includes the Chapel of St. Thomas More, the parish church for all Roman Catholic students at the University; the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, a religious and cultural center for students of the Jewish faith; Indigo Blue: A Center for Buddhist Life at Yale; several Protestant denominational ministries and nondenominational ministries; and student religious groups such as the Baha’i Association, the Yale Hindu Council, and the Muslim Student Association. Hours for the Chaplain’s Office during the academic term are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as evenings Sunday through Thursday, 5 to 11. Additional information is available at www.yale.edu/chaplain.

The Payne Whitney Gymnasium is one of the most elaborate and extensive indoor athletic facilities in the world. This complex includes the 3,100-seat John J. Lee Amphitheater, the site for many indoor varsity sports contests; the Robert J. H. Kiphuth Exhibition Pool; the Brady Squash Center, a world-class facility with fifteen international-style courts; the Adrian C. Israel Fitness Center, a state-of-the-art exercise and weight-training complex; the Brooks-Dwyer Varsity Strength and Conditioning Center; the Colonel William K. Lanman, Jr. Center, a 30,000-square-foot space for recreational/intramural play and varsity team practice; the Greenberg Brothers Track, an eighth-mile indoor jogging track; the David Paterson Golf Technology Center; and other rooms devoted to fencing, gymnastics, rowing, wrestling, martial arts, general exercise, and dance. Numerous physical education classes in dance (ballet, jazz, modern, and ballroom), martial arts, yoga and pilates, aerobic exercise, and sport skills are offered throughout the year. Yale undergraduates and graduate and professional school students may use the gym at no charge throughout the year. Academic term and summer memberships at reasonable fees are available for faculty, employees, postdoctoral and visiting fellows, alumni, and student spouses.

During the year various recreational opportunities are available at the David S. Ingalls Rink, the McNay Family Sailing Center in Branford, the Yale Outdoor Education Center in East Lyme, the Yale Tennis Complex, the Yale Polo and Equestrian Center, and the Golf Course at Yale. Students, faculty, employees, students’ spouses, and guests of the University may participate at each of these venues for a modest fee. Up-to-date information on hours and specific costs at all these recreational facilities can be obtained from the Sport and Recreation Office (203.432.1431). Please check the Yale Athletics Web site (http://yalebulldogs.collegesports.com) for more information concerning any of these recreational facilities and programs.

Approximately fifty-five club sports and outdoor activities come under the jurisdiction of the Office of Outdoor Education and Club Sports. Many of these activities are open to graduate and professional school students. Yale faculty, staff, and alumni, and nonaffiliated groups may use the Yale Outdoor Education Center (OEC). The center consists of two thousand acres in East Lyme, Connecticut, and includes overnight cabins and campsites, a pavilion and dining hall, and a waterfront area with a supervised swimming area, rowboats, canoes, and kayaks. Adjacent to the lake, a shaded picnic grove and gazebo are available to visitors. In another area of the property, hiking trails surround a wildlife marsh. The OEC season extends from the third weekend in June through Labor Day and September weekends. For more information, telephone 203.432.2492 or visit the Web page at http://yalebulldogs.collegesports.com (click on Sports Rec, then on Outdoor Education).

Throughout the year, Yale University graduate and professional school students have the opportunity to participate in numerous intramural sports activities. These seasonal, team-oriented activities include volleyball, soccer, and softball in the fall; basketball and volleyball in the winter; softball, soccer, and volleyball in the spring; and softball in the summer. With few exceptions, all academic-year graduate-professional student sports activities are scheduled on weekends, and most sports activities are open to competitive, recreational, and coeducational teams. More information is available from the Intramurals Office in Payne Whitney Gymnasium, 203.432.2487, or online at http://yalebulldogs.collegesports.com.

Courses in Yale College

Advanced courses in various departments of Yale College may be elected by students enrolled in the School of Nursing, if schedule conflicts prevent them from obtaining particular course content on the graduate level. To enroll in a course offered by Yale College, students must first obtain permission from their adviser, the instructor of the course, and the departmental director of undergraduate studies. The elected course must be listed on the student’s School of Nursing course schedule within the prescribed period for course registration.

Courses in Yale University Graduate and Professional Schools

Students in the School of Nursing may elect courses offered by the various departments of the Graduate School and other professional schools of the University. In the past, students have elected courses from the Medical School; Sociology, Psychology, and Anthropology at the Graduate School; and courses offered by the Schools of Art, Divinity, Law, Management, Music, and Public Health. Students are encouraged to consult the bulletins of these schools, in which course offerings are listed and described, to seek content that may be relevant to their individual educational goals. Subject to the approval of the student’s adviser, the instructor of the course, and the departmental director of graduate studies, the elected course must be listed on the student’s School of Nursing course schedule within the prescribed period for course registration. Students should also check with the registrar of the individual school in which the course is elected for registration procedures specific to that school.

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