The Current | Vol. 31 Issue 18

The Student-Run Newspaper of Nova Southeastern University January 19, 2021 | Vol. 31, Issue 18 | nsucurrent.nova.edu NSU partners with Miami Army Med to host Telehealth Case Competition P. 9 The GET mobile app needs to GET fixed Be a leader, not a coward Rating Trader Joe’s knockoff snack names Social media’s hand in Trump’s rise and downfall P. 11 P. 7 P. 4 Sports Opinions Features Arts & Entertainment Starting Jan. 21, in partnership with the U.S. Army, the NSU Center for Academic & Professional Success (CAPS), NSU Veterans Resource Center (VRC), Halmos College of Arts & Sciences and the Dr. Kiran Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, NSU will host a virtual Telehealth case competition for undergraduate students this semester. Telehealth is the delivery of health-related services and information via electronic or telecommunication technology. This allows for long-distance patient and clinician care and communication. Through this case competition, students have the opportunity to use critical thinking strategies to assess and treat patient actors via a Telehealth platform. “This [case competition] will be beneficial to students and help bring some creativity to the Telehealth Industry. It is a huge industry that has the potential to grow. By helping students get involved early in their career, it can potentially reinvent theway that we domedicine,” said Sgt. By: Christina McLaughlin Co-Editor-in-Chief 1st Class Anthony Allen, healthcare recruiter and workshop lecturer. Students who participate in this competition will earn one ExEL Unit and the chance to win a $400 gift card awarded to the winning team. In teams of three to five students, participants will learn through a series of workshops the best- practice methods, skills and knowledge needed to treat patients in a virtual space. They will also be expected to develop a research paper on Telehealth and provide recommendations for the future of the industry. “Through these case competitions, especially on the Pre-health side, we help students immerse themselves in healthcare knowledge and trends within the field. Due to COVID-19, Telehealth has been evergrowing. The main focus of the competition is the research paper that dives into Telehealth and how it will be incorporated into other avenues of healthcare and what the future will look like in this interdisciplinary industry,” explained Emilio Lorenzo, associate director of Employer Relations for CAPS. These workshops, titled “Writing SOAP (Subject, Objective, Assessment and Plan) Notes for Telehealth Patients,” “Resiliency Course” and “Dealing with a Difficult Patient in the Virtual Space” will focus on the overall trends in the Telehealth industry, highlight important problem- solving skills and patient interaction procedures, all taught by U.S.Army medical professionals. According to Allen, the military has always beenattheforefrontofthemedicalfieldandthrough workshops focused on topics, like SOAP notes, it offers students a different perspective to what they will learn when they enter the healthcare field in terms of procedure and shows that something like SOAP notes is not just limited to the military and allows students to look at healthcare through a different lens. “Programs such as the case competitions help spread the U.S. Army’s message and help people overcome preconceived stigmas of the military. It helps us provide individuals with program information and opportunities that are available through the U.S. Army in the medical field. One program we offer is our Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), which provides 100% tuition coverage and a monthly stipend for recipients enrolled in medical, dental and other medical professional schools. We would like to see this case competition program grow and continue and we hope to enrich our relationship with NSU in the future,” saidAllen. Students interested in participating in this competition are encouraged to register through Handshake for the virtual information session on Thursday, Jan. 21 from12:30-1:30 p.m. Students who have questions about this or future case competitions should email casecompetitions@ nova.edu for more information. Students interested in learning more about theU.S.Armymedical programs can visitMiami ArmyMed on Facebook. PRINTED WITH PERMISSION BY E. LORENZO A look at last year’s Medical & Psychological Clinical Case Competition hosted by the U.S. Army By: Christina McLaughlin Co-Editor-in-Chief Getting connected at NSU with eSharks NSU has temporarily suspended Sharks on the Scene, a program to provide students access to exclusive discounted tickets to a variety of events occurring throughout South Florida, for this semester due to COVID-19. However, in its place, the Office of Campus Life and Student Engagement is offering a new program titled eSharks. This new program aims to provide the same unique experience, but in a different format. All eShark events are primarily virtual experiences to provide NSU students with entertainment. Additionally, unlike Sharks on Scene, all of the eShark events are free to NSU students. Christina Rajkumar-Castillo, associate director of the Office of Campus Life and Student Engagement, explained, “We are trying to figure out virtual opportunities that we can offer to our students to keep them engaged, especially in a time where students are craving that connection [to] the university and other NSU Sharks.” January’s eShark events revolve around the theme of self-help in the new year. This month’s eShark experiences included events such as a digital vision board party, budgeting for college students, healthy smoothie making and more. Still to come this month is Declutter Your Space on Jan. 24 at 2 p.m., Sushi Making on Jan. 30 at 12 p.m. and Terrarium Workshop on Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. “Being able to feel connected to other individuals right now is something that a lot of us arestilltryingtomanageandmaintain.Inaddition to that, it is very important for our students to still feel connected to the university. Creating these opportunities is extremely important because it is giving students an opportunity to do that,” said Rajkimar-Castillo Additionally, this month features a special in-person event at the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center. The event will showcase Reza in the show Edge of Illusion, a world top touring illusionist, on Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. The performance will follow strict COVID-19 protocols to ensure the safety of its attendees. Students should keep an eye out for future eShark scheduling onNSU’s SharkFins newsletter or the Shark Hub website, and those interested in RSVPing can do so by emailing specialprojects@nova.edu. By: Rick Esner News Editor