Katherine
Davis,
MPH
Education Program Manager
Boston University
Katherine (Katie) Davis, MPH, is an Education Program Manager at Boston University's School Health Institute for Education and Leadership Development (SHIELD) program. Katie primarily works on developing training materials, supporting course coordination, and maintaining continuous quality improvement processes at SHIELD. She received her Master of Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
BackgroundThe School Health Institute for Education and Leadership Development (SHIELD) recently designed and implemented a racial equity professional development course for school nurses, with the aim of enhancing cultural competence in school nursing practice. The following is a description of the course design and an evaluation of its outcomes.Design/MethodologyAn interdisciplinary team of experts, from the fields of education, healthcare, social sciences, and policy, designed and delivered the course. The course incorporated content from the racial justice competency model (RJCM) and the…