Connected to the Community 

There have been a lot of technological, clinical, and social improvements to the healthcare industry over the last hundred years. Even with all these great advances, there are still systemic challenges to overcome. At Coppin we're doing our part to make sure quality healthcare is accessible to the communities we call home. The College of Health Professions operates 2 community-based clinics in the Baltimore area:

• Helene Fuld School of Nursing Coppin Clinic at St. Frances
• Community Health Center

Helene Fuld School of Nursing Coppin Clinic at St. Frances

In collaboration with St. Frances Academy, the College of Health Professions, established a local healthcare clinic to serve the healthcare needs of St. Frances administration, faculty, students, staff and local residents. This clinic is based on a forward-thinking approach to increase access to quality healthcare, promote health, prevent disease, and positively impact health outcomes. It also exists to nurture and build community by providing access to education and care for children and adults.

Walk-ins are welcome or call for a phone consultation 24 hours a day.

Clinic Services

• Management of acute and chronic health problems
• Weight management education
• Help getting insurance
• Physical exams
• Women’s health services
• Immunizations

Services are provided by nurse practitioners, faculty and students of the Helene Fuld School of Nursing, and in some instances, by a physician. All professional personnel are properly licensed by the State of Maryland. The clinic serves as a clinical placement for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Community Health Center

The Community Health Center is an on-campus healthcare clinic that provides access to quality healthcare for the Coppin community as well as local Baltimore residents.

Hands-On Practice for Real-World Situations

All the programs in the College of Health Professions incorporate hands-on learning experiences that allow our students to meaningfully connect theory with practice. Through our modern building and simulation facilities, we offer holistic learning experiences that not only help our students excel academically, but also help them translate those skills to patient care and healthcare roles.

We have 2 facilities on campus specifically designed for healthcare simulation:

• SIM Center
• Learning Resource Center

Each simulation laboratory is fully equipped with functioning equipment simulating medical-surgical, pediatric, maternal-child, and community health settings.

What is simulation?

Simulation is an important part of all CHP students’ clinical experience. Our simulation centers offer students extraordinary opportunities to safely practice and learn patient care in a variety of “real world” settings, before treating real patients. Students sharpen clinical skills using high fidelity patient simulators with cutting-edge technology under the guidance and supervision of experienced faculty. With diminishing clinical sites and the needs to foster clinical competence especially among tech savvy students, the use of simulation aims to blend traditional course delivery styles with technological advances. 

The practice of simulation is grounded in experiential learning theory, and focuses on low, medium, and high fidelity clinical strategies. The simulation experiences serve as relevant strategies for achieving the program objectives (Childs & Seeples, 2006).

Low Fidelity Experiences

• Focused case studies
• Role playing
• Virtual clinical excursions and/or task-trainers.

Medium Fidelity Experiences

These learning opportunities offer increased realism through:

• Screen-based simulators
• Synthetic models
• Moulage and live actors.

High Fidelity Experiences

These experiences may include the use of simulators:

• Medical Education Technologies Incorporated (METI)
• Laerdal simulators including the SimMan, SimBaby and additional technologies

How do students participate in simulation?

Students actively engage in simulation experiences as participants or observers. Participant roles may include:  

• Charge nurse 
• Medication nurse 
• Educator 
• Researcher 
• Family member

Simulation Techniques and Facilities

Located on the 4th floor of the Health and Human Services Building (HHSB), our innovative student support facility houses the Learning Resource Center, four clinic examination rooms and a ten room, 26 bed simulation laboratory.

The Sim Center is home to 19 high and low fidelity adult, child and infant simulators. It also has six simulation labs. There are two medical surgical lab high-fidelity simulators (Sim Lab Rooms 403 & 404), two high-fidelity pediatrics/obstetrics simulators (Sim Lab Rooms 406 & 410), and two high-fidelity advanced medical surgical simulators (Sim Lab Rooms 409 & 413). The Resource Center, located in Room 433 with adjoining conference study area in Room 432 are used by faculty and students for scheduled reviews, tutorial sessions and/or teaching practicum learning activities.

Learning Resource Center

The Learning Resource Center (LRC) provides remediation and services to enhance study skills and content retention. The LRC includes an auxiliary library, an adjoining conference room, adjacent study and computer areas, and audiovisual resources.

Student Services Designed for Success

Our goal is simple: we want our students to be successful. We are just one of many resources at Coppin that supports academic, personal, and professional development. Visit our offices, take advantage of our services, and let us know how we can help you realize what success means to you.

Nursing Departmental Honors Program

The Nursing Departmental Honors Program is part of the University Honors Program. To be eligible for any Departmental Honors Program, students must meet 1 of the following criteria:

• Have earned a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) and at least 60 credits 

• Successfully completed the General Studies Honors Program 

• Completed 60 or more credits

• Demonstrated outstanding ability in your field(s) of study

Nursing students may earn departmental honors through participation in the Honors program once:

• Completing 2 years in the General Studies Honors Program and
• Getting the CHP Dean's approval

Resource Center

The Resource Center (RC) is a clinical preparatory facility with standard healthcare equipment and computers. Students can safely practice 1-on-1 patient care simulations before entering the workplace as a qualified healthcare professional. 

Junior and Senior Coaching

We use a variety of teaching methods to help students learn and develop specific competencies. Coaching is a model of instruction based on cognitive coaching theory. In this method, a nurse educator/practitioner is not the sole director of the learning experience. Instead, the educator/practitioner serves as a guide and collaborator in the nursing student's learning.

Students have multiple responsibilities during these collaborative coaching sessions. Some of these responsibilities include: 

• Attending weekly coaching session
• Completing all standardized achievement tests (seniors only)
• Creating an individual plan for testing success
• Downloading the current NCLEX-RN Test Plan. The NCLEX-RN is a standardized exam that establishes a nursing candidate's preparedness for entry-level work.
• Developing an individualized remediation plan
• Identifying your test-taking style
• Reviewing test-taking strategies
• Taking NCLEX-RN  practice tests

You Are What Success Looks Like

The College of Health Professions’ Academic Success Center is a resource center where “Pre-Nursing designation” students can come for all types of advising, academic, and program help. Located within the College of Health Professions, the Center also serves as a recruitment and enrollment resource for the Helene Fuld School of Nursing and the School of Allied Health.

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Admission Support

We collaborate with College of Health Professions (CHP) administration, faculty, staff and students to recruit, admit and retain regional, national, and international students using admission best practices. We support admission initiatives for all programs offered through the College of Health Professions. Our strategic collaboration with the Schools within CHP positions us to also help administration, faculty and staff systematically assess and evaluate admission and retention issues, and develop new enrollment strategies that lead to graduation.

You Are What Success Looks Like

The College of Health Professions’ Academic Success Center is a resource center where “Pre-Nursing designation” students can come for all types of advising, academic, and program help. Located within the College of Health Professions, the Center also serves as a recruitment and enrollment resource for the Helene Fuld School of Nursing and the School of Allied Health.

Learn about our student services

Academic Advising

Center staff provide academic advising to all "pre-designation" and “General Health Professions” students in the Helene Fuld School of Nursing (HFSON) and School of Allied Health (SAH).

Students are welcome to walk-in during office hours or make an appointment for counseling or academic advising. Advising services are available throughout the year, but we encourage all “pre-designation” students to take advantage of your early enrollment appointments during each semester's registration period. If you do not meet with your counselor or advising, you may be unable to remove academic holds. These holds will prevent you from registering for courses, and may also prevent you from creating your ideal semester schedule.

Still have questions or need to schedule an appointment? Stop by our office or email us.

Admission Support

We collaborate with College of Health Professions (CHP) administration, faculty, staff and students to recruit, admit and retain regional, national, and international students using admission best practices. We support admission initiatives for all programs offered through the College of Health Professions. Our strategic collaboration with the Schools within CHP positions us to also help administration, faculty and staff systematically assess and evaluate admission and retention issues, and develop new enrollment strategies that lead to graduation.

Other Responsibilities and Involvement

We definitely keep busy! Listed below are a few other University efforts we’re involved in:

• Serve as a liaison for the CHP with the Summer Academic Success Academy (SASA)
• Assist the CSU Admissions Office with planning of CSU CHP Fall and Spring recruitment events
• Host the CHP Career Day/Job Fair in the SPRING Term of each year
• Lead New Student Orientation for all CHP undergraduate and graduate plans of study.

Forms and Policies

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Welcome to the College of Health Professions (CHP)! We’ve earned our legacy of graduating healthcare professionals equipped to educate, implement, and deliver quality patient care. And with the global issues that affect our world, there’s never been a more greater need.

We've Earned Our Legacy

To solve some of the most widespread challenges affecting communities today, we need practitioners who work at the intersection of data, technology, and health just as much as we need compassionate and dedicated practitioners committed to improving lives, one at a time. Whether you want to work with patients, serve as a community advocate, or design information infrastructure for healthcare systems, the College of Health Professions has a program that aligns with your interests.

We’re excited you want to be part of our future! We've definitely earned our legacy of training skilled healthcare professionals, and continue to prove it with our track record of transforming lives and communities.

Helene Fuld School of Nursing

Since 1974, the Helene Fuld School of Nursing (HFSON) has been producing nurses committed to excellence and compassion. Our nursing programs are student-centered with outstanding faculty and staff support. Our programs are also grounded in holistic, health care with an emphasis on vulnerable and underserved populations. Students learn strategies aimed at improving the outcomes and social determinants of health.

School of Allied Health

The School of Allied Health includes the Department of Health Information Management and the Department of Health Sciences (HSC). Designed to exceed the growing need for health information management specialists and health science professionals, we build upon Coppin’s legacy of educational excellence. We are proud to be the only higher education institution in the state of Maryland to offer an accredited four-year degree program in Health Information Management (HIM).

Through a lens of innovation and inclusivity, we aim to transform education and healthcare to bridge the gap associated with the social determinants of health and education. Students grow academically, socially, and professionally through the valuable experiential learning, scholarship, leadership, and community engagement experiences. We strive to facilitate your progress towards your personal and professional goals. With confidence, I must state that we are transforming lives within and outside of the CSU catchment area and our students and alumnus are our most precious gems.

Joan Tilghman, Ph.D, RN, WHNP-BC, CNE

Our Vision for the Future

Our vision is part of what encourages the CHP community to pursue continued academic excellence. Together, we are advancing a national and international reputation for educating healthcare professionals. These leaders and lifelong learners will be recognized for excellence in scientific inquiry, healthcare innovation and inter-professional collaboration, all toward the goal of promoting healthy communities while also strengthening local, national, and global partnerships.

Philanthropy and Our Commitment to the Community

Your support through philanthropy enables us to build exceptional faculty, enrich student experience, and strengthen our communities through programs for neighborhood residents. As an example, the Helene Fuld School of Nursing stays dedicated to advancing the nursing profession and positively impacting healthcare for individuals and communities. CHP oversees 2 health centers in the Baltimore area that provide licensed, accessible, low cost, high quality care: the Community Health Center and Coppin Clinic at St. Frances. Our nurse practitioners manage each health center, continuing our longstanding legacy of delivering quality, community-focused patient care.

Forms and Downloads

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