Students in UPEI's School of Nursing work to promote public health through their clinical placements in health centres, public health offices, hospitals, and manors across Prince Edward Island. In the fall 2009 semester alone, UPEI placed 240 students all across these clinical sites. Fourth-year nursing students also provided much-needed assistance with H1N1 vaccination clinics in November. They worked in public health offices in Charlottetown, Summerside, and Souris, and in various schools across the province.
Dr. Lori Weeks, Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Nutritional Sciences, is the chair of the Central Queens Family Health Centre Advisory Board. This group works closely with the Queens Family Health Centre to ensure that a variety of health services are available in the rural area, and addresses physician recruitment and promoting various healthy activities in the community.