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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014
ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH YEAR, ISSUE 35
DukeEngage launches four new programs
Duke prepared for Ebola outbreak, doctors say Should Duke neglect protocols, “more than 1.4 million people” could be affected by mid-Jan. Grace Wang Health & Science Editor
“[We look] at programs from faculty members who have deep ties to the community and its organizations,” Mlyn said. New programs have been added fairly consistently since the first year of DukeEngage— with eight additions in 2012 and four in 2013. Although new opportunities are being added, DukeEngage administrators cycle off other programs each summer. A total of two programs—one in Lebanon and the other in Chile—from 2014 were rotated out for 2015, Mlyn said. In the long term, DukeEngage is looking to increase the number of students which it can accommodate, but for this to happen, there would
“Duke is in a good position in terms of local resources, local expertise and in-hospital management capacity,” Dr. Cameron Wolfe said of the possibility of an Ebola outbreak. Should a local case appear, Duke would be a fortuitous place to encounter the virus because it has one of the nation’s best infection control programs, said Wolfe—an assistant professor of medicine in the infectious diseases department. Wolfe, director of biopreparedness for Duke Preparedness and Response Center, was one of several Duke experts that hosted a panel Wednesday to discuss the steps and procedures that the University and the Duke Health System are taking to prepare for a case of Ebola. The infection control program includes a collaboration between the Preparedness and Response Center and the Occupational and Environmental Safety Office to coordinate safety procedures across all Duke departments. “This is obviously an illness that has an unique history of causing healthcare workers to fall sick,” Wolfe said. “The preparation that is different is that you need to not only have a more intensive form of personal protective equipment, but you also need to [make sure] the patients [don’t] have unnecessary people coming in to visit them…[the visitors] might put themselves at risk.” The ability of Duke hospitals to hold specific isolation areas for infected patients is especially important, Wolfe said.
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Thu Nguyen | The Chronicle Two new international DukeEngage programs, in Turkey and Peru, joined the 24 existing programs Oct. 1. With 39 total programs, DukeEngage 2015 will be the largest it has been since its 2007 inception.
Linda Zhou The Chronicle DukeEngage announced four new destinations and one expanded program for Summer 2015. Announced Oct. 1, two new programs—in Turkey and Peru—join the 24 existing international destinations. The 11 domestic options also grew by two with the addition of two programs based in California. With 39 total programs in addition to the independent options, DukeEngage 2015 will be the largest it has been since its 2007 inception. Program directors, however, remain focused on providing new options with the pro-
grams rather than increasing the number of students that participate each year. “We’re not really expanding this year—our goal is still to have about 435 students this summer,” said Eric Mlyn, the executive director of DukeEngage. In 2014, 425 students participated in DukeEngage. In addition to the new programs for 2014, the Tucson, Ariz. program has expanded to include a Chiapas, Mexico component. “We put out a call for proposals to Duke faculty every year,” Mlyn said. “All the programs came from faculty and staff at Duke who had ideas for exciting new DukeEngage programs.” DukeEngage receives anywhere from six to twenty new proposals each year, of which two or three are selected, he noted.
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