By: Ellie Kaverman, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “The basic reason I’m in academic medicine versus practice is that I want to create new knowledge. If we don’t, we’re doomed to practice the same medicine 20 years from now that we practice today. I know I won’t win the Nobel Prize, but I hope to contribute new… Read more »
By: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant The Institute of Psychiatric Research (IPR) building has long stood as a symbol for ground breaking medical advancements in psychiatry. For over 50 years the institute served as the center for psychiatric research at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), extending the boundaries and deepening the understanding… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant Don’t you dare call me a pioneer woman doctor. There were many good women doctors before I was graduated in 1906, Jane Ketcham in a 1960 interview[1] Although Jane Merrill Ketcham worked as one of… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “There is no profession [nursing] that offers so many wonderful opportunities. It is one area where you don’t have to accept the status quo—you can effect change.”–Elizabeth Grossman[1] As an Indiana University employee for nearly… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “The important thing for a nurse is that she knows how to be caring, to be caring, and to give the kind of care that being caring demands,” Emily Holmquist. [1] Emily Holmquist devoted her… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2021, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “When I arrived in Indiana, the Hospital seemed so lonely and small,”–Alice Fitzgerald upon seeing Long Hospital for the first time. [1] Alice Fitzgerald established a strong foundation for the IU Training School for Nurses…. Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “It is very flat out here and it does look terrible, but I think there is an opportunity to do a great deal and we are going to be very happy.”–Ethel Palmer Clarke[1] As one… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant “I don’t think that sympathy is very therapeutic”-Clare Assue[1] Clare Assue held multiple roles at the IU School of Medicine and Larue Carter Hospital. Working as a professor, advisor, clinician, and coordinator for these two… Read more »
By: Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistant Nursing education at Indiana University dates back to 1914, when the Indiana University Training School for Nurses opened its doors in Indianapolis. Since that time, Indiana University has changed in many ways, including the expansion of the university to a total of nine campuses, many of which offer… Read more »
By: Samantha Riley, Bicentennial Intern, Class of 2020, French and Anthropology, IUPUI Edited by: Ellie Kaverman and Bre Anne Briskey, Bicentennial Graduate Assistants On September 7, 1922, six students from the Indiana University Training School for Nurses in Indianapolis discussed a dream: to create an organization to recognize nursing merit and scholarship. The women went… Read more »