{"id":1751,"date":"2026-02-27T16:33:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:33:13","slug":"student-accomplishments-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/student-accomplishments-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Accomplishments (March 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>AWARDS, HONOURS AND DISTINCTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Armah, N.<\/u><\/strong>, PhD candidate (Faculty co-advisors: <strong>Dr. Marnie Kramer &amp; Dr. Christina West<\/strong>), received the Edith&nbsp;Anderson&nbsp;Leadership Education Grant, Sigma Foundation for Nursing Leadership Education, Sigma Theta Tau International for $1,000 USD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Bochen, K.<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;(Advisor: <strong>Dr. Marnie Kramer<\/strong>; Internal committee member: <strong>Dr. Genevieve Thompson<\/strong>; External committee member: Dr. Christopher Fries; External committee member: Dr. Davinder Jassal) successfully completed their Master&nbsp;of&nbsp;Nursing Oral Thesis Defense, <em>Beyond the diagnosis: Women\u2019s experiences of cardiotoxicity secondary to cancer treatment<\/em>, December 17, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Bourque, M.<\/u><\/strong>, PhD student (Faculty advisor: <strong>Dr. Mandy Archibald<\/strong>) was selected as a top 6 abstract submission for <em>Bridging research and practice through living labs in child health: A systematic review <\/em>and received an honourable mention award for their presentation in Dr. Goodbear\u2019s Den during the 21st annual Child Health Research Days, October 21-23, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Fadare, O.<\/u><\/strong> (Primary Advisor: <strong>Dr. Nicole Harder<\/strong>; Secondary Advisor: <strong>Kim Sefton<\/strong>), successfully defended their Master of Nursing Capstone Oral Presentation, <em>An environmental scan of current practices for preparation and support of nurse preceptors for nursing students in final practicums<\/em>, February 10, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Gelfman, Y<\/u><\/strong>., PhD student (Faculty Advisor: <strong>Dr. Genevieve Thompson<\/strong>), received a PhD in Nursing Fellowship, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba&nbsp;for $1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Gelfman, Y<\/u><\/strong>., PhD student (Faculty Advisor: <strong>Dr. Genevieve Thompson<\/strong>), received the Greene Memorial Fellowship&nbsp;for $9,580.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Gelfman, Y<\/u><\/strong>., PhD student (Faculty advisor: <strong>Dr. Genevieve Thompson<\/strong>), received the Foundation for Registered Nurses of Manitoba Inc. Graduate Award&nbsp;for $2,250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Jones, J<\/u><\/strong>., MN student (Faculty advisor: <strong>Dr. Lynda Balneaves<\/strong>), received the Foundation for Registered Nurses of Manitoba Inc. Graduate Award&nbsp;for $2,250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Pham, S.<\/u><\/strong>, NP student (Faculty advisor: <strong>Dr. Geneveive Thompson<\/strong>), received the NPAM Student Scholarship for $250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Smallwood-MacDonald, K<\/u><\/strong>.&nbsp;(Advisor: <strong>Dr. Nicole Harder<\/strong>; Internal committee member: <strong>Dr. Marnie Kramer<\/strong>; External committee member: Dr. Lawrence Gillman) successfully defended their PhD Thesis Proposal, <em>Improving therapeutic communication for Early Pregnancy Loss (EPL) in emergency departments: A mixed methods, translational simulation approach<\/em>, January 23, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Smith, L.<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;(Advisor<strong>: Dr. Kim Mitchell<\/strong>; Advisor: <strong>Dr. Marnie Kramer<\/strong>; Internal member: <strong>Dr. Nicole Harder<\/strong>; External member: Dr. Johnson Li) successfully defended their PhD Thesis Proposal, <em>Clinical judgement in nursing education: Development and validation of a measurement tool for the clinical environment<\/em>, December 18, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AWARDS, HONOURS AND DISTINCTIONS Armah, N., PhD candidate (Faculty co-advisors: Dr. Marnie Kramer &amp; Dr. Christina West), received the Edith&nbsp;Anderson&nbsp;Leadership Education Grant, Sigma Foundation for Nursing Leadership Education, Sigma Theta Tau International for $1,000 USD. Bochen, K.&nbsp;(Advisor: Dr. Marnie Kramer; Internal committee member: Dr. Genevieve Thompson; External committee member: Dr. Christopher Fries; External committee member:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1752,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions\/1752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}