Each year at the ASHE PDC Summit, the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health coordinates a Student Challenge. According to the PDC Summit website, this exciting annual event is designed to stimulate critical inquiry, creative ideas and multi-disciplinary interaction between students and design professionals.
This year, NIHD will sponsor graduate nursing students from Montana State University Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing to join the PDC Student Challenge in Phoenix, AZ! We have been supporters of the PDC Student Challenge in 2018, 2019 and 2022, sponsoring graduate nursing students to participate in a hospital design challenge with teams of architecture, engineering, nurses and construction management students from across the nation.
Hear from a 2023 Participant
Amanda Stone RN, BSN, DNP-PMHNP Student, 2023 PDC Student Challenge Participant
The PDC Design Challenge offered me a voice in the healthcare industry I did not know I possessed as a nurse leader. Dr. Liz Johnson saw something I did not see in myself. She inspired me to investigate how intersected environmental and healthcare design impact the mental health of our patient population. As a future nurse leader, the PDC Design Challenge offers me the opportunity to gain educational experience and establish professional networking while demonstrating the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in developing healthcare environments.
-Amanda Stone RN, BSN, DNP-PMHNP Student (pictured), 2023 PDC Student Challenge Participant
NIHD members Faith Bontrager and Erin Clark mentor graduate nursing students from Louisiana State University (LSU) who participated in the 2022 PDC Student Challenge!
2019.
NIHD sponsored 4 graduate nursing students from The University of Arizona to participate in a hospital design challenge with teams of architecture, engineering, nurses and construction management students from across the nation as part of the PDC Design Summit in Phoenix, AZ.
2018.
NIHD sponsored 4 graduate nursing students from Belmont University to participate in a hospital design challenge with teams of architecture, engineering, and construction management students from across the nation as part of the PDC Design Summit in Nashville, TN.