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Donors in the Spotlight:
​Melissa Allen

Nurse Practitioner, LifeLong Medical Care
Donor & Healthcare Immersion Program Preceptor

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As a healthcare provider, I understand that keeping people moving is essential to good health. I have personally benefited from the careful research and excellent clinical education  provided by JOF principals Kathleen Geier and AJ Benham in their courses and workshops — the Orthopedic Injection Workshop in particular. What a gift to me as a clinician!

AJ and Kathy are both excellent teachers. I consider them leaders in the Bay Area, and more broadly in the U.S., in the Nurse Practitioner community. They generously share their knowledge of orthopedic treatment and health in such a thoughtful and creative way.

Being involved in JOF’s Healthcare Immersion Program (HIP) for several years as a clinical preceptor has also been an amazing gift. Similar to another program I am involved in as a clinician and Board member, called RotaCare, the HIP program exposes these college students to a tapestry of healthcare careers, which they soak up quickly. My patients loved meeting the students, and I found personally that the opportunity to engage with them was both inspiring and helpful. Knowing these sharp young people were listening to everything I said made me more aware of my own clinical style, including the need to remember to use non-medical language with my patients, for example.

I also had the fun experience of seeing the short films at the Canes Film Festival & Gala last fall that the HIP students had made as their final summer projects. I so enjoyed witnessing the range of subjects offered in the films, which reflected the imprint of each of the student’s personalities and showcased their new passions.

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Jackson Orthopedic Foundation is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17398, to provide continuing education.
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Education Department, Jackson Orthopedic Foundation is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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Jackson Orthopedic Foundation
​4096 Piedmont Ave, #238
Oakland, CA  94611-5222
510.238.4851

Our live courses are taught in Lafayette, California
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • History
    • Team
    • Healthcare Immersion Program
    • Get involved
  • Earn CEs
    • Online courses
    • Live courses
    • Hybrid courses
    • Orthopedic Primary Care >
      • Orthopalooza-2-Day-Workshops
      • OPC FAQs
    • Dolores Beanland Nursing Scholarship >
      • Scholarship application
  • Donate
    • Donate monthly
    • Donate once
    • Kathleen A. Geier Scholarship
    • Meet our donors
  • Canes Annual Gala
    • Sponsor Canes
  • Blog
  • Contact