Introduction to The Great Imitator: Lupus Awareness

Hello everyone!

My name is Callie Rowell.  I am an Honors in Nursing student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  As an Honors student, I am implementing a Service Learning Project with the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., Mid-South Chapter (LFA).

Service Learning incorporates community service with academic learning about a specific topic.  I chose to partner with LFA due to the fact that I have multiple members of my family affected by the disease.   My project focuses on patient and community awareness and the psychosocial aspect of patients living with lupus.  The tentative plan as of now centers around three separate events: a Lunch-and-Learn, a Pub Crawl, and a Symposium. 

I will update my blog in multiple ways. If more information about the events is available, I will let everyone know.  I plan to utilize my blog as a form of community and patient awareness by posting information about lupus.  I also plan to write a few different literary reviews throughout the next few months, possibly longer, as I plan to continue my blog and a partnership with LFA following the completion of my project.

I am new to this, so any comments, inputs, or questions will be greatly appreciated. More to come soon!

-Callie Rowell

Helpful Links

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Service Learning Resource

Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., Mid-South Chapter

Honors in Nursing Facebook Page