Physical Therapy Continuing Education Courses 2012-2013 Weekend Schedule One day, hands-on, evidence-based courses, featuring nationally recognized speakers Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Approved for AZ contact hours 5850 E. Still Circle, Mesa, AZ 85206 Lumbar Spine or Sacroiliac Joint? Differential Examination and Intervention October 13, 2012 – Residency Faculty Examination and Intervention Strategies for the Cervical and Thoracic Regions: A Hands-on Manual Therapy Approach December 1, 2012 – Residency Faculty (Tucson, AZ) Evaluation and Treatment of the Shoulder February 2, 2013 – Todd Ellenbecker, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, CSCS Spinal Manipulation Level I February 23-24, 2013 (2-day course) – Tim Fearon, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT Britt Smith, PT, OCS, FAAOMPT The Foot: Physical Examination and Selected Interventions March 23, 2013 – Tom McPoil, PT, PhD Examination and Intervention Strategies for the Hip: A Hands-on Manual Therapy Approach April 27, 2013 – Residency Faculty Mechanisms of Patellofemoral Pain and ACL Injury May 18, 2013 – Chris Powers, PT, PhD Musculoskeletal Imaging June 15, 2013 – Wayne Smith, PT, Med, ATC, SCS Examination and Selected Intervention Strategies for the Upper Extremity September 21, 2013 – Kathy Terrey, PT, CHT Residency Faculty: Cheri Hodges PT, DPT, MAppSc, OCS, FAAOMPT Tim Fearon PT, DPT, FAAOMPT Amisha Klawonn PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT Cory Manton PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS Robert Nee, PhD, MAppSc For questions and registration, please contact: Cheri Hodges, 480.219.6189. Pricing and Registration information Continuing Education Courses sponsored by the A.T. Still University Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program, an APTA credentialed Residency Program ATSU Orthopedic Residency is on Facebook

 More than 200 golfers from throughout North America competed in the 13th annual Special Olympics North America Golf Invitational Tournament, September 6-9, 2012 at the Wigwam Resort in Litchfield Park, Ariz.

A.T. Still University students from the Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS), Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program participated in the Special Olympics as volunteers for the Healthy Athletes FUNfitness screening, a fitness screening developed by the American Physical Therapy Association specifically for Special Olympics Healthy Athletes.

Students were recruited as volunteers by Anna Thatcher, PT, DPT, an adjunct instructor at ATSU-ASHS, with assistance from Samantha Jinadasa, ATSU-ASHS student and member of the DPT class of 2014. The DPT students performed flexibility, functional strength, balance, and aerobic fitness testing for the athletes participating in the 13th annual Special Olympics North America Golf Invitational Tournament.

 “We all had such a great time being able to take a Saturday to not only practice our technical skills in these areas of fitness assessment, but to be contributors to such a rewarding experience, surrounded by great volunteers from the Midwestern DPT program and Healthy Athletes,” said Jinadasa. “Working in such a positive environment, with athletes who seem to truly undertand the meaning of sportsmanship and competitive spirit, was so much fun and we hope to volunteer again at this event in the future.”

Class of 2014 ATSU-ASHS DPT student participants included Michelle Ducy, Aiman Eltahir, Alyce Heinlein, Samantha Jinadasa, Sara Parker, and Emily Rice.

ATSU Arizona Still Wellcome Week 2012 Kicks Off

The Arizona Still Well Committee kicked off Still Wellcome Week 2012 on the ATSU Arizona campus Monday, September 17 with a duck race and lunchtime program by Jeff Alexander, Associate Professor, titled “Why Sit When You Can Stand (or Walk)?”

Still Wellcome Week 2012 activities continue all week (see schedule, below).

Dr. Alexander’s presentation will be available for viewing on Blackboard.

Check back each day for updated photos!

ATSU’s Still Well program is where students learn the value of balancing graduate education with other parts of their lives. ATSU’s Still Healthy program is for employees (accessible via the ATSU Portal).

Tuesday, September 18

Take a moment to reflect with a meditation session starting at 7 a.m. on the front lawn.

Employee Fitness Assessments at the YMCA. Register with Human Resources.

Wednesday, September 19 (National Talk Like A Pirate Day)

Free Student Fitness Assessments. RSVP online. The assessment will be held in one of three time blocks in the student lounge: 6:30-9 a.m., 11-1:00 p.m., and 4 – 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 20

Kick start your day with a core workout and complimentary breakfast for those that participate provided by Country Inn and Suites. Be ready to break a sweat at 7 a.m. on the front lawn.

Get Involved! Learn about involvement opportunities at ATSU at the annual student organization fair from 11 – 1:00 p.m. in the Main Building Lobby.

Join President Phelps for a Root Beer Float from 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. also in the Lobby.

Campus-wide water balloon fight on the South Lawn at Noon.

Learn about an exciting opportunity to participate in an inter-professional case competition here at ATSU at the SCIPE social beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the student lounge.

Friday, September 21

Dress to impress – pirate costume day.

Dr. Tracie Rogers will cap off the tides long events with a discussion on the importance of motivation at Noon in Ironwood. At the conclusion of her presentation the winner of the week’s raffle will be announced.

Summer brought both joy and tears to our University, reminding each of us the importance of family, friends, colleagues, and community and living each day fully in the present. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” as Charles Dickens wrote in “The Tale of Two Cities.” Memorial services for John (husband of Mary Greer, PhD, OTR/L, assistant professor, occupational therapy, ASHS) and Dylan (son of second-year ASDOH student Charles Brown and his wife, Stephanie) were attended by many who came to support family members and remember two special lives. It was heartening to see our wonderful ATSU family come together and offer support to our colleague and student respectively.

Students

On August 4, ASHS held two commencement ceremonies for more than 360 graduates at Phoenix’s Symphony Hall. Ron Gaber, EdS, dean emeritus of students and vice president emeritus of student affairs, gave keynote addresses and received the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters. Thanks, Ron, for all you have done and continue to do for ATSU.KCOM welcomed 172 students to the DO class of 2016. A promising new iPad initiative brought students, faculty, and staff together through a shared technology interest.ASHS also welcomed incoming residential classes in audiology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.SHM graduated 108 master and 24 doctoral candidates in Kirksville on Saturday, September 8.

Faculty and staff

Congratulations to the following on his/her recent promotion:Allison Crutchfield, DMD, director of simulation clinic, ASDOH & MOSDOH

Malissa Ellsworth, executive assistant, ATSU

Charlyn Kellar, MS, curriculum coordinator, SOMAJames Lynskey, PT, PhD, director of research, ASHS

Patricia Sexton, DHEd, associate dean for curriculum, KCOM

Kelcey Smith, education coordinator, KCOM

Sally Van Snepson-Barnett, MSc, PA-C, director of clinical education, ASHS

Kudos to the following:

Randy Danielsen, PhD, PA-C, DRAAPA, dean and emeritus professor, ASHS, received the prestigious Patron of the Profession award from the University of Utah PA program.

Jason Haxton, MA, director, Museum of Osteopathic MedicineSM, was honored on Hollywood’s red carpet during the premiere of “The Possession.” Based on a true story, the movie’s concept was modeled on a book authored by Jason, “The Dibbuk Box.” He also served as a consulting producer. And to think we knew him when he was getting his start in ATSU’s museum.

Eric Sauers, PhD, ATC, CSCS, chair, interdisciplinary health sciences, was appointed to the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.

Thank you, Tamara Valovich McLeod, PhD, ATC, CSCS, John P. Wood, DO, Endowed Chair for Sports Medicine, for facilitating ATSU’s presence on the Barrow Concussion Network. This network offers of our nation’s most comprehensive concussion programs.

Leisa Walter, public services library assistant, is the recipient of the quarterly ATSU employee excellence award.

Ted Wendel, PhD, vice president for Arizona operations and San Diego initiative, returned from a medical mission in southeast Asia aboard the USNS Mercy. Medical and dental care was provided to some of the world’s most underserved communities in Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Cambodia. More than 2,000 civilian volunteers and military personnel from the United States and seven partner nations participated.

Best wishes

SHM Dean Kimberly O’Reilly, DHEd, MSW, ’08, will be leaving ATSU and returning to her hometown in Indiana. Thank you for all you’ve done for SHM and ATSU.

Deans and program chairs dream

Deans and program chairs were awarded funds for visioning their respective school and programs growth and development for the next 5-10 years. Funds may be used at the dean’s discretion for a variety of visioning acivities. From these visioning exercises, future projections for revenues, expenses, personnel plans, detailed facility plans, and additional resources will be developed.

2012-13 University strategic plan initiatives

Funds have been allocated this academic year to “kick off” three specific strategic plan initiatives.

· ATSU’s Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence

· ATSU’s Diversity Plan

· Interprofessional Education

Committees for each have forwarded or will be forwarding recommendations to bring each initiative to fruition. The University as a whole will be invited to comment on the recommendations.

If you are interested in serving on one of the three initiative committees, please contact your dean or program chair.

ATSU’s strategic plan annual review

The USP Implementation and Review Committee met in Kansas City to suggest strategic plan revisions and prioritization for the fiscal 2013-14 academic year. ATSU’s deans met in Mesa to provide additional review. Input will also be sought from the University community. Thank you, committee members and deans. If you would like to review ATSU’s Strategic Plan, please visit http://uspc.atsu.edu.

ATSU San Diego

Thanks to a groundbreaking educational partnership with ASDOH and San Ysidro Health Center, San Diego residents will have additional access to special care dentistry. Efforts continue to evaluate and implement potential schools and programs in San Diego.

Coming soon

Presentations of Phase I of the campus facility plans for Arizona and Missouri Founder’s Day, October 19 in Arizona and October 25-27 in Missouri.

Yours in service,

Craig M. Phelps, DO

President

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

800 W. Jefferson St.

Kirksville, MO 63501

660.626.2391

DMD grads sparkle at festivities

ASDOH’s class of 2012 celebrated in grand fashion at the fifth annual Founders’ Ball on June 7 at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz. More than 300 guests attended the black tie soiree, which originated in 2007 as a way to honor ASDOH’s Founding Member donors and celebrate the School’s first graduating class.

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Awards ceremony honors local spirit

ATSU honored 25 Kirksville community member nominees and four award recipients with Still Spirit Awards on April 30. Since 2005, ATSU has recognized outstanding individuals whose actions embody the leadership and spirit of volunteerism like our founder, Dr. A.T. Still.

The event was emceed by 2011 Still Spirit Award winner and long-time radio and TV personality John McConnell. Approximately 180 people joined the celebration.

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2012 Still Spirit Nominees

• Myra Baiotto
• Randy Behrens
• Doyle Dover
• Pat and Eleanor Ellebracht
• I Think I Can Foundation Board
• Roger Johnson
• Royce Kallerud
• Troy Mihalevich
• Jamey and Bridget Morton
• Ken Read
• Marilyn and Jeff Romine
• George Scheurer, DO
• The Honorable Kristie Swaim
• Steve and Judy Taylor
• Larry Whitney
• John and Shawn Wichmann

Thanks to all for the more than 45 photo caption contest submissions!

First place

“Go on, Craig. That’s only a rumor that the President’s Office motto is ‘Hair today, gone tomorrow!’”

Submitted by: Jeffrey K. Pearson, DO, ‘83, San Diego, Calif.

Honorable mentions

“You didn’t tell me the dental students would get to practice root canals on us!”

Submitted by: Frank V. Colton, EdD

“No Dr. Magruder, I can’t say that I am familiar with the ‘ATSU Shove’ technique … Is it anything like the ‘Kirksville Crunch?’”

Submitted by: Jason Haxton, MA, director, Museum of Osteopathic MedicineSM

These notable speakers have taken a leading role at ATSU events.

Age is just a number

“There are more people who are living past 100 these days,” said Christa M. Hojlo, PhD, RN, NHA, at ATSU’s 8th annual Lecture on Aging in April. “Many of us are going to be caring for people who are very old, so it’s time to pay attention to the process of aging and recognize that we don’t have to fear caring for people in those later years. Aging is a normal process.”

Dr. Hojlo is director of VA Community Living Centers, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C. The Lecture on Aging is sponsored by the ATSU Aging Studies Project, a University-wide program with a mandate for community outreach to elders and service agencies.

Bill of health

Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer traveled Missouri’s 9th district in March, making a stop at ATSU’s Gutensohn Clinic in Kirksville. During his visit to the Kirksville Family Medicine Resident Clinic, Luetkemeyer met with premed students from Truman State University, ATSU students, senior residents, and physicians to discuss healthcare in the state and nation.

Whole new ballgame

“The work done at ASDOH impacts people not only in their childhood but for a lifetime,” said Scott Smith, mayor of Mesa, Ariz., at the ribbon-cutting and dedication of the Arizona Diamondbacks Pediatric Dental Suite held June 4.

ASDOH received a $50,000 Arizona Diamondbacks Grand Slam Award, with which two child-friendly rooms were established at the School’s Mesa dental clinic.

“We are taking our young patients out to the ball park without leaving their dental chair,” added ASDOH Dean Jack Dillenberg, DDS, MPH. “Our pediatric patients will receive the best dental care in a fun environment with Baxter and views of center field.”

Aim high

“Set your sights high,” Thomas E. McWilliams, DO, FACOFP, advised students at a Hero Healers luncheon on the Arizona campus. “You’re in a profession where the possibilities are endless.”

Dr. McWilliams, associate dean, graduate medical education, SOMA, shared his experiences in frontier medicine as part of the Alaskan Native Health Foundation initiative.

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