ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine launches new elective course through grant and partnership with Adair County SB40 A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) has established a new elective course to educate students in providing care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Made possible through a $25,000 grant award from Adair County […]
A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Center for Occupational and Physical Therapy had to close its doors in March due to the coronavirus, but the students who run this clinic couldn’t sit idly by, waiting for it to one day reopen. Instead, they took matters into their own hands to resume virtual care for their existing patients […]
A.T. Still University (ATSU) President Craig Phelps, DO, ’84, was a featured speaker Thursday as part of the Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce’s virtual State of Education event. Thanking community leaders, as well as ATSU faculty, staff, and students for navigating challenges brought by COVID-19, Dr. Phelps called upon the leaders to continue setting examples […]
A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) students Autumn Graves, OMS II, and Mikaela Jennings, OMS II, were presented with the 2020 Dovin & Thorpe Women Leadership Endowment Award. ATSU-KCOM Dean Margaret Wilson, DO, ’82, recognized the students Wednesday. The financial award is presented annually by the National Osteopathic Women Physicians Association (NOWPA) to […]
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU) marked Founder’s Day with several virtual activities, in addition to a new one: a Backwards Parade. Various ATSU departments set up tables Oct. 2 along the parade route and handed out gifts and treats to parade guests, who coasted through in their vehicles. It was a way for […]
A.T. Still University (ATSU) held a virtual panel discussion last Thursday focused on public health response to pandemics, which was the final lecture of the National Primary Care Week series. Featured guests included Donald Altman, DDS, DHSc, EdD, MPH, MBA, MA, dean, ATSU’s College of Graduate Health Studies (ATSU-CGHS); Michael McCunniff, DDS, MS, adjunct professor, […]
Stacy Braiuca, MSW, MPH, LCSW, LSCSW, A.T. Still University-College of Graduate Health Studies (ATSU-CGHS) adjunct professor, public health, presented Tuesday in the National Primary Care Week series. The presentation focused on “The Silent Pandemic: COVID-19 and Mental Health” and broke down various concerns many people are dealing with amidst the current pandemic. Braiuca discussed how […]
A.T. Still University-Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) physician assistant (PA) students recently provided health education to a group of firefighter recruits from Superstition Fire and Medical District (SFMD) in Apache Junction, Arizona. Travis Yates, SFMD firefighter and paramedic, reached out to ATSU-ASHS to see if anyone would be able to provide recruits health education […]
Expansions in telehealth, already underway though accelerated by COVID-19, are opening new doors for healthcare professionals. Wednesday’s 2020 National Primary Care Week virtual lecture at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU) featured ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) alumnus Saroj Misra, DO, ’98, residency program director and chief, Department of Family Medicine, Ascension Macomb-Oakland […]
A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) Dean Margaret Wilson, DO, ’82, and Brent Speak, DO, ’05, ATSU-KCOM assistant professor & chair, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health, were part of a panel on the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) to kick off National Primary Care Week on Monday. The panel provided an overview of […]