From a Town Hall session on Mapping Core Professional Attributes, to hosted poster sessions and multiple panel discussions on assessment-related topics, ATSU’s 2016 Assessment Week provided an array of events held both on-site and virtually on both campuses. The theme for this year’s activities, held Feb. 9-11, was Establishing Frameworks for Assessment. “Since assessment of […]
Sharon Obadia, DO ’97, director, faculty development and medical skills course, OMS l and OMS ll, ATSU-SOMA, has been named a 2016 National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators (NAOME) Fellow by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM). Dr. Obadia is among five individuals selected as an inductee for her applied area of […]
Kudos to Albert Simon, DHSc, MEd, PA-C, program chair and director, and Bob McMullen, EdD, PA-C, director of assessment, technology and research, ATSU-ASHS Physician Assistant studies, who were two of three authors of the 2016 7th edition of the LANGE Q&A Physician Assistant Examination text. As well, ATSU-ASHS faculty members Dean Randy Danielsen, Cody Black, […]
Did you know that the A.T. Still Memorial Library has a clinical library app designed to provide easy access to the library’s resources? The app contains point-of-care resources in four areas – audiology, dental, medical and rehabilitation. Each includes UpToDate and DynaMed for background information on confounding diseases, drug information, basic diagnostic and therapeutic books, and review […]
Eric Sauers, PhD, ATC, FNATA, professor and chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, ATSU-ASHS and commissioner, Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE), and Tamara Valovich McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA, professor and director of ATSU’s Athletic Training program, ATSU-ASHS, will be honored at the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Clinical Symposia & AT Expo […]
Nearly 40 children came together on the Arizona campus to celebrate Hearing, Education And Recreation (H.E.A.R.) Day hosted by the Student Academy of Audiology at A.T. Still University on Jan. 30. The annual event, which unites children who are deaf and hard of hearing, featured a variety of fun activities including face painting, a bounce […]
In 2015, The Chronicle of Higher Education selected ATSU as a “Great College to Work For” based on institutional data and a random survey of ATSU employees. The recognition was a proud moment for all the ATSU family, and extensive survey data revealed areas where ATSU may continue to grow and further enhance the work […]
A.T. Still University’s Department of Athletic Training is pleased to announce the Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) program’s inaugural Winter Institute. Themed Innovations to Advance Athletic Health Care, the four-day onsite Institute for DAT students will be held in Mesa, Ariz. from February 1-4. Distinguished experts from around the nation who have been instrumental in advancing athletic […]
Tessa Tibben, MS, PA-C, ’08, director of clinical education, A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) physician assistant (PA) studies program, says her journey to become a PA did not follow a traditional path. She grew up going to an older family medicine doctor who was the only provider in his office. She […]
When ATSU Board of Trustees member G. Scott Drew, DO, FAOCD, ’87, decided to make the move to Missouri for medical school, it was through the guidance of an inspirational mentor, Stephen Blood, DO, ’68, who convinced him ATSU-KCOM was the right choice. In school, he gained a second mentor, Alex Macaione, DO, who frequently […]