A team of educators represented A.T. Still University (ATSU) this week at the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Institute “Education, Building a Framework for Collaboration.” The event was held Oct. 7-9, 2013 in Chicago, Ill. The October 2013 Institute focused on the fundamentals of interprofessional education (IPE). Attendees heard presentations from practice experts, participated in team-based activities and peer […]
Jessica Lapinski, MedEd fellow, A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine class of 2016, was recently awarded at the 57th AOA Annual Research Conference. Lapinski won the second place poster and author award for “Examining the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Clinical Rotations and Healthcare Delivery for LGBT Patients.” The poster was presented at the AOA & SOMA […]
Craig Phelps, DO, ’84, ATSU president, and Christopher Halliday, DDS, MPH, inaugural dean of ATSU’s Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health, invite you to celebrate the opening of Missouri’s newest dental school. The ATSU-MOSDOH Inauguration Ceremony will be held on Oct. 24, 2013, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the Interprofessional Education Building, 500 W. Jefferson […]
Have you ever wanted custom-fitting earbuds for your headphones or iPod? The ATSU chapter of the Student Academy of Audiology is making earmold impressions available from Oct. 7 to 18. You can order custom-fit hearing protection or listening molds for your iPod and/or other devices. Information and demonstrations regarding hearing protection will also be provided. […]
Did you know that approximately 36 million Americans have hearing loss? One in three developed their hearing loss as a result of exposure to noise, according to the American Academy of Audiology. October marks National Audiology Awareness Month and ATSU-ASHS‘ Audiology Department Professor and Chair, Tabitha Parent-Buck, AuD, provides these critical tips to prevent noise-induced […]
DezBaa Damon, DMD, ’07 was the featured guest speaker at the ATSU Hero Healer luncheon held on the Arizona campus on Oct. 1. Dr. Damon was vice president of A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health’s (ATSU-ASDOH) inaugural class. After graduating from ATSU-ASDOH, she lived and worked in a remote Alaskan community […]
ATSU-KCOM Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) and its partners in the Missouri AHEC system and across the nation are teaming up to improve behavioral health access and services for veterans. Through continuing education programs or healthcare professionals, the AHEC partners have reached more than 12,000 providers to educate them on military culture, mental health issues seen in some […]
Tamara McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA, professor, athletic training program, and director, interdisciplinary research laboratory, has been elected to the board of the United States Brain Injury Alliance (usbia.org). In addition, Dr. McLeod has been invited, on behalf of former U.S. Surgeon General and Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, […]
A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty and students were recognized at the Second World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education. Peter Kondrashov, PhD, anatomy chair, Tatyana Kondrashov, Jane Johnson, senior biostatician, Karl Boehm, OMS III, and Daris Rice, OMS III, won Best Poster Award for their Anatomy in Ultrasound poster, “Impact of the clinical […]
A.T. Still University has made history, as the inaugural Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-MOSDOH) class of 2017 was inducted on Sept. 28, 2013 at the White Coat Ceremony. The ceremony was held at Ophelia Parrish Hall on the Truman State University campus. Each student was presented with a white doctor’s coat and […]