Jeffrey Alexander, PhD, associate professor, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences-Doctor of Health Sciences (DHSc) program, has received the 2012 ATSU Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) Scholar of the Year Award. He was presented with the award on Dec. 10 at the ASHS faculty assembly meeting. Dr. Alexander was honored with the award for demonstrating excellence in […]
The inaugural A.T. Still University (ATSU) Interprofessional Education Collaborative Case Competition (IPE-CCC) was held Saturday, Dec. 1. Seven teams of students representing nine programs from ATSU’s Arizona and Missouri campuses and Arizona’s Grand Canyon University (GCU) nursing program participated. Each team presented an analysis of a hypothetical case to judges on both ATSU campuses via […]
Janet Woldt, PhD, associate dean and assistant professor, ASDOH, was co-author of an article published in the December 2012 issue of Journal of Dental Education. The article, Implementation of portfolio assessment of student competence in two dental school populations, describes the process and procedures involved in the implementation of portfolio assessment at two dental schools, […]
ATSU-ASDOH faculty and students participated in the first Central Arizona Dental Society’s Mission of Mercy event held on Dec. 8. at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Ariz. Mission of Mercy is an organization dedicated to providing charitable dental care and education to Arizonans, reducing health risks and suffering for those in need. “We provided […]
Faculty, staff, students, and their families are invited to participate in Relay for Life being held on the ATSU Mesa campus May 4-5, 2013, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Relay for Life is an organized, overnight community fundraising walk for the American Cancer Society. “It’s not too early to start thinking about becoming involved […]
A.T. Still University (ATSU) faculty and staff hosted the University’s inaugural Interprofessional Education (IPE) Collaborative Case Competition in early December. The Collaborative Case Competition was designed to give professional healthcare students an interprofessional teamwork experience and to gain insight into the collaborative practice competencies. Teams of students from a variety of disciplines were given the […]
The ATSU-KCOM Osteoblasters Weightlifing Club (OWC) recently participated in the Tough Mudders Race, a fundraising event held Oct. 13 in Poplar Bluff, MO., for the national Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). The WWP purpose is to help injured service members aid and assist each other and to provide unique direct programs and services to meet the […]
Sixty-five faculty, staff, and students from the ATSU Mesa campus participated in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s (AFSP) annual Out of the Darkness community walk on Saturday, Dec. 1 at Kiwanis Park in Tempe, Ariz. The walk was held in conjunction with walks nationwide to benefit the AFSP and raise awareness about suicide prevention. […]
Rebecca Gebremichael, a third-year audiology student, recently went on a mission trip Oct. 28-Nov. 2 with Healing the Children (Philadelphia chapter), a national organization with international partners dedicated to providing medical care to children in need. The team, led by Glenn Isaacson, MD, a pediatric otolaryngologist, cared for 250 children in need at the CURE […]
Faculty, staff, and students on the Mesa campus are invited to join the Still Well committee on Wednesday, Dec. 5 for a free healthy holiday cooking class and to enjoy tasty treats. The event will take place from 4-5 p.m. on the south patio. Sarah Librage, a graduate from Arizona State University in exercise, wellness […]