National Primary Care Week brings healthcare professionals together
Posted: November 10, 2010[cincopa A4FABUKEXGtO]
National Primary Care Week (NPCW) is an annual event that highlights the importance of primary care and brings healthcare professionals together to discuss and learn about generalist and interdisciplinary healthcare, particularly its impact on and importance to underserved populations, which is the mission of A.T. Still University. In observance of NPCW, ATSU’s Missouri campus held a series of lectures.
On November 1, Andy Grimm, executive director, NEMO Health Council; Mike Shimmens, director of recruitment, MO Primary Care Association; and Michelle Mollick, executive director, Northeast Missouri Area Health Education Center (AHEC), discussed “Caring for the Underserved: Community Health Centers and the Primary Care Workforce.”
The November 2 lecture focused on “Health Literacy: A Patient’s Perspective” and was presented by speakers Arthur Culbert, Ph.D., executive director, Health Literacy Missouri, and Marty Ratermann, a cancer survivor.
On November 3, Margaret Wilson, D.O. , a former NHSC scholarship recipient, and Tim Herbst, D.D.S., an NHSC loan repayment recipient, spoke about opportunities in the National Health Service Corps.
On November 4, speakers Arthur Freeland, M.D.; Matt Hardee, D.O.; Roxana Ionas, M.D.; Joe Novinger, D.O.; and Karen Snider, D.O., focused on the topic: “Primary Care Through the Lifespan.”
Gemma Ciesemier, D.O., addressed “Working with Medical Interpreters” at the November 5 lecture.
ATSU-KCOM’s AHEC office worked with student clubs ACOFP, SOMA, AMSA, OB-Gyn, Peds, IM, Medical Spanish, APO, and the Student Government Association Health and Education Committee to provide each program and a healthy lunch at each session.