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January 23, 2024 • College of Health Professions, Physical Therapy School of Health Professions
Last year, three students revived The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School Chapter, or IHI. An IHI Open School Chapter is a face-to-face group of students who work together to learn and apply skills in quality, safety and leadership. The shared goal of the group…
January 23, 2024 • College of Public Health, Safercare Texas #onepillkills
SaferCare Texas, the patient safety department of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, and the university’s School of Public Health recently were awarded a $310,339 grant from the City of Fort Worth to provide opioid intervention education to the community. The grant-funded project focuses on community-based intervention, tasking SaferCare Texas…
January 22, 2024 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine gynecology, NBOME, OBGYN, TCOM,
A leader in the field, Meaghan Nelsen, DO, MS, FACOOG, IBCLC from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has been selected by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners as the COMAT Examination Chair for Obstetrics & Gynecology. Nelsen, an associate professor in…
January 22, 2024 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Black Men in White Coats, Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit, BMWC, medica education, TCOM,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting the Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit on Feb. 10 for the second year. The free event will begin at 9 a.m. in the university’s Medical Education and Training building and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Dale Okorodudu, founder of Black…
January 18, 2024 • College of Health Professions, Physician Assistant Studies
In one room, a patient was suffering from hypovolemic shock due to her ectopic pregnancy. In another, a patient was dealing with cholangitis — an infection of the biliary system. In both cases, a group of physician assistant and medical students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth diagnosed and…
January 17, 2024 • College of Public Health public health, School of Public Health, strategic plan,
The School of Public Health at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has released its new strategic plan – IMPACT 2030: Commitment to Community – to steer the course of the school into the future. “The completion of this plan represents months of tireless effort, inclusive collaboration and comprehensive internal…
January 17, 2024 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Office of Rural Medical Education, Rural Medical Education, rural medicine, TCOM,
Buoyed by the support of Wellpoint – formerly known as Amerigroup – 27 medical students from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth spent three days in the Panhandle of Texas providing free health care clinics in rural, underserved communities. This latest medical mission…
January 17, 2024 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Latino Medical Student Association, medical Spanish, osteopathic medicine, TCOM,
Addressing perhaps one of the fastest-growing barriers to health care, medical students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine are teaching medical Spanish to their classmates to help them in clinical encounters with their future patients. TCOM’s Latino Medical Student Association members, led by President…
January 12, 2024 • College of Health Professions Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being, School of Health Professions,
During a break year before starting college, Bethany Brady developed her passion for nutrition while traveling the world. She witnessed the ravages of malnutrition up close and wanted to learn how to help. Before pursuing her PhD, Dr. Karrie Curry was an endurance athlete, having competed in eight triathlons, seven marathons and several century cycle…
January 4, 2024 • College of Health Professions, Physician Assistant Studies emergency medicine, EMS, EMT, PA, paramedic, Physician Assistant, School of Health Professions,
By the time Zach Harmon and his team of paramedics arrived at a crash scene on Interstate 20 in Weatherford, Texas, the man they’d been deployed to help was already unconscious. He was breathing just six times a minute with a dangerously low heart rate. The truck driver was pinned inside the cabin of his tractor-trailer…
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