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November 24, 2015 • Education, Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions
By Alex Branch Dr. Hank Lemke, founding director of UNT Health Science Center’s nationally recognized Physician Assistant Studies Program, has earned a national honor for achievements in PA education. Lemke, DHSc, PA-C, received the 2015 Master Faculty Award, an honor given annually by the Physician Assistant Education Association to one PA in the nation…
November 19, 2015 • Education, School of Public Health
UNT Health Science Center’s School of Public Health has received reaccreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). CEPH assures quality in public health education and training, and accreditation helps demonstrate that a school is committed to leading and fostering innovation and continuous quality improvement in its education programs. CEPH is an independent…
November 17, 2015 • Education
By Jan Jarvis Southern Methodist University senior Sarah Levin stared at the body before her in the Anatomy Lab at UNT Health Science Center. “I’ve seen ligaments and tendons in textbooks,” she said. “But now I’m actually seeing all the things I learned in class in real life.” That reaction was exactly what Rita Patterson,…
November 11, 2015 • Education, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Alex Branch U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Zovath served his country for four years before he returned home to Houston and started his transition to civilian life. A veteran who served two tours in Iraq, he wanted a career with a sense of service. He found it while visiting a family friend who worked at…
November 2, 2015 • Education, Interprofessional Education
By Betsy Friauf The international audience was so eager to learn about innovations at UNT Health Science Center, they raised their hands before the speakers clicked past their first slide. The topic was teaching tomorrow’s health care providers to work in teams – interprofessional education, or IPE. David Farmer, PhD, Interprofessional Education Director at UNTHSC,…
October 30, 2015 • Education, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker A UNTHSC public health student wants to stop international sex trafficking with a simple piece of jewelry. The “Safe Move” bracelet, designed by MPH graduate student Kwynn Gonzalez-Pons, has the potential to save countless lives around the world by helping law enforcement agencies locate missing children and adults. Equipped with a global…
October 27, 2015 • Education, Interprofessional Education, Interprofessional Education and Practice, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Alex Branch The value of team-based health care is clear to Steven Sanchez inside the auditorium at Morningside Elementary School in Fort Worth. That’s where the 2nd-year UNT Health Science Center medical student provides free comprehensive health checks to children twice a month while teamed with student nurses, speech pathologists and oral hygienists from…
October 26, 2015 • Education
By Betsy Friauf When a CareFlite helicopter lands at UNT Health Science Center on Thursday, it’s not an emergency but an informal training session. The chopper fly-in is an annual opportunity for students to get up close with airborne emergency transport. Every minute and a half, somewhere in the U.S. a med-evac helicopter is dispatched.…
October 13, 2015 • Education, Professional and Continuing Education
A failed hip surgery performed elsewhere had left Dr. Anthony Capobianco’s patient with a leg that would not straighten, forcing her to walk painfully on the toes of her right foot for more than 10 years. Learn more: PACE continuing education opportunities Then a technique that the New York family practitioner learned at a workshop…
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