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October 28, 2020 • Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Baby mittens are perhaps the crown jewel of cuteness for little hands and feet. However, they can also be hot, sweaty and cumbersome for babies trying to use their hands. Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student Cole Romney and his wife Kimberlynne noticed this with their infant daughter soon after she was born in July of 2016. They didn’t…
October 26, 2020 • COVID-19, Patient Care, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Kathryn Lytton and Diane Smith Traci Benson is matter-of-fact about protecting herself from the flu. This year, there is added incentive - she is an expectant mother trying to protect her baby. “It’s 100% important, especially with COVID happening right now,” said Benson, a referral management trainer whose due date is May 6. Benson, who gets flu shot every year, got a vaccine earlier this fall. Health experts…
October 19, 2020 • Alumni, Geriatrics, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta A top-flight career of quality, compassion and excellence received an exclamation point as the American Osteopathic Foundation named Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Dr. Janice Knebl the 2020 Physician of the Year. Dr. Knebl, TCOM’s Interim Chair of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, received the honor at the AOF’s 2020 Honors Virtual Gala. “This…
October 1, 2020 • Education, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Medical students overcame a lot in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learning shifted to remote, rotations grinded to a halt and, perhaps most problematic, prometric test sites nationwide shut down in the middle of March with no immediate plans to reopen. Osteopathic medical students, like those at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), rely on these test sites to administer their essential licensing exams, COMLEX Level…
September 22, 2020 • COVID-19, Education, Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions, Students, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Diane Smith HSC Fort Worth has taken virtual learning to new levels during COVID-19. Consider, for example, medical students at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine who must master ultrasound technology to better identify the diseases that ail patients. At TCOM, students gain these skills while also learning to teach their peers. Earlier this year, about 20 to 30 students worked to become teaching assistants in the ultrasound training program directed by John O. Gibson, MD; FAAFP,…
September 18, 2020 • Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Life of a medical student is filled with many sleepless nights and early mornings, so when fourth-year Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student Jennifer Archer had the opportunity to present to an audience halfway around the world, she was prepared. Archer, along with TCOM Assistant Dean of Rural Medical Education Dr. John Gibson, gave…
September 2, 2020 • Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is taking the next step to create a welcoming environment for all of its students with the creation of the Office of Medical Student Success. The office will be led by Dr. Rynn Ziller, who has been appointed Assistant Dean for Medical Student Success. Melva Landrum, who had been the Assistant Director of…
August 24, 2020 • Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta A desire to save lives runs in Ann Hollas’ blood. Her father is a family physician, her brother attends medical school, she began her first year at TCOM in July – and what’s in her blood that is saving a life now. The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student learned she was a bone marrow match with a six-year-old boy battling leukemia. Hollas, who signed up with…
August 10, 2020 • COVID-19, Patient Care, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta It was mid-March, as COVID-19 was spreading across the world, when Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Dr. Priya Bui, an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, started seeing an even more disturbing trend. Local cases of child abuse were rising, and fast. The stress, anxiety and other factors brought on by the pandemic for adults, was creating even more problems…
August 4, 2020 • Alumni, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Dr. April Enard knows the statistics are bad. In the United States, the percentage of active African American physicians is at a meager five percent. That's why Dr. Enard, a 2011 Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine alum, has made it her mission to change that figure, and she’s doing it with her own money. In 2016, she began…
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