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September 20, 2022 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine King Charles III, osteopathic manipulative treatment, Prince Charles,
It was early February in 2008 when John Licciardone, DO, MS, MBA, FACPM hopped into a hackney carriage in London, commonly known as a taxi, for a ride to the airport after giving the keynote presentation at a conference. The cabbie asked the now-Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Regents Professor at The University of North…
September 16, 2022 • Clinical Practice Group, College of Pharmacy, Interprofessional Education, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Haley McKeefer, joint interprofessional simulation, Kaanan Shah, Kadi Horn, Matt Wieters, Student Initiative in Medical Simulation, Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists,
More than 100 students from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and HSC’s College of Pharmacy participated in a joint interprofessional simulation. The goal of the exercise was to promote the kind of teamwork the students will see in real-world emergency departments and intensive care…
September 14, 2022 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Certified Professional in Patient Safety, CPPS, First medical school in the world, TCOM,
In just two short years, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine has brought patient safety into the medical school curriculum, offering a course specifically designed to prepare students for the Certified Professional in Patient SafetyTM exam. On Sept. 11, 18 students passed the certification exam…
September 6, 2022 • Research, Students, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
A circuitous path was blazed by Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine third-year student Mark Quiring in his quest to become more involved in research as a medical student. Through some ingenuity, he used social media to join Jefferson Health New Jersey virtually as a research assistant to further expand his knowledge in urology – with…
August 23, 2022 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine American Epilepsy Society, Cook Children’s Medical Center, Dani Esteban, Dr. Scott Perry, Genetic Epilepsy Clinic, Grass Foundation Young Investigator Award, Scientific Program Committee.,
Dani Esteban has a love of children, pediatrics and neurology. Through her dedicated research with Cook Children’s Medical Center, she was awarded the 2022 Grass Foundation Young Investigator Award. Esteban, a fourth-year student at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, received the award on behalf…
August 18, 2022 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Janet Lieto, Health Systems Science curriculum, Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship,
Dr. Janet Lieto, the director of Health Systems Science, Leadership and Innovation and an Associate Professor at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine was selected to participate in the highly esteemed American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine’s Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship. The Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship is a year-long leadership training program designed to…
August 16, 2022 • Students, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine American Physician Scientist Association’s, D.O./Ph.D. program, Dr. Michael Smith, Dr. Robbie Cooksey, Luke Cooksey, M.D. Anderson,
It was the summer of 2015 and Luke Cooksey had just begun a research internship at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston as an undergrad student. Each day he rode the bus to work. It was there he met a man from Georgia, the same age as Cooksey, who was getting treatment for Leukemia. The…
July 15, 2022 • Students, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Kush Rama, Matthew Branch, Thriving in Medical School,
It was the summer of 2018 and Kush Rama had just finished his freshman year at Texas A&M University. He and his family were on their way to visit his grandfather in Gujarat, India. As they were traveling through the different villages, the pervasive poverty Rama witnessed was shocking. “For some of the populations living…
July 8, 2022 • College of Pharmacy, HSC Health, Institute for Healthy Aging, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Dante Paredes, HSC health, James Aston, Maria Crompton, Megan Wesling,
Dante Paredes, DO, looked his patient straight in the eye and with a stern tone told him he simply had two choices. He could either make a course correction now or sign the papers for hospice. “So, is there a way to fix this?” the patient asked. Dr. Paredes told him if he is…
June 29, 2022 • Pediatrics, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Christina Robinson, pediatric mobile clinic,
The Pediatric Mobile Clinic at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is known for being one of the only mobile clinics in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that specializes in pediatrics. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the clinic was active at community centers, churches and the YMCA — providing well-child and…
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