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April 2, 2021 • Education, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Learning how to suture, perform CPR and applying a tourniquet was on full display as TCOM’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA) helped host a virtual session of Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit. The activities, which were conducted in the HSC Simulation Lab, were for elementary, junior high students. Dr. Dale Okorodudu, the founder of Black…
April 1, 2021 • Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker Most days, the work of public health happens behind the scenes — a trusted friend who is always there to help communities stay healthy and well. It’s in times of crisis that we really see how much we all rely on public health. Over the last year, public health has made considerable strides…
April 1, 2021 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of best medical schools for primary care and for the second consecutive year, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine was the highest ranked osteopathic medical school in Texas and second highest in the nation. TCOM had the second highest ranking of osteopathic medical…
March 30, 2021 • College of Pharmacy
As Women’s History Month draws to a close, HSC College of Pharmacy would like to recognize the immense contributions and significant gains women are making in the pharmacy profession. According to a 2019 National Pharmacist Workforce Study, the pharmacy profession is female dominated, with women making up two-thirds of the workforce in 2019, compared to…
March 26, 2021 • Geriatrics, Patient Care, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Caregivers, grappling with medical questions about Alzheimer’s disease, may be filled with fear and confusion. Often, they turn to friends, social media or the internet for answers. Geriatric experts at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth want to bridge that information gap. Dr. Tyson Garfield, Geriatrician and Assistant Professor, tackles those questions at HSC Health’s Geriatric Clinic and in his blog, “themedicinecheck.” It helps to understand the terms.…
March 26, 2021 • Patient Safety, Safercare Texas, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Lillee Gelinas, MS, RN, CPPS, FAAN, remembers the first patient she ever lost. She was in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps and missed a respiratory depression that ultimately led to the patient’s death. Devastating experiences like that drove the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) to create the nation’s first and only…
March 25, 2021 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta His first Leukemia patient at Cook Children’s Hospital was 22-months old and had a severe form of the disease for which survival rates in the early 1980s were less than 20 percent. Unfazed, W. Paul Bowman, M.D. saw his first patient through a new and intensive therapy and sent her off to…
March 24, 2021 • Community, COVID-19, Public Health
By Alex Branch The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) and Tarrant County will open a COVID-19 vaccination site Tuesday, March 23 in Fort Worth’s Stop Six neighborhood with an initial goal of administering 1,000 shots in the first week. The vaccine site opened Tuesday at Brighter Outlook Inc., 4910 Dunbar St., a facility operated by Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church. The location is by…
March 22, 2021 • Education, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta The Community Hospital Foundation has donated $320,000 to the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine for the creation of the Rohr, Tompson and Zima Scholarship fund. The fund is named after three osteopathic physicians, Dr. G.W. Tomson, Dr. Loren Rohr and Dr. Victor Zima, and will provide scholarships annually to TCOM students. The fund will provide two $5,000 scholarships for second-year students,…
March 17, 2021 • COVID-19, Public Health, School of Public Health
By Sally Crocker More people are getting their COVID-19 vaccinations as more doses are being shipped to communities across the U.S. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are already well underway, and a third option, from manufacturer Johnson & Johnson, has now received FDA emergency authorization and is making its way to vaccine hubs around the…
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