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January 17, 2024 • Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions School of Health Professions
When Do Kyung Yun was young, he spoke with a stutter. Throughout his childhood, he attended speech therapy, which he credits as a significant driving factor in his decision to pursue a career in physical therapy. “It was one of the most painful and toughest challenges that I had to go through,” he said. “But…
January 17, 2024 • School of Public Health association of schools and programs, community engagement, Health Equity, School of Public Health,
Dr. Emily Spence, associate dean for community engagement and health equity at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s School of Public Health, has been elected as incoming chair for the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health’s practice section. Spence will serve in this role from March 2024 to…
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 • School 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 11, 2024 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine TCOM
Dr. Edward E. Elko, one of the most legendary individuals in the history of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, passed away Wednesday at age 92. Elko retired in 1996, but his name remains engrained in medical education at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. “We are deeply saddened by…
January 4, 2024 • Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions 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…
January 4, 2024 • College of Nursing College of nursing, faculty, nursing,
Cindy Weston, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CHSE, FAANP, dean of the College of Nursing at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, and her leadership team recently welcomed five new team members. The latest additions bring vital experience to the college as they seek to help alleviate the Texas nursing shortage. “We’ve…
January 4, 2024 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine american association of osteopathic medicine, clinical experience, health care delivery, health systems, health systems science, osteopathic medicine, patient-centered care,
One of the leading innovators in the osteopathic profession who also is a faculty member at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth recently was appointed to a role on the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. Janet Lieto, DO, FACOFP, CMD, CPPS, director of Health Systems Science, Leadership and Innovation…
January 4, 2024 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine #onepillkills, combating the fentanyl crisis, fentanyl, fentanyl crisis, opioid, opioids,
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine has published an article on long-term opioid therapy based on national data from the Pain Registry for Epidemiological, Clinical, and Interventional Studies and Innovation, which is headquartered at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The study findings revealed that LTOT, commonly…
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