- On Campus
Celebrate pharmacists鈥� contributions to health care this month
It's a great time to thank a pharmacist.聽 October is聽designated聽American Pharmacists Month聽by the聽American Pharmacists Association (APhA),聽and聽October聽19-23 is National 番茄社区 Week, hosted by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP).聽The events聽shine a light on the important聽contributions聽pharmacists make to health care聽and...
- COVID-19
Start planning for a safe holiday season now
By Sally Crocker聽 Fall and winter holidays聽will聽have a different feel during COVID-19 as families consider the safest ways to celebrate their usual traditions with friends, neighbors and聽loved ones. It鈥檚 still possible聽to enjoy聽the season聽during the pandemic, said聽HSC鈥檚 Dr. Diana Cervantes,聽by approaching聽your聽plans...
- Patient Care
HSC experts offer advice for the upcoming flu season
By Kathryn Lytton The flu season聽is聽approaching and experts at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth are聽tackling聽questions about the yearly virus as communities continue to聽fight COVID-19.聽 Here is a Q&A聽about the seasonal flu and related topics:聽...
- Our People
50 Heroes: Betty Belton
Betty Belton began her career in TCOM鈥檚 early days in their office of admissions. She watched the school morph from a stand-alone osteopathic college into a bustling health science center during her time at the university.聽The聽school grew,聽as聽did her career when...
- Education
HSC and聽National Association for Healthcare Quality聽partner to聽prepare MHA聽graduates to聽improve聽quality聽outcomes
The聽HSC聽School of Public Health has collaborated with the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) to provide its Master of Health Administration (MHA) students with the opportunity to pursue the only accredited certification in healthcare quality, the Certified Professional in Healthcare...
- Education
HSC creates alternative licensing exam test site for medical students
By Steven Bartolotta Medical students overcame a lot in the early days of the聽COVID-19聽pandemic.聽Learning shifted聽to remote, rotations聽grinded to a halt and, perhaps most problematic,聽prometric聽test聽sites nationwide shut down in聽the middle of March聽with no immediate plans to聽reopen.聽聽聽 Osteopathic medical students, like those...
- Our People
50 Heroes:聽H. Paul Dorman
When聽entering聽Tulane University to pursue a Mechanical Engineering聽degree, Paul Dorman鈥檚 father paid his first year鈥檚 tuition.聽 From there, he was on his own, working full-time at聽his father鈥檚 company at聽night and attending Tulane during the day.聽聽More than 60 years later,聽Mr. Dorman committed...
- COVID-19
Each patient鈥檚 story illuminates Tarrant County COVID data, strengthens contact tracing
By Sally Crocker HSC聽2020聽graduate Julia Aiken was finishing聽the last semester聽of聽her MPH in Public Health Practice when聽COVID-19 arrived. By May, she had聽finished聽her degree and was聽helping聽Tarrant County Public Health鈥檚聽(TCPH)聽with聽contact tracing聽efforts聽to track and help stop聽community聽spread of the virus.聽聽 Aiken聽volunteered extra hours above her聽temporary聽work...
- Education
TCOM, PA students comply with COVID social distance rules while fine tuning their skills via the HSC Simulation Center
By Diane Smith HSC Fort Worth has taken virtual learning to new levels during COVID-19.聽 Consider, for example, medical students at the聽Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine聽who聽must聽master ultrasound聽technology聽to聽better聽identify the diseases that ail聽patients.聽聽 At聽TCOM,聽students聽gain these聽skills聽while also learning聽to聽teach their peers. Earlier this year,...
- Education
Dr. Erica Spears one of 15 national scholars to new well-being and inequality research training program
By Sally Crocker聽聽 Health inequality and systemic racism have long threatened the lives of African Americans. The COVID-19 pandemic and increased awareness of police violence in 2020 have intensified nationwide action toward solutions and change for traditionally underserved populations.聽聽聽 For...
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