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February 25, 2015 • Community, Patient Care
When runners in this weekend's Cowtown Marathon races cross the finish line, they'll find a medical team from UNT Health Science Center watching out for their welfare. "Many runners are ‘hurting' when they finish the run, whatever the run. Our job is to help identify those in significant distress and get them to the medical…
February 24, 2015 • Community
The CareFlite helicopter fly-in scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 25, at UNT Health Science Center has been canceled because of inclement weather. The chopper fly-in is an annual opportunity for students to get up close with airborne emergency transport. Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine students who belong to the Emergency Medicine Interest Group are the organizers.
February 20, 2015 • Community, Patient Care
The Cowtown Marathon Health & Fitness Expo, sponsored by UNT Health Science Center, will be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28, and will feature free health screenings. The Expo will be located at Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3400 Burnett-Tandy Dr. in Fort Worth. It will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.…
February 18, 2015 • Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
Katie, a 9-year-old rescued Golden Retriever, can do math by pawing out the answers, bow her head to pray and catch a bone off her nose. But her greatest gift may be in nurturing others, from sick children to elderly adults with dementia. "She just loves people," said her handler, Dianne Hughes. "You can't teach…
February 16, 2015 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
From CareFlite.org When a CareFlite helicopter lands at UNT Health Science Center on Feb. 25, it's not an emergency but an informal training session. The chopper fly-in is an annual opportunity for students to get up close with airborne emergency transport. Every day in the U.S., 1,370 patients are flown to emergency care. To help…
February 13, 2015 • Education
Backpack, textbooks, phone, laptop, headphones, coffee, water bottle, snacks: study-time necessities. Space for all that? Not a problem in the Lewis Library's spacious yet private study carrels. They're drawing raves since their mid-January installation. "I love it. It's like a cubicle but larger and not claustrophobic," said second-year medical student Rumsha Hafeez while studying for…
February 12, 2015 • College of Pharmacy
Your pharmacist isn't much of a pill-counter anymore. Chances are good that a technician does that while your pharmacist educates patients about their health and helps them learn how best to integrate medication into their total treatment plan. "When you see pharmacists on TV they're doling out pills, but that's not what pharmacists do anymore,"…
February 11, 2015 • Patient Care
Alan Podawiltz, Brenda Gomez and Wayne Young JPS Health Network (JPS) has won the Texas Hospital Association's 2014 Bill Aston Award for Quality. The statewide award recognizes Trinity Springs Pavilion's successful campaign to lower the psychiatric hospital's readmission rate, which has dropped by two thirds for patients most at risk. The project was led by…
February 9, 2015 • Family Medicine
Dr. Vicki Nejtek’s research helps improve programs aimed at helping children exposed to violence, crime, abuse or psychological trauma. "I'm 9 years old and I live in a shelter," says a girl named Victoria. "I don't tell kids at school where I live because they laugh at me." But Victoria says she also attends a…
February 6, 2015 • Community
UNT Health Science Center President Michael R. Williams has a vision for caregivers of the future. They are active listeners with high emotional intelligence. They are leaders, work well on a team and understand their value. They know how to communicate with patients and patients' families. "Patients want a caregiver who will sit down with…
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