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Several on-campus events schedule for February will spotlight public health: The School of Health Professions’ Grand Rounds lecture series offers attendees a chance to learn about health conditions from the perspective of the full range of health professions. This spring’s first of two lectures is set for Feb. 1 on the topic of diabetes and obesity. The April 12 lecture topic will be spinal cord…
Occupational Therapy Associate Professor and Distinguished Teaching Professor Kimatha Oxford Grice will receive a 2017 Presidential Award for Distinguished Service to the Institution next month. School of Health Professions Dean David C. Shelledy nominated Grice for the award. “Dr. Grice is an outstanding teacher who clearly instills in her students the desire to provide the very best patient…
Kristina E. Ramirez already had earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology when a family member began treatment with a respiratory therapist. Once she witnessed the expertise and care provided by that therapist, Ramirez knew she had found her calling. Ramirez applied to the program at UT Health San Antonio in 2010 and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in 2012. This December, Ramirez joined the…
As the library liaison for the School of Health Professions, Karen D. Barton serves as the single point of contact to help students, faculty and staff navigate the resources available at Briscoe Library and innovate ways to enhance learning. Barton’s office hours in the RAB lobby are Mondays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., and she also is available for one-on-one help, including student research project…
Professor Maureen Simmonds brings personal experience to bear in her pain research. Years ago, Simmons broke her back and pelvis in a horseback riding accident. Her understanding of pain informed her research from the very beginning, she said, and continues to do so. “What I was taught about pain didn’t match what I was feeling,” she said. “It influences mood, mind as well as movement.” Simmonds…
It’s unlikely that first-year occupational therapy student Amy Honeck will soon forget Paul Gauguin’s Sister of Charity. Honeck researched and visited the oil painting — and even tried her hand at painting the nun depicted in the work— throughout her time in Art Rounds, an enrichment elective course offered through a collaboration between the UT Health San Antonio and the McNay Art Museum. The…
Dozens of airport employees at the San Antonio International Airport learned how to help victims in mass casualty events during training led by Terry Eaton, assistant professor of Emergency Health Sciences and civilian training officer. The training program, Stop the Bleed, familiarized airport workers with how to use special kits, called I-Paks, and also taught them how to assess and stabilize…, massive, bleeding,, airway, ,, respiration, ,, circulation, and, hypothermia, . “During an active shooter (situation), first responders may not be able to get in or may be delayed getting in,” Eaton said, explaining the need for airport workers to be ready to act. “In the meantime, people are in there bleeding.” Eaton trained six two-hour classes over the course of three days in December, using the classroom at the airport fire station. He said he hopes to offer the…
The School of Health Professions hosted its annual research retreat on Dec. 9. The day’s offerings included a morning workshop, which allowed faculty to “refine and renew their research ideas,” according to Dr. Kathryn S. Aultman, Director, Research Operations for the Schools of Nursing and Health Professions. “By developing their Programs of Science, faculty can integrate their teaching,…, 1st place, Amber Holt, Kathryn Kubista, and Carly Peters Poster Title: Proposal to examine phone-based program on community integration for adults with schizophrenia, 2nd place, Isabella Recko, Savannah Sublousky, and Rebecca Pulliam Poster Title: Behavioral feeding intervention: Food selectivity for children with autism spectrum disorder: A research proposal, 3rd place, Amy Chang, Marili Monasterio, and Sergio Rodriguez. Poster Title: Proposal for Study on Effectiveness of UAB Dysphagia Protocol on Treating Dysphagia in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
First-year Doctor of Physical Therapy student Mike Nash has a better idea of the role a physical therapist plays in treating a patient with sepsis, thanks to a recent Grand Rounds lecture. Nash attended both of the Grand Round Lectures series events this fall. Open to all students, the series features faculty from the School of Health Professions and is designed to foster interprofessional…
Q: When did the School of Health Professions begin partnering with the Military Health Institute? , A:, The Military Health Institute (MHI) has partnered with the School of Health Professions since its inception. MHI was founded in 2014 as a way to build on the legacy of military partnership with the UT Health San Antonio. Beyond being located in San Antonio, known as Military City, USA, there are a number of faculty, staff and students with a military background on campus. The University also has…, Q:, Would you describe the MHI as the first of its kind or one of few programs of its kind? What makes MHI a good fit for the Health Science Center?, A:, MHI is among the first of its kind, with similar organizations at Boston University and the University of Pittsburgh. MHI is also different in that our alliances with the military are at the local and national levels. MHI also facilitates DoD/VA collaboration across the UT System through the System’s National Strategic Advisory Group. Additionally, the MHI partners with academic, industry, and…, Q: How will the MHI mission be served through programs with the School of Health Professions?, A:, The School of Health Professions plays a unique role in being able to serve service members, veterans, and their families with occupational, physical and other therapies. MHI is happy to facilitate collaborations with the VA and Department of Defense., Q: Please share any other information you would want prospective students to know about the MHI as it relates to the School of Health Professions., A:, The Military Health Interest Group, a student-run organization that fosters collaboration and camaraderie on campus, would like to welcome students from all the schools who have an interest in military health to participate. At the faculty level, we have worked with John Phelps (Emergency Health Sciences) in the area of military Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). Advances in this field are…