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By Kate Hunger By the time Occupational Therapy Assistant Professor Ricky Joseph, Ph.D., M.A.-H.R.M., OTR, Occupational Therapy Assistant Professor joined the School of Health Professions faculty in 2013, he had retired from the U.S. Army—twice. Joseph retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1999 and joined the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia. But he returned to military service in 2008 to…
By Kate Hunger A group of second-year respiratory care students recently participated in a respiratory health module on asthma for Long School of Medicine students. Held Feb. 22, the session emphasized the need for and importance of protocols, said Kristina Ramirez, MPH, RRT, CHES, Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education. The program also offered respiratory care students the…
By Kate Hunger First-year respiratory care student, Raven Hargrove recently got a sense of what it will be like to work on a team caring for pediatric patients with tracheostomies. Hargrove participated in a program that pairs respiratory care students with School of Nursing students to perform patient simulations. The groups of students are divided into groups and assigned to one of two…
By Kate Hunger Bridgette Piernik-Yoder, Ph.D., OTR, Occupational Therapy Associate Professor and Department Chair was elected this winter as chair of the Academic Education Special Interest Section (AESIS) for the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). Piernik-Yoder’s three-year term begins in July, and her role includes membership on the AOTA Commission on Education. AESIS provides…
By Kate Hunger The fifth annual Neonatal Evaluation and Outcomes Network (NEON) Summit was held Feb. 8 at the new Department of Occupational Therapy facility. The annual NEON summit brings together physicians, health professionals, researchers, patients, and families. The summit included a panel on the importance of follow up from a family perspective, as well as sessions on how to obtain early…
By Kate Hunger A survey of undergraduate students revealed an association between higher levels of physical activity and positive mental health, according to an article in the American Journal of Health Promotion co-authored by Rocío Norman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor. “It’s one of the first studies to look at undergraduate athletes and general students and compare them on health-…
By Kate Hunger Seeing graduates of the Physician Assistant Studies program at UT Health San Antonio thrive in the profession is one of the most rewarding aspects of teaching for Leticia Bland, MPAS, PA-C, Assistant Professor. “PAs are going to be ones taking care of our families,” she said. “So it’s important to make sure our PAs are prepared and competent.” Bland, who serves as associate…
By Kate Hunger Physical Therapy doctoral student Starr Brown co-authored an article on the use of a novel socket device in military service members with transfemoral amputation. The article recently was published in the U.S. Army Medical Department Journal. The article described the results of a study by researchers at Northwestern University, who developed the subischial socket, and the Center…
By Kate Hunger A series of multidisciplinary workshops at UT Health San Antonio trains caregivers of people with dementia on a range of skills, including how to communicate with their loved ones. Speech and communication comprise one area covered in the free, monthly caregiver skills workshops open to the public and coordinated by the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing, said Rocío Norman,…
Several years ago, an Army colonel and physician approached the Department of Emergency Health Sciences about conducting a pilot program to train Army flight medics as paramedics, whose more rigorous training research had shown meant better outcomes for injured soldiers. Conducted in 2012, the pilot program was a success and resulted in a five-year, $8.3 million contract to provide paramedic and…