Category: Education

Forensic Odontologist Dr. Holland Maness is the New Administrative Director of the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center

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Holland Maness, DMD, hit the ground running as the new administrative director of the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (WTRFC). Her first day was Nov. 2, 2015, and she faced a capital budget deadline, plus a deadline for the center’s annual validation of accreditation by the National Association of Medical Examiners. Both deadlines were met,… Read More

Medical Education at the Crossroads: A Four-Part Spotlight Article

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A four-part Spotlight article from Medicine Magazine (Spring 2015) exploring the positive changes taking place in the UTHSC College of Medicine, as we build new curriculum, strengthen old connections, and forge tomorrow’s health care teams…. Read More

Medical Education at the Crossroads

Written by Meyer, David M

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A committed educational institution is always moving forward. That’s why the UTHSC College of Medicine is constantly adapting, re-evaluating itself and exploring better teaching methods. It turns the lens of research on its own educational programs to make them stronger. It builds new curriculum to leave graduates better prepared to serve the health care needs… Read More

Medical Education at the Crossroads: A New Perspective

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Education

Continued from … Medical Education at the Crossroads As the field of medicine constantly evolves, so must the training for those who practice it. This is a fact that the leaders of the UTHSC College of Medicine wholeheartedly embrace. “It’s our greatest challenge and our greatest opportunity,” says Clint W. Snyder, PhD, MBA, senior associate dean… Read More

Dr. Marie Chisholm-Burns, Dean of the UTHSC College of Pharmacy, Appointed to Board of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education

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Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has been named as the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) appointee to the board of directors of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). Dr. Chisholm-Burns will be one… Read More

Medical Education at the Crossroads: Bridging the Gap

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Continued from … A New Perspective As how the College of Medicine teaches is being transformed, where it teaches is also changing. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is expanding geographically, extending its reach across the state to offer new opportunities to students from middle Tennessee. UTHSC and Saint Thomas Health (STH) have expanded their… Read More

Medical Education at the Crossroads: Team Building

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Clinical CareEducation

Continued from … Bridging the Gap The future of health care education is emerging in the heart of the UTHSC campus. When the new $24.1 million, 45,000-square-foot Multidisciplinary Simulation Building, going up in the footprint of the obsolete Feurt Pharmacy Research Building at 26 S. Dunlap Street, is finished in the summer of 2016, UTHSC will… Read More

UTHSC’s 2015 Winter Graduation Sends 162 New Health Care Professionals into the Workforce; Provides Special Moment for Mother/Daughter Nurses

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When one student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) accepted her diploma Dec. 11, she enjoyed an extra special touch: She accepted it from her mom. Natalie Amagliani, who earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, was handed her diploma by her mother, Teresa Britt, who not only works for UTHSC… Read More