Two researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will lead a new institute that aims to address health inequities in the South. UTHSC’s Karen Johnson, endowed professor of women’s health in the Department of Preventative Medicine, and Michelle Martin, director of the Center for Innovation in Health Equity Research and professor of… Read More
The UTHSC College of Nursing Partnership Enrollment Programs (PEPs) will allow eligible students enrolled at LeMoyne-Owen and Rhodes colleges to receive guaranteed full admission into UTHSC’s accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. Students who meet additional requirements will also be able to participate in a bridge Doctor of Nursing (DNP) or Ph.D. program.
Health care depends on different disciplines working together to address patient needs. But, historically interprofessionalism was not a part of the traditional health science education system, according to Sajeesh Kumar, associate professor of health informatics and information Management at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
MMDC is comprised of Baptist College of Health Sciences, Memphis Bioworks Foundation, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Regional One Health, Southern College of Optometry, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Southwest Tennessee Community College and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has promoted one of its own, and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is expanding again.
Before local medical students can train with actual patients, they have to log time on a simulator. A very human-like simulator. Think a blinking, breathing, crying, baby-birthing simulator. Next month, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will officially open its latest project, the $39.7 million Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS).
On the best medical schools list, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center had a research rank of No. 72 and a primary care rank of No. 61. Its College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice rank was No. 23.
Bishop William Young and Pastor Dianne Young, founders of the Suicide in the Black Church conference, had a vision to have a clinic at their church. With a background in community health — primarily mental health — the couple was introduced to Dr. David M. Stern, vice chancellor for health for statewide initiatives at University… Read More
