Category: Education

UTHSC College of Pharmacy Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns Receives Prestigious Awards

Written by Amelia Ables

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EducationPublic Service

Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, FAST, dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Pharmacy, has received several prestigious honors recently. She is the recipient of the 2022 American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Outstanding Dean Award and the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) Board of… Read More

UTHSC College of Nursing Offers Inaugural Kaleidoscope Story Slam

Written by Leigh Ann Roman

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EducationPublic Service

Storytelling is one of the earliest human art forms, and it still packs a punch even in our high-tech culture. The power of storytelling will be on full display at the inaugural Kaleidoscope Story Slam at 6:00 p.m., March 24, in the Schreier Auditorium of the Student-Alumni Center, 800 Madison. Hosted by the University of… Read More

First Cohort of Herbert Shainberg Scholars Arrive in Israel

Written by Amelia Ables

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Education

The first cohort of the Herbert Shainberg Scholars Program have officially arrived in Israel. Colbe Earles and Macy Cottrell are studying at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev during March as part of the new student exchange program that gives fourth-year students in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Medicine an… Read More

UTHSC Hiring People to Play Role of Patients in Simulation Trainings for Health Care Students

Written by Jane Roberts

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Education

Every year, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center produces hundreds of health care professionals ready to begin seeing patents. In their training, every one of them has practiced caring for people who are paid to act out specific roles or conditions. Simulated patients, or SPs, are adults, 18 and older, who portray common conditions… Read More

Chancellor Peter Buckley to Hold Campus-Wide Listening Sessions

Written by Amelia Ables

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

Since arriving at UTHSC in February, Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD, has been focused on understanding challenges, successes, and ways the university must grow and evolve to meet the mission of improving the health and well-being of Tennessee and the global community. To that end, he will host several listening sessions, which will allow for direct… Read More

John Schorge, MD, Joins UTHSC College of Medicine As Chair of OB/GYN on April 1

Written by Amelia Ables

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Clinical CareEducationPublic ServiceResearch

John Schorge, MD, will join the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center as the chair of obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) on April 1. Coming from Tufts Medical Center in Boston, he brings nearly three decades of experience. As OB/GYN chair and as a gynecologic oncologist, Dr. Schorge will be working with… Read More

Doctor of Nursing Practice Student Focuses Service, Education on Mental Illness

Written by Leigh Ann Roman

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Clinical CareEducation

Tori Boyland, BSN, is a nurse on a mission to normalize mental illness. “I don’t understand, from the community’s perspective, why it is so easy to accept other illnesses, but not mental illness. A patient with cancer requires many of the same things a patient with mental illness does – medication, support, a healthy diet,”… Read More

Black Student Association Celebrates 30 Years of Honoring Outstanding Black Student Leaders

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Seven exemplary students were honored Friday, February 25, during the 30th annual Black Student Association (BSA) Awards Ceremony at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Held virtually for the past two years because of the pandemic, the ceremony honors the accomplishments of graduating Black student leaders from each of the six colleges at UTHSC.… Read More