Tag: medical education

UT Interim President Boyd Meets with Medical Students at UTHSC

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Education

Jennings Dooley, a second-year medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, wants to see state funding to increase medical residency slots in Tennessee. Representing a statewide student task force on the subject, Dooley sent an email to UT Interim President Randy Boyd, who has been a proponent of increasing medical residencies to… Read More

UTHSC Students Promote Tobacco-Free Lifestyles Through TAR WARS Elementary Education Program

Written by Amber Carter

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EducationPublic Service

  On October 4th, over 100 medical, occupational therapy and pharmacy students from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) took time out of their schedules to teach TAR WARS, a school-based, tobacco-free education program, to a total of 800 students at 10 local Memphis elementary schools. The students educated mostly fourth and fifth… Read More