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In recognition of her growing responsibilities and oversight of a maturing program, Rebecca Todd, MD, has been promoted from assistant to associate dean for the Rural Physician Leadership Program (RPLP).
As an occupational therapist, Elizabeth Rhodus, PhD, has worked closely with older Kentuckians facing Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and related dementias (ADRD). She also has witnessed firsthand how poor health, limited resources, and high poverty rates have served as barriers to proper prevention and treatment.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2022) 鈥 Linda J. Van Eldik, PhD, director of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is part of a $1.5 million grant to help further research into a possible treatment for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2022) 鈥 Kaitlin and Troy Clem were overjoyed to bring their fourth child, Maisyn, home on May 25, 2021, and begin the journey of raising their newborn. Everything seemed normal for the first several months of her life.
But, slowly, Maisyn鈥檚 parents began noticing that something was not quite right.
Have you ever watched a movie or TV show where a character has the same job as you, but they鈥檝e gotten the details all wrong?
From smooth-talking lawyers who are always in the courtroom to suave doctors who are performing lifesaving surgeries in a moment鈥檚 notice 鈥 it鈥檚 no secret, Hollywood often dramatizes what it would be like to work in certain professions.
Ten years ago, the 海角禁区 College of Medicine recruited four of its second-year medical students for an educational experiment. With a goal of preparing more physicians to practice in the rural areas of the Commonwealth and beyond, the college asked these students to immerse themselves in small-town Kentucky, learning rural medicine onsite at a rural medical campus in Morehead.
Over the past five years, the 海角禁区 College of Medicine Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME) has undergone a remarkable transformation. GME has added 21 new residency and fellowship programs, 200 additional fellows and residents, and a new partnership with the Medical Center at Bowling Green to its varied graduate medical education training offerings.
After welcoming its fourth class of medical students during this summer鈥檚 white coat ceremony, the 海角禁区 College of Medicine-Northern Kentucky Campus is well positioned to help alleviate the state鈥檚 physician shortage. As such, a new leadership position has been established to address needs associated with a growing student body and expanding footprint in the region.
Before medical students treat patients in real-life situations, they need practice. Students gain that necessary experience through simulated patient interactions in the 海角禁区 College of Medicine鈥檚 standardized patient (SP) program.
SP program staff Joseph Gatton and Melissa Wilkeson are well-equipped to ensure the program creates authentic clinical experiences.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 12, 2022) 鈥 A new study published by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that the common steroid betamethasone could be used to reduce unwanted side effects of radiation treatments for prostate cancer.
HAZARD, Ky. (Aug. 11, 2022) 鈥 More than a week into recovery and relief efforts following the devastating floods in Eastern Kentucky, Key Douthitt, M.D., sums up the experience with two words: 鈥淚鈥檓 exhausted.鈥
The 海角禁区 College of Medicine-Northern Kentucky Campus celebrated a giant milestone this summer as it welcomed a fourth class of medical students during its white coat ceremony. The excitement will continue because this also means the campus鈥檚 inaugural class will graduate this spring.
The 海角禁区 College of Medicine Office of Medical Education has selected Kimberly Jones, MD, associate professor of child neurology, as its new assistant dean for student affairs focusing on the advancement of learning communities.
Heart failure is prevalent across the Commonwealth and develops when a patient鈥檚 heart cannot deliver enough oxygen. The clinical teams at 海角禁区 HealthCare provide world-class care to 40,000 patients with this condition each year.
As a faculty preceptor for the Introduction to Clinical Medicine course, Hilary Surratt, PhD, associate professor of behavioral science, has witnessed learners engage in thoughtful dialogue around biases. However, she said they sometimes struggle in understanding how bias impacts clinical care.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 3, 2022) 鈥 The Commonwealth of Kentucky is dealing with a second catastrophic weather event in just a matter of months. Back in December, areas of Western Kentucky were decimated by some of the strongest tornadoes to hit the state in recent memory.
On Thursday, July 28, historic flooding consumed a large portion of eastern Kentucky and the Appalachian region. Kentuckians in the affected areas will likely feel the catastrophic effects of this tragedy for weeks, months, and even years to come as officials assess the extent of the damage and continually report a rising death toll.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 29, 2022) 鈥 Grammy Award-winning Boyz II Men are hoping to win some money for 海角禁区 HealthCare鈥檚 Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 29, 2022) 鈥 Carmen Wilson assumed her experience was normal.