Interprofessional Education Helps Marshall University Health Care Students Learn Team-Based Approach

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Several hundred health care students at Marshall University, including students at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine as well as the schools of Pharmacy and Physical Therapy and the College of Health Professions, are learning collaborative team skills through a series of interprofessional education sessions aimed at introducing them to team-based health care. “We…

COPD Topic of Community Seminar

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University Healthcare and the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Eastern Division will sponsor a community mini-medical school program on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, commonly referred to as COPD. The seminar will be held on Tuesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. in the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center on the Berkeley Medical…

WVSU Creators Program Workshops Target Filmmakers, Musicians

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The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Economic Development Center (EDC) announces the latest Creators Program workshops targeting filmmakers and musicians. On Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7:15 p.m., filmmaker and author Eric Douglas will screen his documentary “West Virginia Voices of War” and discuss the tools and skills needed for “backpack” documentary production. Backpack production is…

Thomas Health System Welcomes Ellertson

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Thomas Health System would like to introduce David Ellertson, M.D., specializing in general and vascular surgery. Ellertson is a Board Certified Thoracic and General Surgeon specializing in all aspects of general, thoracic and vascular surgery, including endovascular procedures. In addition to endografts, he is trained in all areas of peripheral stenting. Ellertson is now accepting…

Updating the Nation’s Roadmap to Prevent and Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

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By Helen Matheny Alzheimer’s disease is shaping up to be the greatest health crisis of the 21st century. Currently, 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease—the sixth leading cause of death in America, and the only disease in the top ten with no cure or disease-modifying treatment. According to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2013 Facts and…