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Sycamore Wellness and Applied Medicine Center Rm 214

SPEAKER SERIES: November 20, 2011, 5 PM - 6 PM & November 22, 12 PM - 1 PM

Perspective in Medicine: Injury Prevention and Management for Runners 

Sunday, November 20: Sycamore Center for Wellness and Applied Medicine, Room 235 (567 North 5th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809)
Tuesday, November 22: Landsbaum Center Main Auditorium

*See flier for additional details.

HIV Speaker Series: November 9, 2011

The HIV MATEC group from Indianapolis visited campus November 9th to do a two-part series presentation on HIV infection. This event was open to any students and faculty at no cost.

Part 1: Part I features an interactive patient simulation moderated by MATEC staff.  A real patient with HIV will be present.  This session will provide clinicians an opportunity to conduct a history and physical (initial visit) with a live patient as a group with the support of faculty and MATEC staff.

Part 2: Part II features MATEC's Clinical Coordinator, Christine Balt, DNP, AACRN, FNP-BC, FNAP, will provide an overview of HIV care that includes an epidemiological update, a review of risk factors for HIV and an overview of social issues related to HIV/AIDS. She will also touch on concepts important to the management of HIV disease. Concepts covered include, but are not limited to: Function of the immune system, clinical manifestations, opportunistic infections, diagnostic tests and laboratory tests. 

 
   

Anatomy Workshop: November 3, 2011, 9 am - 12 PM, AMR Gross Anatomy Lab

Dr. David Dominguese, Assistant Professor of Anatomy in the Department of Applied Medicine & Rehabilitation will be conducting health care education workshops for high school students from Fountain/Warner County schools during the fall 2011 and spring 2012 school semesters.  Students will have the opportunity to explore medical science with a focus on anatomy in a different arena and perspective, the gross anatomy lab at Indiana State University.  Students will be exposed to the professions of health care by interacting with health care professionals and by hands on learning of radiology and identification of models for anatomical structures, along with real human specimens.  The goal of the workshops is to introduce students to health care professions and provide real life experiences.    

The workshops are funded by the Focus Indiana Health Care Initiative Grant and partnership with WCI-AHEC

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