INNOVATIVE DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS TRAINING
OSTEOPATHIC HERITAGE FOUNDATION
PRIMARY CARE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
CREATED WITH $5.4 MILLION FROM OHF
AND $2.5 MILLION FROM THE HERITAGE COLLEGE
OHIO’S PREMIER
OSTEOPATHIC CME EVENT STUDY ABROAD IN CUBA
More than 800 physicians, medical students and health care
professionals gathered in Columbus in April for five days of
educational sessions on some of the state’s most pressing health
care topics during the 2017 Ohio Osteopathic Symposium. The
event, conducted jointly by our college and the Ohio Osteopathic
Association, aims to advance the health of patients and prepare
physicians to lead the transformation of primary care. In a new study abroad program supported by Ohio University’s
Global Health Initiative, Assistant Professor of Health Policy Dan
Skinner, Ph.D., led a contingent of 12 OHIO students – medical
students as well as students in nursing, physical therapy and other
health-related fields – on a learning trip to Cuba. The group learned
about Cuba’s community-based health care model, which puts a
great emphasis on primary care.
DAN KRAJCIK, M.B.A, OMS IV
National Chair
Council of Osteopathic Student
Government Presidents
Our students saw firsthand what it’s like to respond
to a mass casualty situation when the Emergency
Medicine Club at the Heritage College, Dublin,
hosted its first-ever Disaster Day. Through this event,
students learned about triage techniques, disaster
scene safety and mass casualty management before
applying what they had learned through two disaster
simulations – a structural collapse and a school
shooting. This training was made possible by event
sponsors Mid-Ohio Emergency Services, OhioHealth
and Washington Township Fire Department.
ALYSSA RITCHIE, OMS III
Public Relations and Web
Representative
Council of Osteopathic Student
Government Presidents
RYAN PAULUS, OMS III
Outstanding Osteopathic
Student of the Year
American College of
Osteopathic Family Physicians
COLLEEN LAURENT, OMS IV
Osteopathic Medical
Board Chair
Student National Medical Association
ALYSSA GERTH, OMS III
Diversity Research
Committee Chair
Student National Medical Association