Still University's National Center for American Indian Health Professions is dedicated to helping American Indians and Alaska Natives to become physicians, dentists, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals. Still University (ATSU) is the original founding institution of osteopathic healthcare, established in 1892 by Andrew Taylor Still. ATSU is made up of two campuses (Kirksville, Mo., and Mesa, Ariz.) on more than 200 acres with six prestigious schools. Learning environments include online and on-campus options as well as community-based partnerships worldwide. ATSU has more than 700 employees dedicated to its not-for-profit mission and an average annual enrollment of over 3,100 students from 35 countries. ATSU is known for its pre-eminence as a multidisciplinary healthcare educator. The University is focused on combining the founding tenets of osteopathic medicine and the advancing knowledge of today's science. ATSU continually earns distinctions as the graduate healthcare university with best-in-class curriculum and a community outreach mission to serve the underserved. The University has a rich history of leadership in both healthcare education and correlated research. ATSU instills within students the compassion, experience and knowledge required to address the whole person and shape healthcare in communities where needs are greatest. Inspired to influence whole person healthcare, ATSU graduates contribute to the future of integrated care while also leading with a selfless passion in the communities they serve. A total of 23 best-of-class degree programs prepare skilled, compassionate graduates to become respected leaders in healthcare. OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE:
Osteopathic medicine is a unique form of American medical care that was developed in 1874 by Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO, founder and namesake of A.T. Still University (ATSU), the world’s first osteopathic medical school. Dissatisfied with 19th century healthcare, Dr. Still founded a philosophy of medicine based on ideas that date back to Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, and which focuses on the unity of musculoskeletal system as a key element of health. Osteopathic physicians take a whole person approach to caring for patients. Instead of treating specific symptoms or illnesses, they regard the body as an integrated whole. Instead of treating specific symptoms or illnesses, they regard the body as an integrated whole.
“Over the past few years, osteopathic medicine’s traditional principles and practices (especially those focused on patient-centered, preventive care) have been heralded as central features of the kind of health care system that reform efforts aim to implement,” states Stephen C. Shannon, DO, MPH, President, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. “In other words, osteopathic medical schools are educating the kind of physicians this country needs, and that fact is being increasingly recognized throughout the nation.”
WHOLE PERSON HEALTHCARE:
At ATSU, our students and faculty are part of a distinguished heritage of humanistic healthcare based on an integrated approach that includes the body, mind, and spirit of each patient. All three elements work in tandem to provide a more thorough and highly personalized healthcare delivery model that promotes wellness and meets the health needs of each patient. This approach distinguishes ATSU for innovation in post-graduate healthcare education. Graduates become compassionate leaders proposing global health solutions and meeting unmet community health needs. The whole person approach begins with a belief in the interactions of the body, mind, and spirit, and continues with an understanding of how these dimensions can be treated holistically. Each program, from audiology to dentistry, family practice to public health, integrates the principles of whole person healthcare into its curriculum and emphasizes the important role of health education, health coaching and well-coordinated treatment plans that foster collaboration with each patient. Integrated, experiential learning forms the base of ATSU’s educational foundation. Each student is encouraged to participate in a wellness program, to study nutrition, psychology, and problem-based learning, and to join in the many co-curricular activities that bring our faculty and students together not only to optimize learning but also to enlighten and inspire. EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE:
A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) integrated learning platform includes the principles of evidence-based medicine (EBM) alongside ATSU’s founding tenets of whole person healthcare. Students learn not only in the classroom but also in actual practice settings. The elements of evidence-based medicine can be applied to any patient treatment-oriented practice field, allowing medical and healthcare workers to provide each patient with current treatment options based on the latest, most clinically relevant research including clinical trial results. HIPAA and FERPA statement:
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