College Of Osteopathic Medicine To Open In Clovis Fall 2019
The medical school would help address a shortage of doctors in the central San Joaquin Valley.
Fresno Bee:
Clovis Would Be Site For Osteopathic Medical School
The Assemi family, which opened a private pharmacy school in Clovis four years ago, on Tuesday announced plans for a college of osteopathic medicine that would open with a first class in fall 2019. California Health Sciences University, which operates the pharmacy school, has been granted approval to begin an accreditation process for a medical college, said Florence Dunn, university president. ... The medical school would address a shortage of doctors in the central San Joaquin Valley, Dunn said. Osteopathic doctors, known by the degree initials DO, tend to practice in primary care, which would fill a critical need in the Valley. Statewide, there are 64 primary care doctors per 100,000 patients, but in the Valley, there are 47. (Anderson, 11/22)
In other news from across the state —
San Jose Mercury News:
Leland Club Aims To Change Minds About Mental Illness
The Let’s club and others like it fall under the auspices of Bring Change 2 Mind, a nonprofit co-founded by actress Glenn Close, whose sister has bipolar disorder and whose nephew has schizophrenia. The clubs are one platform the organization uses to help raise awareness, understanding and empathy for mental health issues. (Gelhaus, 11/22)
Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
Celebrations: Petaluma Teens Keep Mom Alive With CPR
Tena Jackson has no memory of the morning she died. The Petaluma educator only knows her two teenage daughters helped bring her back to life, despite their panic and fear. Jackson, 52, suffered cardiac arrhythmia in April 2015, collapsing in her living room from sudden cardiac arrest. She was face down on the floor, initially with a sporadic pulse. Her daughters, Emmy and Koko Stephens-Jackson, then 13 and 16, worked together, Emmy on the phone with a 911 operator and Koko performing CPR from her instructions. (Hart, 11/22)
Orange County Register:
Teledentistry Program Goes To School On Kids
Salvador, 11, walked across the hall from his classroom at Danbrook Elementary and into the makeshift dentist’s office in another classroom to get his teeth cleaned. The dental visit and cleaning is part of a new free pilot teledentistry program by Garden Grove-based Healthy Smiles For Kids of Orange County. If successful, the Smiles X-Press – the first in Orange County – would bring the dentist office into schools that serve families in a socially and economically disadvantaged area. Healthy Smiles is trying the program out at Danbrook. (Pimentel, 11/22)