The Department of “Pretty-It-Up”
At the start of each school year, we receive many questions from new and current students alike, asking if and how we …
RVU Office of SIMS Expands Virtual Patient Encounters
by Kelsey Link, MA, Coordinator for Office of SIMS Prior to COVID-19, the Office of Simulation in Medicine and Surgery (SIMS) had …
Increasing Diversity Efforts at RVU
by Jacqueline Powell, PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology, and Daneka Souberbielle, Pre-Clinical Career Advisor On June 2nd, RVUCOM’s student-led diversity committees in …
MSBS Votes on Class Awards
Co-written by Courtney Arndt, Administrative Assistant for MSBS Program Even though we are all working and studying at home, this did not …
Congratulations, Class of 2020!
The final weeks leading up to graduation were unlike those of any previous classes, marked by canceled travel plans, suspended celebrations, and …
Learning Patient Care and Personal Protective Equipment
In anticipation of the start of their clinical externships, third-year students at RVUCOM participated in Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine (FCM), a course …
LGBTQ+ Panel Discussion: Follow-Up Q&A
In honor of Pride Month, RVU’s Marketing Department hosted an LGBTQ+ Panel Discussion centered on the challenges faced by physicians and patients …
A Brief History of Purple Heart Day
By Sean Lynch, OMS II, President of SAMOPS The roots of the Purple Heart extend back to the Revolutionary War, when it …
Re-Release: “The Simpler We Can Make Breastfeeding, The Better It Will Be”
Originally published on March 25, 2019 To prepare students in the likely event that they treat a patient who is breastfeeding (or …
Research Supports Value of Hyper-Realistic Training for EMTs
Article written by Whitney Levitz Over the course of eight days, students and faculty from Rocky Vista University (RVU) and personnel with …