Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Plexus Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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SCHOOL OF MEDICINE With its headquarters nestled in the heart of the South Plains, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center is a dynamic and flourishing institution with positive and growing impact throughout the Pad state and Southwest, Mandates for the Schoolof Medicine are to provide quality medical educa- ‘ ni tion, to address problems of health care delivery (imme | LURE Lam |) aly in rural areas, and to develop programs through- a spanner: enw teeny out West Texas with an emphasis on primary 4 health care. 5 During the first two years of study, which con- eae 8 4 sists almost entirely of basic sciences, all medical § I i students attend the Lubbock campus. Many of , LUBBOOK GENERAL 08 ! these students remain in Lubbock for their third and fourth years. Clinical experience is provided wd } | : Lubbock General Hospital in Lubbock by affiliation with Lubbock General Hospital (the primary teaching hospital), St. Mary’s Hospital, and community clinics. RiGee a SESS iii After the first two years, students may complete their education at the Regional Academic Health Center in El Paso. Third and fourth year medical students participate in clinical clerkships in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery. These clinical experiences are provided through affilitation with R.E. Thomason General Hospital (the primary teaching hospital), and are “8 Qugmented through affiliation with William Beaumont U.S. Army Medical Center and other community hospitals and facilities. William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso and fourth year students elect to attend the Texas Tech Regional Academic Health Center in Amarillo. Clinical experiences are provided through affiliations with Northwest Texas Hospital (the primary teaching hospital), the Psychiatric Pavilion, High Plains Baptist Hospital, St. Anthony’s Hospital, Veteran’s Administration Meaical Center, Killgore Children’s Psychiatric Center and Hospital, and Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, and the Bi-County Health Department. The center is also a base for coordination of rural and urban preceptorships in clinics and private practices throughout the Panhandle region. Approximately one-third of the third i Texas Tech Regional Academic Health Center in Amarillo

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SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH The School of Allied Health was Officially approved for funding by the 67th Legislature in 1981. This followed a period of development beginning with its initial approval by Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System in 1973. The first students were admitted as freshmen to baccalaureate programs in physical therapy in the fall of 1982. In the fall of 1983, freshmen were admitted to baccalaureate programs in medical technology and occupational therapy as well. Also in 1983, upper division, professional level, transfer junior students were aamitted. Furthermore, students were aamitted to coordinated degree programs in occupational therapy and physical therapy offered at the Regional Academic Health Center in El Paso, in conjunction with the University of Texas at El Paso. Coordinated degree programs in medical technology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy are being considered at the Regional Academic Health Center in Amarillo in conjunction with Amarillo College and West Texas State University. Programs in medical technology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy are anticipated in Odessa, for the Permian Basin, through affiliated degree programs. Agreements for ‘'2+ 2” progression of students through two-year colleges and the School of Allied Health are planned for the coming years. Students take pre-professional courses at the commun ity college. This course allows students to be eligible to apply for the two-year professional level sequence at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Allied Health. Today, the School of Allied Health, as an organizational entity within Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech University, implements institutional purposes and goals within the context of allied health philosophies and objectives. The School of Allied Health provides innovative and flexible programs with cost-effective quality education for a maximum number of people in the area. In addition, the School of Allied Health most importantly provides the society with graduates who will implement current innovative service policies as well as quality health care to the community.

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SCHOOL OF NURSING Although changes in methods and techniques may occur, the unique component of the practice of nursing remains the provision of care. Provision of care, nursing, is the process of assisting individuals, families or other groups to meet basic human needs in order to maintain a desired state of health. This emphasis on care is in contrast to the emphasis on cure, which is the focus of other health disciplines. The School of Nursing at TTUHSC is committed to providing high quality nursing educational programs that contribute to the availability and quality of health care services in West Texas. The School of Nursing was Officially approved for funding by the 67th Legislature and Governor William P. Clements in 1981. This followed a period of development beginning with its initial approval by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, in 1975 and aprroval for program development by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas that same year. The Continuing Nursing Education Program of the Health Sciences Center, initiated in 1979, became an element of the School of Nursing in the fall of 1981. The first students were aamitted to the baccalaureate degree program of the School of Nursing in the fall of 1981. This marked the initiation of curriculum designed to aamit students with no previous nursing course work, Licensed Vocational Nurses and Registered Nurses into a program culminating in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. The School of Nursing, formerly located in Thompson Hall on the main campus of Texas Tech University, moved during the 1985-86 Academic year to its present location in the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Building. The Permian Basin campus of the School of Nursing began accepting students in the fall of 1985 with plans to expand in the future.