Baptist University College of Osteopathic Medicine students start the school year with a day of service
WHAT: Nearly 158 Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine students will volunteer at 10 different community organizations in the metro-Memphis area during orientation. Students will pack food boxes, clean and serve at The Salvation Army, Catholic Charities of West Tennessee, the Dorothy Day House, Room in the Inn, City View Towers, YMCA, Youth Villages, Collierville Animal Society, MIFA and Elmwood Cemetery. This year marks the third consecutive year of day of service activities for Baptist University students.
WHEN: Friday, July 31
9 a.m. to noon
WHERE: YMCA
7171 Goodlet Farms Pkwy.
Cordova, TN 38016
Students will be packing food for children.
BACKGROUND: Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine is the first school for Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine in Memphis and West Tennessee and one of 15 majors of study offered by the college of osteopathic medicine. Part of Baptist Memorial Health Care, one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems with 25 hospitals across Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine’s DO students have the unique opportunity to study and train at some of the best hospitals and with one of the largest multispecialty physician groups in the Mid-South. Like medical doctors, Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine students who focus on a holistic, patient-centered medical approach, complete four years of medical school, followed by residency and fellowship training. The primary campus for the school includes a 100,000-square-foot building with the latest medical technology in Memphis’ medical district.
INTERVIEW/PHOTOGRAPHY OPPORTUNITIES:
- Ryan Costello, assistant clinical sciences professor, Baptist Health Sciences University
- Sarah Stevens, assistant professor of biomedical sciences, Baptist Health Sciences University
- Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine students
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