VCOM - Auburn 2018 Yearbook

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21 Usually a peaceful area, the courtyard at the new Auburn University School of Nursing building was a frantic scene on Friday, April 27 as wave after wave of simulated disaster victims scrambled for assistance during this year’s Disaster Day Drill . VCOM-Auburn osteopathic medical students and AU School of Nursing students worked quickly to assess injuries, sort victims and get them transported to simulated hospital emergency rooms on the second floor.

22 Nineteen teams of students converged on Chewacla State Park in Auburn for a wilderness medicine adventure race . In all, 57 competitors ran and hiked 10 miles of trail, biked three miles and kayaked ½ mile. The race included five simulated medical scenarios where students were required to treat injured patients with the supplies that they carried in their packs. Taking first place in the race was a group of third-year students

23 On Wednesday, May 16, VCOM-Auburn held its first Via Research Recognition Day . This event serves as a forum for health professionals and scientists in academic institutions, teaching hospitals and practice sites to present and benefit from new research innovations and programs intended to improve the health of all people.

24 On Friday, June 1, faculty, staff, administrators and students from the class of 2020 gathered at the Irish Bred Pub in Opelika, Alabama for the second annual “ Boot the Second Years Party. ” This event serves as a send- off for second-year students that are leaving campus to go on clinical rotations. Playing at the party was the band “Route 66,” which features none other than VCOM-Auburn OB/GYN Co-Chair R. Kraig Smith, MD.

including James Boone, William Hamrick and Gunnar Magnuson.

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