Osteopathic medicine program
at Seton Hill celebrates 10 years
In August 2009, Seton Hill welcomed
its first class of osteopathic
medicine students.
These students were the first to
take advantage of a partnership
program with the Lake Erie College of
Osteopathic Medicine at Seton Hill.
Entering as Seton Hill freshmen,
these students had a seat waiting for
them in the new medical school on
Seton Hill’s Greensburg campus.
In the 10 years since then, LECOM
at Seton Hill has graduated 700
physicians.
The collaboration between LECOM
and Seton Hill has proven so beneficial
that it has been expanded to
include cooperative degree programs
in pharmacy and dental medicine.
While at Seton Hill, students heading
to medical, dental and pharmacy
school take advantage of learning
with mobile technology in advanced
facilities.
“Reading one page of your textbook
could take hours, especially for
first- and second-year students,” said
professor of biology Jamie Fornsaglio,
Ph.D.
By using apps, such as Voicethread
— where Fornsaglio can lecture over
a PowerPoint presentation, students
can read the chapters on their own
time.
They can also outline and take
notes to make concrete connections
between what they are reading and
what she is saying.
Fornsaglio also created an online
lab manual that takes students
through the protocols for lab exercises
and offers video tutorials on
certain procedures.
Students can access the information
on their phone, an iPad or the
MacBook Air laptops Seton Hill provides
to full-time students.
“They can watch me doing a lab
procedure while they are doing it,”
she said. “I can be in 24 places at
one time with the video. I believe this
enhances student understanding and
interest in their research — while also
improving their preparedness and
confidence in the lab.”
Find out more about the Osteopathic
Medicine Program at Seton
Hill, and all of Seton Hill’s offerings
in the natural and health sciences, at
setonhill.edu/nhs.
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