ATSU-SOMA

À propos de l'ATSU-SOMA

The Wright Center is privileged to serve as a training and educational site for medical school students and physician assistants through a strong partnership with A.T. Still University (ATSU) of Health Sciences, the founding institution of osteopathic healthcare.

ATSU, which is a leading health sciences university, consists of three campuses (Mesa, Arizona; Santa Maria, California; and Kirksville, Missouri). These learning environments include residential and online healthcare-related graduate degrees as well as community-based partnerships worldwide.

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Aspiring physicians from A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA) spend their first two years on campus in Mesa, Arizona, followed by two years doing clinical rotations at a Community Health Center, such as The Wright Center for Community Health, where they can learn to become selfless healers devoted to community service and equitable healthcare access.

In August 2020, The Wright Center welcomed its first incoming class of 11 medical school students from Arizona to Scranton, Pennsylvania. Today, The Wright Center consists of 14 medical school students who are completing their education in our clinical learning environments.

This shared learning model came about thanks to ATSU-SOMA’s partnership with the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and is part of the school’s dedication to preparing service-minded students to meet the healthcare needs of society by placing them in medically underserved areas for their training.

Dans le prolongement de cette collaboration passionnante avec l'ATSU et la NACHC, le Wright Center est devenu plus récemment un lieu d'apprentissage et de formation pour les étudiants en master inscrits au Programme d'assistant médical de la côte centrale de l'université. La première cohorte de huit étudiants en médecine assistante est arrivée au Wright Center en septembre 2022 pour commencer leurs expériences de pratique clinique supervisée. Les participants au programme résidentiel de 24 mois fréquentent l'ATSU Santa Maria en Californie pendant un an au cours de leur phase préclinique, suivie d'une phase clinique d'environ 35 semaines au Wright Center ou dans un autre centre de santé communautaire.

L'ATSU-SOMA s'engage à former les apprenants dans les communautés dont ils sont issus, comme en témoigne le succès de son programme Hometown Scholars - une initiative de recrutement qui cible les futurs médecins, dentistes et assistants médicaux de régions telles que le nord-est de la Pennsylvanie.

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The Wright Center is proud to join ATSU in renewing our local and national physician workforce and training inspired, competent doctors and other healthcare professionals. This effort was solidified when our inaugural graduating class of A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona medical students matched at residency programs across the country, including two students joining The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education.