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VA San Diego Dietetic Internship Program Celebrates 50 Years!San Diego Dietetic Internship Program turns 50!
Friday, May 24, 2024, marked the 50th graduating class from the VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) Dietetic Internship Program. The VASDHS Dietetic Internship is a robust 41-week long...
Stacy Pommer, the national affiliations officer for the Office of Academic Affiliations, uses an iPad with accessibility settings to enhance text while working. Pommer is currently working on a special project to improve reasonable accommodation processes at VA facilities for health professions traiEmpowering trainees with disabilities
When Stacy Pommer was 8 years old, she started to get blurry vision. By middle school she couldn’t see the chalkboard and began struggling through school. Though she had many...
Dr. Mackenzie Shanahan works with a fellow trainee using virtual reality.Houston VA virtual reality grant program
At the Michael E. DeBakey Medical Center in Houston, Texas, leaders are working to improve care for Veterans and employee well-being by expanding use of new medical technology.
Bay Pines VA nurse residentsIt's Nurses Month: Highlighting nurse residents
As we celebrate Nurses Month, OAA would like to highlight three BSN nurse residents from the first PB-RNR cohort at the Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in Bay Pines, Florida.
VAMCs across the nation celebrate Health Professions Education Week, March 11-15, 2024From coast to coast: celebrating HPE Week
Last week, March 11-15, 2024, health professions trainees, Veterans, and clinical staff in VAMCs across the country, took time to celebrate Health Professions Education Week through special events and award ceremonies.
Neurology residentsNeurology residents begin new Telestroke training
The VA National Telestroke Program (NTSP) recently began a new virtual training program for VA neurology residents, a first for the program since it began in 2017. The NTSP is a nationwide VA program...
Three health professions trainees studyingBedford VA team improves BCA for Vets
Leading educational researchers from Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and physicians from VA Bedford Healthcare System recently developed a curriculum to improve bedside cardiac assessment.
Telestroke trainingTelestroke training key in caring for Veterans
According to the American Stroke Association, strokes are the fifth cause of death and leading cause of disability in the United States. When a stroke happens, time is essential to the health of the patient.
SyKaplan clinicLate Veteran honored in clinic renaming ceremony
Friends, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) staff and VA employees gathered Dec. 8, 2023, to recognize late local Veteran Seymour “Sy” Kaplan for his impact on the Veteran community.
HPTs in TulsaSpotlight on health professions trainees in Tulsa
Carlee Grimes, PA-C, knows her father and husband, both Veterans, are in the best hands with their health care needs within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.

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