A.T. Still University - School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA) is a

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. It was established in 2007 as the Arizona campus of

A.T. Still University A.T. Still University (ATSU) is a private medical school based in Kirksville, Missouri, with a second campus in Arizona and third campus in Santa Maria, California. It was founded in 1892 by Andrew Taylor Still and was the world's first osteopa ...

. A.T. Still University (ATSU) is the original founding institution of osteopathic healthcare, established in 1892 by Andrew Taylor Still in

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. SOMA is accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) of the

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Campus

The medical program operates out of a building on the campus of A.T. Still University in Mesa. The campus is the anchor of the Arizona Health & Technology Park, a education, healthcare, and technology triangle owned by ATSU and Vanguard Health Systems. The master plan for the new park includes hospitals, long-term care facilities, professional offices, and product development research facilities. The campus is also home to the ATSU-Arizona School of Health Sciences, ATSU-Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, and the East Valley Family

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Academics

The curriculum at ATSU-SOMA is unique in that all of the clinical education is based at one of twelve

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throughout the country.

Training

ATSU-SOMA uses the Clinical Presentation Educational Model which teaches that there are about 120 different ways that a patient can present themself to a physician. The teaching method was based on a method developed in 1994 by the

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. Basic sciences are coupled with clinical sciences so that the students have a more comprehensive and practical foundation for each medical discipline. The curriculum design emphasizes clinical competencies which allows students to enter residency programs with greater experience with chronic disease than students educated in the majority of tertiary care-oriented academic health centers.

Community Health Center locations

ATSU-SOMA is unique in that the first year is spent at the Mesa campus and the last three years at one of many community health centers. As of 2021, ATSU-SOMA offers 16 community health center opportunities in such locations as (Alphabetically, by State): * ARIZONA **North Country Healthcare – Flagstaff, Arizona **Adelante Healthcare – Phoenix, Arizona ** El Rio Community Health Center – Tucson, Arizona *CALIFORNIA **Community Health Center of the Central Coast, Inc – Santa Maria, California **San Ysidro Health Center – San Ysidro, California **Family Healthcare Network – Tulare County, California *HAWAII **

Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center The Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC), founded in 1972, is a community health center serving the healthcare needs of the Wai‘anae Coast on the west side of O‘ahu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. When it was first established, ...

– Wai'anae, Oahu, Hawaii *ILLINOIS **Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation – Centreville, Illinois **Near North Health Service Corporation – Chicago, Illinois *NEW YORK **Sunset Park Family Health Center – Brooklyn, New York *OHIO **HealthSource of Ohio – Mt Orab, Ohio *OREGON **Northwest Regional Primary Care Association – Portland, Oregon *PENNSYLVANIA **The Wright Center for Community Health – Scranton, Pennsylvania *SOUTH CAROLINA **Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services – Ridgeland, South Carolina *TEXAS **North Central Texas Community Health Care Center – Witchita Falls, Texas *WASHINGTON **Health Point (previously Community Health Centers of King County) – Suburban Seattle, Washington

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