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Making a Difference
WesternU’s IPE Team Has Big Impact on
Special Olympics World Games
W estern University of Health Leading the way was COMP Director and her team, which included student,
Sciences (WesternU) faculty,
of Clinical Education Natalie Nevin,
faculty and alumni volunteers from the
students and alumni were a critical part DO ’97, MSHPE ’97. She served as WesternU College of Pharmacy (COP),
of the success of the 2015 Special medical director for MedFest, which reviewed all medical records for roughly
Olympics World Games, held recently provided the physical exam that all 7,000 athletes from 177 countries, with
from July 25th through August 2nd. athletes needed prior to participating in an initial goal of finding high-risk
the Special Olympics World Games athletes, or ones who had incomplete
This year’s Special Olympics truly
benefited from the participation of sports programming. The exam, called paperwork.
WesternU’s colleges of pharmacy (COP), Healthy Athletes, was a health “We have to take into consideration
osteopathic medicine (COMP), graduate screening program where the athletes their special conditions and needs, as
nursing (CGN), dentistry (CDM), allied received sports physicals and a variety well as what type of athletic sports
health professions (CAHP), podiatric of free health screenings at the UCLA they’re playing, so we can weigh the
medicine (CPM) and optometry (CO). and USC campuses in Los Angeles over risks of any medical conditions they
Students, faculty and alumni from the a two day period. According to the have that will still allow them to play
colleges played key roles in organizing MedFest website, in some cases, these safely and to fully enjoy the Games,”
volunteer efforts and ensuring the health Heathly Athletes screenings were the said Nevins.
and well-being of the athletes before and first exposure that many of these Several weeks before the start of the
during the Games. athletes had to medical care. Nevins
Games, the WesternU COP team of
8 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
WesternU’s IPE Team Has Big Impact on
Special Olympics World Games
W estern University of Health Leading the way was COMP Director and her team, which included student,
Sciences (WesternU) faculty,
of Clinical Education Natalie Nevin,
faculty and alumni volunteers from the
students and alumni were a critical part DO ’97, MSHPE ’97. She served as WesternU College of Pharmacy (COP),
of the success of the 2015 Special medical director for MedFest, which reviewed all medical records for roughly
Olympics World Games, held recently provided the physical exam that all 7,000 athletes from 177 countries, with
from July 25th through August 2nd. athletes needed prior to participating in an initial goal of finding high-risk
the Special Olympics World Games athletes, or ones who had incomplete
This year’s Special Olympics truly
benefited from the participation of sports programming. The exam, called paperwork.
WesternU’s colleges of pharmacy (COP), Healthy Athletes, was a health “We have to take into consideration
osteopathic medicine (COMP), graduate screening program where the athletes their special conditions and needs, as
nursing (CGN), dentistry (CDM), allied received sports physicals and a variety well as what type of athletic sports
health professions (CAHP), podiatric of free health screenings at the UCLA they’re playing, so we can weigh the
medicine (CPM) and optometry (CO). and USC campuses in Los Angeles over risks of any medical conditions they
Students, faculty and alumni from the a two day period. According to the have that will still allow them to play
colleges played key roles in organizing MedFest website, in some cases, these safely and to fully enjoy the Games,”
volunteer efforts and ensuring the health Heathly Athletes screenings were the said Nevins.
and well-being of the athletes before and first exposure that many of these Several weeks before the start of the
during the Games. athletes had to medical care. Nevins
Games, the WesternU COP team of
8 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
