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The CRASH screening tool, which is used to identify older drivers who need a behind-the-wheel test, was not recommended for clinical practice, according to findings recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. College of Medicine professor Alice Pomidor discusses other tools and strategies primary care providers can use to screen older drivers.

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FSU College of Medicine professor Rob Glueckauf is Director of the African-American Alzheimer’s Caregiver Training and Support 2 (ACTS 2) Project, which just received a Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiving Legacy Award. ACTS 2 is one of three organizations selected as a winner, with each receiving an award of $20,000 each. ACTS 2 meets the needs of distressed African American caregivers of older adults with dementia using culturally-sensitive, no-fee, skills-training and support.

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Babcock Ranch Health & Wellness Center in Southwest Florida has partnered with Lee Health in to bring family doctors and other medical services to the city. The health system will occupy 21,000 square feet in the town’s two-story health and wellness center, currently under construction. Second- and third-year Lee Health residents from Florida State University’s College of Medicine will staff the center’s six exam rooms, according to Gary Goforth, who oversees the hospital’s residency program.

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Fifty-two percent of Newtown residents live below the poverty line, and for many, emergency rooms were the only place to see a doctor; by the time they went, treatable conditions had often become chronic or fatal. But since July 2017 when Sarasota Memorial’s Health Care System’s Jean & Alfred Goldstein Health Center opened, Newtown residents have had access to regular, affordable healthcare in their own neighborhood. The practice houses the FSU College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program at Sarasota Memorial Hospital directed by Wiese-Rometsch.

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In recognition of January being Human Trafficking Awareness Month, FSU College of Medicine professor and Director of Clinical Programs Suzanne Harrison was training about 60 health care professionals on Friday, January 19, as part of the Big Bend's efforts to raise awareness of labor and sex trafficking. Florida has the third-highest number of trafficking reports of any state, making training for health care proffessionals important as they often encounter victims in their work but miss the signs.

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An article in the AAMCNews Innovation Series examines how researchers are making headway in diagnosing autism within the first years of life—the key to more effective treatment, better outcomes. As part of the effort, Amy Wetherby, College of Medicine professor and director of the Autism Institute, is leading a network of researchers studying whether an online tool—the Autism Navigator—can effectively turn community health workers into autism interventionists.

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On Friday, Jan. 12, friends and colleagues of James Stockwell and Wade Douglas gathered in the front lobby of the Madison County Memorial Hospital (MCMH) to bid farewell-but not goodbye-to Dr. Stockwell and to welcome Douglas to the MCMH medical staff. Douglas is a professor at the College of Medicine and is the Director of the General Surgery Residency Program at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare.

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Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Associate Professor of Geriatrics Gregory Turner co-authored a Journal of Regional Medical Campuses article with Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law Director Marshall Kapp. The article entitled "Promoting Physician/Attorney Collaboration on Behalf of Older Individuals: The Contribution of Medical School Regional Campuses," discusses the often deficient record of physician/attorney interprofessional collaboration and reports on a project designed to improve such collaboration.

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"Unraveling the biological mysteries of heart disease – and more importantly, what can be done to combat this devastating disease – is more than an academic quest for Jose Pinto."

Pinto, an associate professor of biomedical sciences at the College of Medicine, is one of the many FSU researchers conducting cutting-edge research related to the heart and cardiovascular diseases. The article also explores the work of Branko Stefanovic, Cathy Levenson, Mohamed Kabbaj and Judy Muller-Delp.

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Polk County commissioners voted 5-0 to use $3.7 million to help finance a clinic at Winter Haven Hospital for a family medicine residency program in partnership with the FSU College of Medicine.