A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences or ATSU, as it is popularly known, was founded by Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, an ardent practitioner of Osteopathy, in 1892, as the first college for osteopathic medicine in the United States. Today, the college had grown into a full-fledged university for the study of all branches of health sciences. The ATSU prides itself on the more than 20 masters' degrees offered by it across a wide range of health disciplines, apart from doctorate degrees in health education, audiology, and physical therapy, as well as formal degrees in dental medicine and osteopathy.

Innovative Teaching Methods

The long history of about 117 years in healthcare education had helped the ATSU to develop courses with priority on humanistic healthcare. The principle of strong faith in the interactions in the body-mind-spirit complex of human beings and the applications of these dimensions for holistic treatment had led to the integration of a whole-person approach for human care and healing in the teaching programs and their curriculum. The faculty and the students benefit from this specialized innovation in healthcare education that had become a distinguished heritage of its own in ATSU. The originality of making students develop creating thinking helps them acquire exceptional skills and knowledge in healthcare and apply them successfully in their medical career or profession.

Online Educational Programs

The major advantage offered by A.T. Still University of Health Sciences is its online programs for healthcare education. The students would be able to complete all the requirements of the course through the Internet, right from registration and book buying to fulfilling all the administrative requirements. The student would be allowed to earn the degree on his/her own pace, with the facility of earning it in one year or take three years.

High Quality Curriculum

The coursed had been designed in such a fashion that the student would be able to acquire all the necessary skills and expertise in every program offered by ATSU. The University not only updates the curriculum of each course on a continuous basis with particular stress on the programs that are high in demand among the healthcare studies. The curriculum had been designed and developed by the exceptional faculty of the university with extensive knowledge and experience gained from academic and professional practice in the healthcare industry. The course materials are further strengthened by the support lent by the leading educators and professionals in the health management industry.

The programs provide ample opportunity to the students to learn both the theory and the practical courses thoroughly and apply them in their work environment successfully. The hoary and distinguished tradition of ATSU as the first osteopathic medical school in US presents the students to pass out with dignity and reputation as alumni of a great healthcare institution. Deserving students who meet the stipulated qualifications would be eligible for financing to complete the courses they desire.