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BCMS NEWS
NEW COMMITTEE
SEEKS TO BE A BRIDGE
BETWEEN MEDICAL STUDENTS
IN SAN ANTONIO
By Jessica L. Gale
The BCMS Academic Collaboration Committee (ACC) was
created in the fall of 2017 to initiate collaboration with stu-
dents from the University of the Incarnate Word School of
Osteopathic Medicine and Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long
School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. The commit-
tee’s mission is to involve, advocate for, and support the med-
ical students of Bexar County. This committee was founded
with the intention of creating connection between the two
groups of students.
The ACC recently planned and participated in their first
service outreach event. On Easter weekend, 8 members gath-
ered at Brackenridge Park to provide families with blood pres-
sure screenings and information from the Patient Institute.
So far this year, the committee has met at each school and
has been an effective channel for getting students involved in
First and second year medical students in the BCMS ACC meeting at
other BCMS Committees. UIWSOM.
Upcoming, the ACC’s Military Liaison is planning an early
clinical leadership development event, and the Social Chairs
are planning an easy get together. Later this year, the Com-
mittee hopes to host a new student mixer at the beginning of
the school year for the first and second year medical students
at each school. We are also looking forward to facilitating a
presentation by the Student American Academy of Osteopa-
thy group from UIWSOM for Long SOM students on Os-
teopathic Manipulative Treatment.
If you would like to be involved with the BCMS ACC
please reach out to one of the student leaders, Jessica
Gale, OMS-1 at UIWSOM jgale@student.uiwtx.edu, or
Patricia Machado, MS-1 at the Long SOM at UTHSA,
machadop@livemail.uthscsa.edu. First and second year medical students in the BCMS ACC after a
meeting at the Long School of Medicine.
10 San Antonio Medicine • May 2018
