Hello, everyone. Since the application cycle is getting underway, I wanted to share what I believe is an important information before deciding whether to apply to or attend Touro University Nevada.
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Also, attached is the other side of the story.
Good luck to everyone on your applications and future endeavors!
Hey Eeyore thank you so much for this, I am a ongoing OMS-II and I am just finding out about this.
For those who want the TL;DR - a student was suing an OMM professor from TUN for apparently injuring her causing her to reactivate her Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) on her foot, a symptom she has had before but has since dissolved in recent years. Her and the professor in question both agree that the professor was trying to do a certain technique on her distal fibula, which he had trouble with, so he had to do a different technique to "open" up the fibula. The student was unaware that the professor was going to do the technique and since then the pain started to occur.
The student states she went to the course director to tell her about her pain, then in the following weeks/months states they were trying to indirectly force her to drop out of school. She states that the professors would make it difficult for her to learn such as not letting her be the demonstrator anymore for any technique, making her stay longer than usual since she had to be in a partner of 3 instead of 2, and making it difficult to find a partner during their practicals. She eventually did drop but tried to sue for her tuition money back and prove that TUN was at fault.
Student then states she was offered a NDA for $25,000 from TUN, which she declined.
My opinion:
I started school in 2018 while this occurred in 2015 so TUN may or may not have done some changes over those 3 years, so with that being said I will go by the syllabus that was given to me. With that being said, I have to stand by the professor in this case due to...
i. THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON: when you first get accepted you have to give TUN a physical exam from your primary doctor. A simple google search shows that CRPS is considered the "suicide disease" due to the pain being so unbearable that people kill themselves. If she did not put this in her physical where they ask if you have had any major medical issues in the past, no matter when the CRPS was resolved (she states 7 years), this is ultimately her fault.
ii. If she knew she had this problem in her foot, then she should have refused to be a demonstrator. The first technique of the fibula has the doctors hands on the distal fibula, near the ankle where she has had her problems. One of my friends who has had a knee problem in the past refused to do this technique because he did not want any issues that could occur. Another friend of mine had fractured their clavicle years ago and avoided any techniques near it. The professors do not mind at all. (She states professors berated her for not being a demonstrator)
iii. In her article she states that the director of OASIS, a center where students can go for educational help, asked if she was dropping out of school. Students in my class have torn their ACL, been in arm slings, torn MCL, and more who have been incredibly ill during the school year, and OASIS has been more than helpful for all of them.
Another thing she must know is that in the end she wanted the professor to just apologize for what had happened as she thought the doctors intentions were for no harm in the first place. Unfortunately, doctors are hesitant to apologize for anything because patients can seek that as guilt and that is easy pickings for a layer if things go to court. He may as well be remorseful for the incident, however, he is unable to express it.
In the end I do not believe this should detour you into applying to this school. Even though this case happened 3 years before I started, I have talked to students in her class and classes before them about TUN and they all had generally positive times with the school and staff. Do not let one bad case determine your future.
and thank you for the help