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ATSU-KCOM students host Teddy Bear Clinic

Some children can find the doctor's office unsettling at first. ATSU-KCOM students showed how different tests aren't scary at all, as children tried them out on their favorite stuffed animal friends.

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU) students showed children a visit to a doctor’s office isn’t anything to worry about during Friday’s Teddy Bear Clinic on the Kirksville, Missouri, campus.

ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) students in the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians Club put on the event. Children brought their stuffed animal friends and visited different stations where students demonstrated tests one might undergo during a visit to a doctor.

Children were able to handle different instruments and try them out on their stuffed animals.

Children participate in the Teddy Bear Clinic
Children had a chance to try different tests they might run into at a doctor’s office on their stuffed animal friends during the Teddy Bear Clinic.

Bucky, the ATSU Ram of Reason, also visited and underwent a few tests.

Bucky gets checked out
Bucky underwent some of the tests, too, at the Teddy Bear Clinic.
Bucky pictured with KCOM students
Bucky gets his height checked by ATSU-KCOM students during the Teddy Bear Clinic.

Of course, Bucky also met with children for high-fives, hugs, and smiles.

Bucky greets a child
Bucky was on hand to say hello to visiting children at the Teddy Bear Clinic.
A child approaches Bucky for a hug
Bucky is always ready to hand out hugs, and the Teddy Bear Clinic was no exception.
A child hugs Bucky
Bucky was there for hugs and smiles at the Teddy Bear Clinic.

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