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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Author: Fran Higgins

Dr. Karim Bandali to Present Today

As part of the SAHP Research Development Seminar Series, Dr. Karim S. Bandali, Chair of Cardiovascular Perfusion, The Michener Institute of Applied Health Science, Toronto, Ontario, will present, “The Use of Simulation in Inter-Professional Health Science Education” today, Friday, January 15, 2010 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in MSC 2018.

Jan 15, 2010

CLS staff gives Peoplesoft admissions programs good reviews

Article published in UNMC Today, Friday, January 8, 2010 by Chuck Brown, UNMC public relations   The PeopleSoft system has earned good reviews from the School of Allied Health Profession’s Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program, which recently used the new system for its admissions cycle. Link to full article.

Jan 8, 2010

Tammy Jones Publishes on Hand Washing

The Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences (AEIRS) Spectrum newsletter published an article in the December 2009 issue, “Hand Washing: More Important than Ever!” by Tammy L. Jones, MPA, RT(R), assistant professor in radiography education.  This article is valuable for practitioners, faculty, staff, and students in every program.

Jan 5, 2010

Season's Greetings from the UNMC Ice Rink

Most of you are gone for the holiday, but yesterday proved a beautiful day to hit the ice rink. To literally hit the ice rink. Seriously, it was a blast and I highly recommend you get out there as soon as you can (once the ice storm is over, of course). Happy Holidays, Fran

Dec 23, 2009

Holiday Tea Revelers

Some of us allied healthers made it over to the holiday tea yesterday where PR caught us enjoying the goodies. Glad we only took one candy cane each! Speaking of revelry — don’t forget the potluck on Monday!

Dec 15, 2009

SAVE THE DATE: March 27, 2010

Prospective college students and advisors: join us for an insider’s view of the School of Allied Health Professions. We’re offering you a BACKSTAGE PASS on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 1:00-4:30 p.m. The day will include informational sessions and tours of our 11 programs: Clinical Laboratory Science, Clinical Perfusion, CT/MRI, Cytotechnology, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Medical […]

Dec 7, 2009

Nuclear Medicine Students Keeping it Cool

These first-year nuclear medicine students were some of the first to try out the new outdoor ice skating rink today. Looks like they enjoyed our new winter wonderland.

Dec 4, 2009

Higgins Receives Certificate

To toot one’s horn or not to toot one’s horn: that was the question? The answer I received: toot away, so here goes. I successfully presented my portfolio last week at UNO for the certificate in Advanced Writing. The fifteen credit hours for this included Grant Writing, Narrative Nonfiction, Travel Writing, Experiments in Creative Nonfiction, and […]

Dec 2, 2009

We Have a Winner…But…

Jill Carson in Public Relations was the first to correctly identify my whereabouts in the “Where in UNMC” contest, with Michelle Simon in Distance Education a close second. (Michelle also identified Elephanto’s location in the photo, so I’ll have to think of something special for her.) However… Elephanto met with a little accident this morning, […]

Nov 23, 2009

Where in UNMC…?

The UNMC campus is a beautiful place to work and study, and it’s also a healthy environment, especially since the campus went tobacco-free. In a comment to this post, be the first to correctly identify my location in this picture and Elephanto will join you at your desk for the next week or two. Can you […]

Nov 23, 2009