Author: Fran Higgins
Imaging is Important
Lisa Bartenhagen knows medical imaging is important not just because she is a registered radiographer and radiation therapist, but because this image is of her son, Broc’s, head after grid placement. These grids were surgically implanted to map Broc’s brain activity prior to a frontal lobectomy. Not only did radiographers play a major role […]
Oct 29, 2013
Congratulations to Marcia Hess Smith, President-Elect
Marcia Hess Smith, BS, CNMT, program director of our Nuclear Medicine Technology Education program, won the position of President-Elect for the Board of Directors of the Nuclear Medicine Technologist Certification Board, their profession’s national certification body. Congratulations, Marcia!
Oct 28, 2013
PT Awardees in the news
In case you missed this in UNMC Today: Dawn Venema, Ph.D., and Sara Bills, of UNMC’s department of physical therapy education, were honored…
Oct 25, 2013
Congratulations, Stephane VanderMeulen, president-elect for national association
At the recent Physician Assistant Education Association’s (PAEA’s) meetings in Memphis, TN, Stephane VanderMeulen, MPAS, PA-C, assistant professor in the division of PA education, was elected president-elect for the national association. PAEA is the only national organization representing physician assistant education in the United States. Currently there are 181 accredited entry-level programs in the country […]
Oct 24, 2013
How do you make "billing and coding" fun?
When Dr. Pat Hageman, the course instructor for PHYT 502 Foundations in PT, realized her lecture on “billing and coding for reimbursement of PT services” was scheduled immediately prior to the students’ Anatomy exam on “head and neck” content, she improvised by switching her lecture into a “game” versus a lecture. Professor Betsy Becker, course […]
Oct 24, 2013
SAHP Pumpkin Decorating Contest Winners
Congratulations to our winners of the 2nd annual SAHP Pumpkin Carving/Painting/Decorating Contest: Pat O’Neil – First place Kim Michael – Second place
Oct 23, 2013
Welcome Sarah Frederick to the SAHP
Sarah Frederick has joined the SAHP staff in the Senior Associate Dean’s office. Here’s a little about Sarah in her own words: “I received my Bachelor’s of Arts with a concentration in Organizational Communications and minor in Business Administration from Creighton University in 2012 and currently am working on my Master’s degree in Urban Studies […]
Oct 22, 2013
Dawn Venema, PT, PhD, interviewed on recent publication
Assessing the Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Multi-Tasking By ElderBranch Team On October 11, 2013 ElderBranch interviewed Dr. Venema to discuss her paper, “Tasks matter: a cross-sectional study of the relationship of cognition and dual-task performance in older adults.” Dr. Venema wrote the paper along with Dr. Emily Bartels and Dr. Ka-Chun Siu, both also […]
Oct 16, 2013
Stop #4 on the whirlwind tour…Kearney!
RSTE faculty enjoyed reminiscing with 1979 UNMC radiography program graduate, Kathy (Vinzenz) Wroblewski at the Kearney Clinic. Tour provided by Tyler Kann, Vascular Sonographer, and Julie Riese, Radiography Supervisor.
Oct 15, 2013
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