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Author: Fran Higgins

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

RSTE Central NE tour – Day 2

RSTE faculty have landed in Hastings, NE:

Oct 16, 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

More of the RSTE Central Nebraska tour…

Minden Nebraska houses Kearney County Health Services, a critical access facility with diagnostic radiography, CT, mammography, bone densitometry, and ultrasound imaging services. Ellie Miller, former graduate of UNMC’s radiography and diagnostic medical sonography programs, plays a central role in delivering these imaging services.  

Oct 15, 2013

RSTE faculty are visiting central Nebraska today and tomorrow…

   RSTE faculty share coffee & donuts with Lexington Regional Health Center’s Radiology Manager Jo Swartz and her radiology staff.  Lexington Regional Health Center is a 25 bed, Critical Access facility offering all Radiology services. RSTE faculty toured the newly renovated facility in Holdrege, NE. There are three former graduates of the UNMC Radiography Program […]

Oct 15, 2013

School of Allied Health Professions Pumpkin Carving/Painting/Decorating Contest!

It’s that time of year again…..do you have great pumpkin carving skills, do you like to decorate your pumpkin with a fun twist, or do you just want to join in on the fun? Then don’t miss out on the 2nd Annual School of Allied Health Professions Pumpkin Carving/Painting/Decorating Contest! You can submit an entry as an […]

Oct 14, 2013

Publication from our Medical Nutrition Education program faculty

Congratulations to Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT, and Glenda Woscyna, MS, RD, LMNT, on the publication of their article, “Demographics and Nutrition-Related Patient Care Encounters: A Survey of Physician Assistants in Nebraska.” It appears as the lead article in the Journal of PA Education, 25(3), 2013. Physician Assistant program director, Michael Huckabee, MPAS, PhD, PA-C, […]

Oct 11, 2013