Author: Fran Higgins
Of note…
A couple of articles of note from UNMC Today, in case you missed them, and a bit of horn-tooting (self-promotion, which I can’t help because I run the blog): Student Spotlight – Meet Nick Baker (Cytotechnology student) Two School of Allied Health Professions faculty have recently been named president-elect… Fran Higgins has two poems in […]
Nov 1, 2013
Spirit Week a Success!
Okay, maybe that’s a subjective title. If you measure success in smiles, however, it’s spot on. Just look through the pictures UNMC posted to Flickr! Everybody was having a good time. Even the folks with whipped cream dripping off their faces were smiling. The money donated for a chance to “pie” someone did go to […]
Nov 1, 2013
Congratulations to Lisa Bartenhagen!
Submitted by Tanya Custer Lisa Bartenhagen, MS, RT(R)(T), program director in our Radiation Therapy program, recently collaborated with the American Society of Radiologic Technologist to create a teaching module on Image Guided Radiation Therapy. Lisa’s directed reading within the module was titled Image Guided Radiation Therapy: Overview. The module will help radiation therapy educators teach […]
Oct 31, 2013
PA Team takes the Gold!
A hint of spud lingered near the third floor entrance to Bennett Hall even after the last scavenger hunt team passed the potato. Yes, that was the task at my Spirit Week volunteer station. As each team lined up below the walkway from Wittson to Bennett, I placed a large potato between the first person’s […]
Oct 30, 2013
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
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- by Jeffrey RobbInterim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, will highlight UNMC’s momentum and strategic priorities for the future.
- by Jeffrey RobbEvents scheduled for Monday allow the UNMC community to join the conversation on global health.
- by Kelsey KirkA crowd of more than 300 people helped bring in more than $43,000 during this year's Walk and Roll for Disabilities.
- by Jeffrey RobbSmitha Mathew, MBBS, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation, will give the presentation April 21.
- by Jeffrey RobbThe event, at the Ruth & Bill Scott Student Plaza, will raise awareness about suicide prevention and mental health resources.