Category: Health
PT student philanthropy over Thanksgiving cheers two families
This holiday season, the Students of the University of Nebraska American Physical Therapy Association (SUNAPTA) delivered Thanksgiving meals to two families in need. “We went out into the community, planned, grocery shopped, and made the deliveries,” said Caitlin Boadwee, SPT. The families of four, whose children attend Fontanelle Forest Elementary School, were extremely grateful for […]
Dec 3, 2015
PT Alumni Chapter sponsors multiple events
The Physical Therapy Alumni Chapter sponsored a farewell pizza party for the third-year students the week before they departed on their clinical rotations. The Chapter and the Division of PT Education were also sponsors of the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association Fall Conference held at UNMC on Oct 17th as well as financial sponsors of the […]
Nov 20, 2015
UNMC PAs represent at national PAEA meeting and forum
Stephane VanderMeulen, MPAS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, Division of Physician Assistant Education, managed the gavel as President over the annual business meeting at the national Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Education Forum in Washington, DC, this past week. Under her leadership, the PAEA has had an extraordinarily effective year in building collaborative relationships with the American […]
Nov 19, 2015
Distance Learning Grows in Cytotechnology at UNMC
The ASC Bulletin, official publication of the American Society of Cytopathology, published a short article by Amber Donnelly, PhD, MPH, SCT(ASCP), program director for our cytotechnology program. Read the article, “Distance Learning Grows in Cytotechnology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center,” here.
Nov 18, 2015
Hoffman presents on IPE research at CAB-V conference
Erin Hoffman, MPAS, PA-C, academic director in our physician assistant education program, was invited to present a research poster at the recent CAB-V Conference (Collaborating Across Borders) in Virginia. This represents research she’s engaged in with the College of Public Health, College of Nursing, and College of Medicine on interprofessional education (IPE). Other poster authors […]
Nov 17, 2015
PT faculty, alums, and student making strides against breast cancer
PT Faculty, Betsy Becker and Nikki Sleddens, along with UNMC PT alums Nick Reiss, Stephanie Urbom, and Heather Rhoardarmer, and current UNMC PT1 student, Taylor Walla, participated in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on October 25, 2015 in Lincoln. The annual walk, held at Holmes Lake Park, raised $200,000.
Nov 13, 2015
Johnson and Sleddens recognized with PT service positions
Grace Johnson, PT, DPT, MS, OCS, in PT Education was appointed to the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties’ (ABPTS) Specialty Council on Orthopedic Physical Therapy. Her four-year term will begin January 1, 2016. The Specialty Council on Orthopedic Physical Therapy is responsible for defining orthopedic specialist practice, creating the specialist examination for board certification, and […]
Nov 12, 2015
PT hosts successful CE conference on oncology
In August, the Division of Physical Therapy Education hosted 58 alumni, clinical instructors, and like-minded rehab professionals for a continuing education conference: Oncology Rehabilitation Principles, Application, and State of Practice. This interprofessional conference featured the expertise of two national speakers from the well-known cancer centers of MD Anderson and Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital: Brent Braveman, […]
Nov 2, 2015
Michael and Custer funded for E-Learning
Kim Michael and Tanya Custer received a $50k award in support of the e-learning initiative. The first $25k comes from the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs with an agreement for match funding of $25k from the College of Allied Health Professions. It will be used to develop the UNMC E-Learning Curricular Redesign, […]
Oct 30, 2015
CAHP represented at NIH NINR 30-yr Anniversary Scientific Symposium
Patricia Hageman, PhD, represented CAHP as first author and last author, respectively, on two poster presentations, accepted through a highly competitive process for dissemination at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Symposium on Advancing Science, Improving Lives. The symposium was held October 13th, 2015 in Bethesda, MD. Since 1997, […]
Oct 28, 2015
