Category: Kudos
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
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
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
We did it again! Thank you!
The School of Allied Health Professions, for the second year in a row, made it to 100% participation in the United Way campaign. Thank you to all faculty and staff for helping us set a record, again. 🙂 SAHP rocks!
Oct 9, 2013
Perfusion student, Kristie Steffens, awarded prestigious scholarship
The American Society of Extracorporeal Technology (AmSECT), clinical perfusionists’ professional society, awarded one of our students, Ms. Kristie Steffens, the prestigious annual Perfusion Without Borders student scholarship. This scholarship is associated with a mission trip Kristie is taking, associated with her University of Wisconsin clinical rotation. According to AmSECT, Kristie was an excellent applicant, competing […]
Sep 30, 2013
Ricki Otten elected faculty chair for SHARING
Sharing clinics change leadership every September, and this year, Ulrike “Ricki” Otten, MT(ASCP)SC, was elected the chair of the faculty committee for SHARING for the next two years. According to Audry Paulman, MD, clinical associate professor in Family Medicine, “Ricki represents CLS well.” Yes, she does! Congratulations, Ricki!
Sep 27, 2013
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