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Category: Physical Therapy

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

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

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

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

Physical therapy doctorate program crossing borders

Physical therapy, as a profession, is “a new health domain in China,” said Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, Ph.D., assistant professor of physical therapy education in the School of Allied Health Professions and director of the Shanghai Sino-U.S. Health Science Initiative (SSUHSI) physical therapy doctorate program. Read full article in UNMC Today…

Oct 3, 2013

Joe Norman, Ph.D., named director of physical therapy program

by Kalani Simpson, UNMC public relations September 26, 2013 UNMC Today Joe Norman, Ph.D., professor of physical therapy education, has been appointed director of the PT program, effective Sept. 15. “I am thrilled to have Dr. Norman assume this leadership role,” said Kyle Meyer, Ph.D., senior associate dean of the School of Allied Health Professions. […]

Sep 26, 2013

Maggie Tierney, PT3 student, in UNMC Today

Nice article this morning in UNMC Today about one of our students in Physical Therapy Education: From water skis to physical therapy not a big leap for student by Kalani Simpson, UNMC public relations September 19, 2013 Maggie Tierney, a third-year physical therapy student, has seen it in their demeanor. She’s seen it in their […]

Sep 19, 2013

Dr. Siu to be honored for innovation

Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, PhD, assistant professor in physical therapy education, will be honored at the 2013 Innovation Awards for his team’s invention: a portable camera-based simulator for skill acquisition. Congratulations, Dr. Siu!

Sep 18, 2013