Category: Physical Therapy
Walking the Talk – at Kearney HSEC
The UNMC-Kearney Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Class of 2020 live the values of their chosen field by “walking the talk,’’ according to professor Pat Hageman, PT, PhD, FAPTA. Dr. Hageman recently taught from HSEC-Kearney with transmission to UNMC-Omaha. During a scheduled break between her lectures, students invited Pat to power-walk with the class on […]
Oct 8, 2019
Welcome new PT faculty: Mike Wellsandt
Assistant professor Mike Wellsandt, PT, DPT, OCS, recently joined our Division of Physical Therapy Education faculty. Here’s more about Mike in his own words: I grew up in Diller, NE, and am a 2009 graduate of UNMC’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program. After working as a contract physical therapist throughout the western United States, I […]
Oct 2, 2019
Welcome new faculty: Stacie Christensen
Stacie Christensen, PT, DPT, recently joined our Division of Physical Therapy Education as assistant professor. Here’s more about Stacie in her own words: I grew up in rural Nebraska always knowing I wanted to go into healthcare. After spending hours upon hours shadowing the health professions, I decided physical therapy was the perfect fit. I […]
Aug 21, 2019
UNMC students, faculty in Kearney offer free sports screenings Sept. 7 for Special Olympics athletes
Physical assessments allow athletes to compete in the Special Olympics Students and faculty from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Kearney Division and UNMC College of Allied Health Professions in Kearney, are offering free sports screenings for current and new athletes who plan to compete in the Special Olympics. The event, called […]
Aug 2, 2019
2019 Annual CAHP Awards Ceremony and Forum
The annual College of Allied Health Professions Awards Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 from 1:05 p.m. to 2:00 p.m in MSC 3002 and streamed to HSEC 100. Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT, FAND, associate director and associate professor in Medical Nutrition, will receive the Significance in Research Award. This award is […]
Mar 28, 2019
Drs. Cochran and Nickol took interprofessionalism to Washington
Teresa Cochran, DPT, assistant dean for the CAHP at the Health Science Education Complex in Kearney, and Devin Nickol, MD, associate professor in UNMC Internal Medicine, recently led a workshop, Advancing the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice & Policy Research Agenda, at the National Academies of Practice (NAP) conference in Washington, DC. NAP consists of 14 health […]
Mar 21, 2019
CAHP CAPTURE Falls Program Receives National Exposure
Good work doesn’t go unnoticed. Our CAHP CAPTURE Falls team, led by Dawn Venema, PT, PhD, Anne Skinner, MS, RHIA, and Vicki Kennel, PhD, recently received recognition for their work to implement the safe practice of inpatient fall risk reduction. Their project, CAPTURE Falls, which stands for Collaboration And Proactive Teamwork Used to Reduce (CAPTURE) […]
Feb 22, 2019
Cochran appointed CAHP Assistant Dean at HSEC
Following an extensive stakeholder review process, Teresa Cochran PT, DPT, MA, GCS, FNAP, was appointed CAHP Assistant Dean at the Health Science Education Complex (HSEC) in Kearney, effective in December 2018. Dr. Cochran admirably served in an interim capacity since April. Over that brief time, she continued to advance the work of the faculty at […]
Jan 21, 2019
A Message from the UNMC Alumni Association
Congratulations graduates! On behalf of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and the College of Allied Health Professions Alumni Council, we welcome you as members into the UNMCAA—a proud group of more than 44,000 alumni from across the country and world. The Alumni Association, in partnership with the University of Nebraska Foundation, have replaced the […]
Dec 17, 2018
PT faculty member interviewed for PT in Motion article
PT faculty member, Patricia (Pat) Hageman, PhD, is cited in a December 2018 publication, PT in Motion. The article highlighted an exchange of views between the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) “Emerging Leader” awardees and members of the Association’s highest membership category called the Catherine Worthingham Fellows (FAPTA). Hageman, a FAPTA, commented that some of […]
Dec 10, 2018
