Category: Physician Assistant
Two PA students join Future Educator Fellows
At the recent Education Forum by the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) in Washington, DC, two UNMC PA students joined the inaugural class of Future Educator Fellows. Kim Sullivan and Mason Van Nostrand joined the first group of 25 PA students selected from PA programs across the country, assembled to participate in the forum and […]
Dec 10, 2015
CAHP students receive BCBS scholarships
Four students in the CAHP received Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska-University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) Health Services Scholarships. The recipients were Ryan Sowle and Taryn Trosper from the physician assistant program, and Emily Buck and Kaylee Samway from the Radiography program. The scholarships – made up of a gift of $300,000 in […]
Dec 4, 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
Welcome to another CAHP baby!
Congratulations to Geri Finn, BA, Education Academic Coordinator in Physician Assistant Education, who had her baby on Sunday, November 8, 2015. Patrick Anthony Michael was born at 7:25 PM, 7 lbs 8 oz. Welcome to the CAHP family, Patrick!
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
Visit celebrates RHOP program extension to Peru State
On September 25th, UNMC visited Peru State College (PSC). The purpose of the visit was to celebrate the College of Allied Health Professions’ new relationship with PSC to extend Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) positions to students at PSC – beginning with the next application cycle this year. In addition, PSC sponsored a “Rural Health […]
Oct 8, 2015
PA Week is October 6-12, 2015
Submitted by the UNMC PA Class of 2017 To celebrate Physician Assistant Week, October 6-12, 2015, here on the UNMC campus, the PA class of 2017 will participate in service events to spread influence across the local community. They’ll be serving dinner on October 8th at the Rainbow House, and on October 11th at the […]
Oct 5, 2015
Sasek publishes in JAAPA on postconcussive syndrome
Cody Sasek, MPAS, PA-C, an academic director in our PA program, published, “Postconcussive syndrome in a high school athlete,” in the Oct 2015 edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Cody collaborated with a physician with whom he had previously worked in his clinical practice before coming to UNMC, resulting in […]
Oct 1, 2015
Recent PA graduate publishes in JAAPA
Bridget Reilly, PA-C, a 2014 graduate from the PA Program has published her first article in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants July 2015 issue. Her co-author and mentor was Tami Ritsema, PA-C, a PA Program faculty member at the time. The article, “Managing nonteratogenic adverse reactions to isotretinoin treatment for […]
Aug 17, 2015
First IPE Wandering Word Challenge at UNK
Ryan Splittgerber, PhD, and Ellie Miller, two of our faculty at the UNMC Health Science Education Complex at UNK, played the Walking Word Challenge this week. With printers yet to be installed in the new building, however, they had to hand-draw the scrabble board! To respect the intent of the game, which was to get […]
Jul 28, 2015
