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Allied Health Blog

Dr. Karim Bandali to Present Today

As part of the SAHP Research Development Seminar Series, Dr. Karim S. Bandali, Chair of Cardiovascular Perfusion, The Michener Institute of Applied Health Science, Toronto, Ontario, will present, “The Use of Simulation in Inter-Professional Health Science Education” today, Friday, January 15, 2010 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in MSC 2018.

Jan 15, 2010

Congratulations to Jan Tompkins — New Grandmother!

Jan Tompkins, in Allied Health Distance Education, is a new grandmother. Here are the stats and a picture of the happy family: Alexandre Matthias Tompkins, born January 9, 2010, 9 lbs. 5 oz.

Jan 11, 2010

CLS staff gives Peoplesoft admissions programs good reviews

Article published in UNMC Today, Friday, January 8, 2010 by Chuck Brown, UNMC public relations   The PeopleSoft system has earned good reviews from the School of Allied Health Profession’s Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program, which recently used the new system for its admissions cycle. Link to full article.

Jan 8, 2010

Tammy Jones Publishes on Hand Washing

The Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences (AEIRS) Spectrum newsletter published an article in the December 2009 issue, “Hand Washing: More Important than Ever!” by Tammy L. Jones, MPA, RT(R), assistant professor in radiography education.  This article is valuable for practitioners, faculty, staff, and students in every program.

Jan 5, 2010

Season's Greetings from the UNMC Ice Rink

Most of you are gone for the holiday, but yesterday proved a beautiful day to hit the ice rink. To literally hit the ice rink. Seriously, it was a blast and I highly recommend you get out there as soon as you can (once the ice storm is over, of course). Happy Holidays, Fran

Dec 23, 2009

Cytotechnology and Perfusion Education Programs Adopt a Family this Christmas

Students, faculty, and staff members from the cytotechnology and clinical perfusion education programs, along with faculty from the medical nutrition program, adopted a family through the social work department at The Nebraska Medical Center. The family consists of a single mother with a premature baby who has been in the NICU for three months. The […]

Dec 17, 2009

Physician Assistant Education Association Elects Stephane VanderMeulen

Alexandria, VA — Stephane VanderMeulen, MPAS, PA-C, assistant professor and academic coordinator at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Physician Assistant (PA) Program in Omaha, Nebraska, was elected to a director at large position on the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Board of Directors. The election was held during the Association’s recent Annual Education Forum […]

Dec 17, 2009

Holiday Tea Revelers

Some of us allied healthers made it over to the holiday tea yesterday where PR caught us enjoying the goodies. Glad we only took one candy cane each! Speaking of revelry — don’t forget the potluck on Monday!

Dec 15, 2009

Master’s Theses Defense in Clinical Perfusion

Four Clinical Perfusion students will be defending their Master’s theses December 15, 2009 from 1:00 – 3:30 at the Michael F. Sorrell Center (MSC) Room 3030. The schedule follows: 1:15 – 1:45 p.m. “Establishing Time and Flow Rate for Improving the Efficacy of CO2 Flushing in Debubble Management of Arterial Line Filters” Benjamin Swanson 1:45 – 2:15 p.m. […]

Dec 14, 2009

RSTE Helps at the Ronald McDonald House

Last Thursday night the RSTE students helped with the annual decorating of the Ronald McDonald house & then enjoyed Jim Temme’s award winning chili for dinner.    

Dec 14, 2009