Allied Health Blog

Today a reader…tomorrow a leader.

As the school year nears the end, many children in the Omaha area do not have books at home to read during the summer months. The UNMC Radiation Science students want to help with this problem. Would you help too? We will be collecting gently used books, and monetary donations for the purchase of books […]

Feb 8, 2010

Physical Therapy Students Participate in Legislative Day at the Nebraska State Capitol

Many of the second-year Physical Therapy students participated in Legislative Day at the State Capitol in Lincoln on Wednesday, February 3rd.  The event jointly sponsored by the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association and the Nebraska Medical Association promoted the national program, “Exercise is Medicine.” This program promotes health and wellness through increasing physical activity and exercise […]

Feb 5, 2010

Solving primary care crisis requires long-term focus

“Improving primary care for Nebraska calls for multipronged solutions.” Read more of this op ed published in the Omaha World Herald, by Kyle Meyer, PhD, PT, associate dean of the School of Allied Health Professions, and Virginia Tilden, DNSc, RN, FAAN, dean of the College of Nursing.  

Feb 4, 2010