Allied Health Blog

Congratulations to Marcia Hess Smith, President-Elect

Marcia Hess Smith, BS, CNMT, program director of our Nuclear Medicine Technology Education program, won the position of President-Elect for the Board of Directors of the Nuclear Medicine Technologist Certification Board, their profession’s national certification body. Congratulations, Marcia!

Oct 28, 2013

Associate Dean's Office, Kudos, 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

Associate Dean's Office, Kudos, Physician Assistant

Congratulations, Stephane VanderMeulen, president-elect for national association

At the recent Physician Assistant Education Association’s (PAEA’s) meetings in Memphis, TN, Stephane VanderMeulen, MPAS, PA-C, assistant professor in the division of PA education, was elected president-elect for the national association. PAEA is the only national organization representing physician assistant education in the United States. Currently there are 181 accredited entry-level programs in the country […]

Oct 24, 2013

Kudos, Physical Therapy

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

Associate Dean's Office, Clinical Laboratory Science, Clinical Perfusion, Cytotechnology, Kudos, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, RSTE

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

Associate Dean's Office

Welcome Sarah Frederick to the SAHP

Sarah Frederick has joined the SAHP staff in the Senior Associate Dean’s office. Here’s a little about Sarah in her own words: “I received my Bachelor’s of Arts with a concentration in Organizational Communications and minor in Business Administration from Creighton University in 2012 and currently am working on my Master’s degree in Urban Studies […]

Oct 22, 2013

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RSTE Central NE tour – Day 2

RSTE faculty have landed in Hastings, NE:

Oct 16, 2013

Associate Dean's Office, Kudos, Physical Therapy, Research

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

Associate Dean's Office, Extended Family, RSTE

Stop #4 on the whirlwind tour…Kearney!

RSTE faculty enjoyed reminiscing with 1979 UNMC radiography program graduate, Kathy (Vinzenz) Wroblewski at the Kearney Clinic. Tour provided by Tyler Kann, Vascular Sonographer, and Julie Riese, Radiography Supervisor.

Oct 15, 2013

Associate Dean's Office, Extended Family, RSTE

More of the RSTE Central Nebraska tour…

Minden Nebraska houses Kearney County Health Services, a critical access facility with diagnostic radiography, CT, mammography, bone densitometry, and ultrasound imaging services. Ellie Miller, former graduate of UNMC’s radiography and diagnostic medical sonography programs, plays a central role in delivering these imaging services.