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PA students receive scholarships!

During last week’s Nebraska Academy of Physician Assistants (NAPA) Annual CME Conference in Kearney, five UNMC PA students each received $1,000 scholarships. Awards were given to Ashley Miller, Megan Moser, Bridget Reilly, Morgan Walgren, and the coveted NAPA Scholar award went to Elizabeth Benissan-Messan. The NAPA Scholar receives a plaque in addition to the scholarship […]

Apr 16, 2013

RSTE Students and Faculty Receive Awards

The 2013 Nebraska Society of Radiologic Technologists (NSRT) Annual Conference, held in Kearney, proved to be well represented by UNMC students and faculty. The biggest news was that Tammy Jones received the 2013 NSRT Radiologic Technologist of the Year award. It came as a surprise to Tammy, but not to anyone else. 🙂 UNMC students […]

Apr 16, 2013

By proclamation: April 14—20 is SHARING Clinic Week in NE

At the capitol building in Lincoln, yesterday, April 10, 2013, Governor Heineman proclaimed April 14-20 as SHARING Clinic Week in Nebraska.

Apr 11, 2013

SHARING Clinics Week

On April 10th at 10:30am at a proclamation ceremony, Governor Heineman will declare the week of April 15th “UNMC SHARING Clinics Week” in Nebraska. Ricki Otten, from CLS, will attend along with students, Kari Echtenkamp and Laura Espejel. Those in attendance will get their picture taken with the governor. Also, a SHARING the Vision conference […]

Apr 1, 2013

PA alum to give presentation April 5th

Jill Ferry, PA-C, a graduate from UNMC, serves as a physician assistant at the Harlan Doctor’s Clinic, providing services as a patient-centered medical home in Harlan, Iowa. She will be addressing the “Effective Utilization of Physician Assistants in Primary Care,” on Friday, April 5, 2013 from 12:00-12:50 PM in the Wittson Hall Amphitheater (3034). The […]

Mar 29, 2013

PT faculty receive grant funding for stroke rehab

Kathleen G. Volkman, PT, MS, NCS, the primary investigator, along with Katherine Jones, PT, PhD, and two collaborators from Creighton, received the George Blanton Research Grant from the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association. The purpose of their study, Improving Stroke Rehabilitation Across the Continuum of Care: Triangulating Perspectives of Interprofessional Groups of Healthcare Providers, is to (1) […]

Mar 26, 2013

Behind-the-scenes clip of the SAHP group photo :-)

You may have seen the group photo on the TV monitors in Bennett Hall, or perhaps on Facebook — 19 faculty and staff members from the School of Allied Health Professions in our I’m Proud to Play a Part T-shirts. What you may not have known is that, because of scheduling conflicts, the one photo […]

Mar 22, 2013

SAHP Nebraska link in Alabama

Clinical Perfusion alumnus, Kellen Goldberg, is mentoring current perfusion student, Kelly Cole, during the very first heart transplant at the brand new hospital, Children’s of Alabama. Children’s just received their individual accreditation since splitting from the University of Alabama. Take note of Kellen’s Nebraska brand (his hat) to the transplant!

Mar 20, 2013

PA Faculty Picked for Editorial Team of Professional Journal

The Journal of the Physician Assistant Education, the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association, recently appointed Tami Ritsema, MPH, MMSc, PA-C, to their editorial board. Michael Huckabee, MPAS, PhD, PA-C, has been selected as editor for the Abstracts and Brief Reports feature of the journal. The journal is dedicated to advancing PA education […]

Mar 15, 2013

Clinical Perfusion students bring home awards

A first-year Clinical Perfusion student has won the annual Nebraska Perfusion Society Scholarship awarded annually to the best essay submitted by perfusion students from around the country. Mr. Robert Ledbetter bested the competition for the $1500 prize on Saturday, February 23, 2013, in Lincoln. Many kudos to Robert and Clinical Perfusion! This weekend in Las Vegas, […]

Mar 11, 2013