Allied Health Blog
Let them eat cake…or maybe not!
This is a cake that the Radiography students on the Columbus campus made for a hospital competition at Columbus Community Hospital. They won the cake decorating contest — first out of eight entries — and received a pizza party for the radiology department. Wow! Happy Halloween!
Oct 26, 2011
MRI program receives accreditation
The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) program in the School of Allied Health Professions was just awarded five years accreditation, the maximum for a new program. Congratulations to Adam Stevens, MA, RT(R)(MR)(CT), program director!
Oct 24, 2011
Annual PA Nut Sale Starts Nov 1
The UNMC Physician Assistant Class of 2013 will be selling your holiday favorites to raise money for national conferences, community involvement, student representatives and other expenses. Available Items: Pecan Halves (.75 lb) $8.50 Special Cashew Halves $8.50 English Toffee $7.50 NEW Cranberry Nut Mix $7 Chocolate Covered Almonds $7 Chocolate Covered Peanuts $7 NEW Chocolate […]
Oct 24, 2011
Katherine Jones publishes article
Congratulations to Katherine Jones, PT, PhD, in the Physical Therapy Education program for an upcoming publication in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education! She is first author on “Prevalence, Formation, Maintenance, and Evaluation of Interdisciplinary Student Aging Interest Groups,” which will be included in a set of five papers related to innovative medical school curricula in issue […]
Oct 20, 2011
Custer, a hard-core runner!
Tanya Custer, MS, RT(R)(T), instructor in Radiation Sciences Technology Education just returned from running the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco on October 16th. “I’d rank it up there with having kids,” said Tanya. “It was amazing!” It didn’t hurt that at the end of the race, the runners were presented with Tiffany necklaces […]
Oct 18, 2011
Goodbye, and Good Luck, Melinda!
Today is Melinda Finken’s last day in the Physician Assistant Program. Melinda has been an office associate at UNMC for eight years, and we’ll miss her. Best wishes, Melinda!
Oct 14, 2011
Date set for the 2012 Forum on Evidence-Based Medicine
Mark your calendars for the annual Forum on Evidence-Based Medicine and SAHP Awards Ceremony: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:30-4:00pm MSC Events Center This is our poster forum where SAHP students and faculty display their work in research, critical review, and education. The awards ceremony honors the Teacher of the Year, Researcher of the Year, and Outstanding Service […]
Oct 13, 2011
The gauntlet has been thrown…
A good friend in Public Relations, who I won’t name (rhymes with Truck Town), says that Allied Healthers are sissies because we haven’t registered any teams for the Fall Fest flag football tournament next Friday. I said that we are indeed NOT sissies and that we were just busy training and thinking of cool names […]
Oct 6, 2011
C'mon SAHP! Let's get 100% participation on this…
If you’ve already clicked the United Way link in your email and said yes or no, then thank you! If not, please do so. It takes about 30 seconds. REMEMBER: Participation doesn’t equate to donation (although the United Way would gladly accept your money); and Participation makes you eligible to win some pretty awesome prizes.
Oct 4, 2011
Fun Run & silent auction tons of fun
If you missed the 2011 SAHP Fun Run, you missed a good time in spite of the chilly drizzle. You can check out more pictures on Flickr. (Video is still to come.) The winners of the Silent Auction were: Items Donated by Winner Mary Kay – Frosted Vanilla Gift Set, body wash, butter & mist […]
Oct 3, 2011
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