Month: October 2016

Chief Residents Attend AAFP Family Medicine Experience

Chief Residents Nate Renes, MD, and Jamil Neme, MD, traveled to Orlando, Florida last month for the American Academy of Family Physicians Family Medicine Experience conference. Renes and Neme attended lectures and workshops on a variety of family medicine topics. Along with the Family Medicine Experience Conference, they attended part two of the Chief Resident […]

Oct 27, 2016

Wester Co-Investigator for CGAP IPE Grant

The UNMC College of Nursing recently received the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Practice Interprofessional Education (CGAP IPE) grant from the Accelerating Interprofessional Community-based Education and Practice.  Department of Family Medicine Associate Professor, Rebecca Wester, M.D. served as a c0-investigator for the grant along with faculty from the College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy and College of Medicine. […]

Oct 24, 2016

Residents offer advice to medical students

The UNMC Family Medicine Interest Group invited representatives from three local residency programs to their latest meeting on Tuesday, October 18. More than 30 medical students gathered to hear from seven residents about the reasons they chose their respective programs and the work/life balance of a resident. Chief resident Jamil Neme, M.D. and interns Angie […]

Oct 21, 2016

Student Health provides vaccines to students

The College of Pharmacy and Student Health have partnered together to administer Student Run PPD and Flu Shot Clinics. The needs of the student population are being met by using the new College of Pharmacy Simulation Lab. More than 900 vaccines have been provided over the course of six weeks with five clinics still remaining […]

Oct 19, 2016

FMIG Hosts NAFP for monthly meeting

The UNMC Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) welcomed the Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians to their monthly meeting held on September 29. The Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians Executive Vice President, Liz Simon, NAFP President, Christine Jeffrey, MD, and board chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Robert Wergin, MD spoke about American Academy […]

Oct 3, 2016