Category: Family Medicine

Paulman named MOMS Physicians Bulletin editor

Family Medicine Clinical Professor, Audrey Paulman, MD, MMM, has been named the new editor of the Physicians Bulletin. The Physicians Bulletin is a bimonthly magazine published by the Metro Omaha Medical Society and is distributed to more than 2,800 health care professionals. The transition was announced in the November/December issue and included a cover feature […]

Dec 13, 2016

Department adopts a family for the holidays

The Department of Family Medicine joined together to gather donations for this year’s Adopt-A-Family program through UNMC and Nebraska Medicine. Family Medicine was assigned to a cystic fibrosis patient’s family which included three children (ages 1 year, 3 years, and 8 years) and their grandmother. Seventeen faculty and staff members raised more than $500 to […]

Dec 7, 2016

Project SEARCH intern reflects on time in Family Medicine

Project SEARCH intern, Matt Mulligan, spent ten weeks in the UNMC Department of Family Medicine as a clerical assistant. His positive attitude and helpful nature made him a valuable asset to staff and faculty. “Having Matt with us was a wonderful experience,” Matt’s Family Medicine department mentor, Sarah Frink, said. “He helped us file, organize, […]

Dec 2, 2016

SIM-NE Update

Department of Family Medicine Professor, Paul Paulman, M.D., is the principal investigator of the $5.5 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to use mobile, high-tech simulation trucks to provide training opportunities on life-saving procedures for rural emergency medical providers and hospitals. Here is an update from the SIM-NE team and […]

Nov 30, 2016

FMIG hosts Skills Night

UNMC’s Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) hosted their annual Skills Night for the College of Medicine Class of 2020 on November 16. The evening focused on skills for the objective structured clinical examination. Students practiced sutures, injections, and IV insertion in the MSC Clinical Simulation Lab. Family Medicine faculty members Dr. Mindy Lacey and Dr. […]

Nov 28, 2016