Category: Family Medicine
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
Family Medicine welcomes Project SEARCH Intern
The Department of Family Medicine welcomes Matt Mulligan, a student intern with Project SEARCH. In partnership with the Munroe-Meyer Institute, Project SEARCH “was initiated in 2015 to create unpaid internship opportunities to help individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities gain knowledge and skills which could potentially lead to paid employment.” Matt shared a little bit about himself […]
Sep 30, 2016
