UNMC Family Medicine Connect

Frauke Wilcox nominated for “Catalyst for Education” Award

Grant/Office Associate Frauke Wilcox was nominated this year for the UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators “Catalyst for Education” Award. The award recognizes an individual in an educational support role whose contributions have been integral to furthering the educational mission at UNMC. Frauke’s nominator says she “has raised the caliber of education and scholarly activity within […]

Aug 30, 2018

Resident and Faculty of the Month: August

Resident of the Month: Dr. Victor Vallet for covering at Bellevue during a day off, also accommodated when member of inpatient team had an emergency. Faculty of the Month: Dr. Toby Free for always being willing to give residents procedures, autonomy at Bellevue. Also covered service while residents went to teaching day. Congratulations!

Aug 13, 2018

Resident orientation wraps up with team building exercise

The end of July also marked the end of new resident orientation within the Department of Family Medicine. To wrap up the month, residents had lunch at Johnny Sortino’s and visited Entrap Games, an Omaha escape room where you find clues and solve a series of puzzles to escape a room with your team. All […]

Aug 3, 2018

AHEC welcomes new Program Associate

The Nebraska AHEC Program recently welcomed Sam Woodruff to the team as a Program Associate. As the new Program Associate, Sam will assist with the coordination of program planning, budget creation and maintenance, as well as overall administration support. Sam is a graduate of the Master of Public Health program at UNMC, with a concentration in […]

Jul 31, 2018

Resident attends Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine Conference

Second-year resident, Michael Dobson, MD, attended the Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine Conference in Atlanta, Georgia from July 19-22. Dr. Dobson presented his poster, “More Than Just Epistaxis: an 11-Year-Old Female with Recurrent Epistaxis”. The annual Pediatric Hospital Medicine Meeting is an educational conference for pediatric hospitalists and other clinicians involved in the care of hospitalized children.

Jul 30, 2018