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Michael Wadman, M.D.,
has been named vice chairman of education in the UNMC Department
of Emergency Medicine, the department's chairman Robert
Muelleman, M.D., has announced.
Dr. Wadman, an associate professor of emergency medicine,
assumed his new role earlier this summer and now oversees
educational activities for students and residents in the
department, Dr. Muelleman said.
About 50 students, 50 off-service residents and 19 full-time
emergency residents currently study in the department.
"Mike is smart, organized and a great clinician," Dr.
Muelleman said. "He's good role model for our students and
residents to emulate."
Dr. Wadman was the director of student education for the
emergency medicine section for many years before the emergency
medicine residency began in 2003. He has been director of the
residency program since the its inception.
"He basically started the residency program," Dr. Muelleman
said.
Dr. Wadman also has been responsible for innovative advances
in emergency medicine education including the introduction of
lightly-embalmed cadavers and patient simulators to assess the
competency of residents, Dr. Muelleman said, noting that Dr.
Wadman also is well published in the area of student and
resident education.
"Mike's really been a leader in developing effective ways of
educating our students and residents," Dr. Muelleman said. "His
involvement in such activities made him a natural choice to head
the department's educational efforts." |
