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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Category: Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, Physiology

Interprofessional Team Based Care of a Patient with Cardiovascular Disease

In this module, students will follow a patient that experiences a heart attack. Students will learn from nine healthcare providers that work as a team to successfully manage and treat this patient’s condition.

Apr 12, 2021

Vascular Supply to the Central Nervous System

This e-module focuses on the vasculature of the central nervous system (CNS) with our primary attention on the Circle of Willis. Throughout the didactics of this module, you will have the opportunity to gauge your understanding with short quizzes. At the end, test your understanding by taking a longer quiz that assesses your comprehension on […]

Apr 12, 2021

Digital Design – Occlusal Splint

Students can use chair side technologies to create a digital impression, or instead take a conventional impression/stone model to start the orthotic process.  With an extraoral representation of the patients dentition, the data is transferred to a Computer Aided Design (CAD) software where the orthotic is designed.  Once the design is completed, it will then […]

Apr 12, 2021

Cellular Junctions

Cellular junctions are complex, multiprotein cellular structures between adjacent cells or between cells and the extracellular matrix. These junctions allow contact and communication between cells and their environment, in addition to regulating tissue permeability and mediating intracellular signaling events. The functional and molecular components, as well as some of their unique features, of the following […]

Apr 12, 2021

Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) and Pressure Injury (PI) Prevention

This module provides a brief overview of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and the risk for pressure injury (PI) development. This module reviews risk factors for PI development and provides current evidence-based practice recommendations for preventing PIs in this population.

Apr 9, 2021

Physical Examination of the Shoulder

This learning module teaches how to perform a focused physical exam for shoulder pain as well as the component parts of a general musculoskeletal exam. You will also review and identify the relevant gross anatomy for an examination of the shoulder and learn to make diagnoses based on physical exam findings.   

Mar 17, 2021