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UNMC is a hidden gem in the Midwest
that most individuals, when they come for the first time,
they are wowed by our facility and our training program.
And many of those individuals who stay with us and train,
have the same thing to share with others
by the end of their training.
I think that you can get good training
at a lot of programs,
but I do not think you can get the exceptional training
paired with the comradery that you have here.
I really do think this is a unique environment
that they have cultivated here,
and it really has been a conscious cultivation of that.
I think the most exciting thing
is being part of a really cutting edge
interdisciplinary team,
a group of people who are really all dedicated
to the same academic mission
of providing excellent evidence-based care,
excellent evidence-based education,
and cutting edge research.
Well, I really think it is the collegiality
and the friendships and collaborations
that we have amongst everyone here at UNMC.
I would say the facilities that we work in
are very diverse
because there has been so much growth on this campus
over the past couple of decades, especially,
so just the different sort of flavors
of each of the different kind of hyper specialties
or subspecialties is really great.
We have educators who are really passionate
about teaching.
I would say the majority of our faculty
are not just involved,
but like actively involved with educating students,
residents, fellows.
So the education here at UNMC,
I think is a priority and it is done in different modalities.
So I think whatever type of learner you are,
there is going to be a way for you
to really get the material you need.
Here at UNMC, education of our clinical trainees
is really one of our top priorities
and is really the most fun part of our day,
is really able to interact with our trainees.
It is great having them in the clinics,
working with us, the nurses and the patients,
they get a lot of patient rapport and experience.
The energy that the students and residents brings
makes it really fun.
What has really impressed me
since I have been at this institution
is how seriously leadership takes these interactions
and is always looking and asking our trainees
as to whether or not they are getting what they need
and what we can do better.
And then in turn,
we work really hard from a faculty perspective
at trying to make the educational experience better.
You know, I think University of Nebraska
is an ideal setting for trainees,
for residents, medical students, fellows.
They can come and learn not only to become the clinicians
that they aim to become, but also they can learn, you know,
all the research that is involved
to the discovery process in medicine,
so that combination it's something
that not every place can offer
and we definitely came off that very strongly here
at University of Nebraska.
I think it is a little unique here,
how well people work together,
no one has an ego and everyone really,
very seamlessly works together in multidisciplinary teams,
and I think that is the best experience of the patients.
You know, everybody's easy to talk to,
can talk like a regular conversation
and you do not have to worry about, you know,
if you do not know something, or you are embarrassed,
or want to learn or question about something.
And I think that is pretty unique here,
as well as facilities here.
There are so many things that we have available to us
to be able to provide clinical care
and then also to educate.
Essentially, if it can be done in the world,
it can be done here.
And it really allows us in a facility like this
to work to our full potential
and to be leaders on the international stage,
simply because we are given the tools to do our very best.
The culture of the education program at UNMC
is a supportive culture
and really an effort to support trainees
throughout their years here
to make them the best physicians possible
for their years following training.
You did a great job of making sure
we have the knowledge base that we needed,
and really by the time I got the boards,
I had no issues and knew I was prepared.
And not only prepared to pass a test,
but prepared to go out in the real world and practice.
For me, it was a matter
of a strong internal medicine program
and a strong fellowship program,
and the marriage of both is why we came to UNMC
that made me into an outstanding internist.
Which I think is an absolute necessary base
for being an outstanding,
whatever it is that you are going to be after that.
I think UNMC is unique because of its location.
You know, we do serve both the community of Omaha,
but we also serve the region of Nebraska, Kansas,
South Dakota, Iowa,
in that even down into Missouri.
UNMC is the exclusive quaternary care center
for about 1.8 million people
between Minneapolis and Denver.
And so UNMC really strives to
and is forced to be the best of everything.
So Omaha is a great city to work and to live.
From a work standpoint, I think it is really nice
that really no matter where you live in the city,
you can get wherever you need to on call,
you know, in less than 20, 25 minutes.
I think it is one of the best kept secrets in the country.
It is big enough that we have wonderful restaurants
that as my kids get older,
I get to go enjoy those a lot more,
but when my kids were younger, there are places like the zoo,
the children's museum, the Durham.
I think the school system is great.
Have the ability to the public schools,
you also have parochial schools,
you can live in neighborhoods that are close by the school.
I think recreationally there is plenty of opportunities
to spend time outside, do things.
If you are a runner, if you golf, if you play tennis,
you know, there is a facility probably five,
10 minutes away from wherever you live in Omaha.
For us we wanted a yard where our kids can play
and housing is affordable,
it is easy to get to and from work.
The cost of living is great here.
So, the pay you get,
no matter what type of work you are doing,
goes a long ways in terms of whether it's a place
that you live or opportunities
to do things with your family or travel.
I think it really is the best of both worlds.
You get the benefits of a larger Metro area,
but it is still very much a small town feel.
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