Michael Wadman, M.D., has been named vice chairman of education in the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine. The appointment was announced today by the department’s chairman Robert Muelleman, M.D.
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."
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