Time remains to register for the upcoming UNMC Mini-Medical School, “Behavioral Health: Perception, Impact, Reality.”
About 250 people have already registered but plenty of spaces still remain for the series, which runs April 12, 19 and 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (central time), and provides insight into mental health issues and what UNMC is doing to deal with them.
The series will be broadcast live from the UNMC Durham Research Center Auditorium in Omaha via satellite to Atkinson, Broken Bow, Chadron, Columbus, Fremont, Grand Island, Harrison, Hastings, Holdrege, Kearney, Lincoln, Lynch, Neligh, Norfolk, North Platte, O’Neill, Osmond, Pender, Red Cloud, Rushville, Scottsbluff, Sidney, Wayne and West Point.
It also will be available in Omaha at Clarkson West Medical Center, 2727 S. 144th St., Suite 200, and Metro Community College North Omaha Campus, 30th & Fort, Building 7.
Registration is required. Easy registration for all locations can be completed online at http://www.unmc.edu/minimed, by e-mail at minimed@unmc.edu or by calling (402) 559-2900 or toll free (877) 852-0013 for those outside the Omaha area.
While the program is free to the public, continuing education credits are available for $40 for nurses (6.0 contact hours), nurse practitioners, physicians and physician assistants (maximum 6 AMA Category 1 Credits).