Karen Burbach
Spots available for mental health mini-medical school
Time remains to register for the upcoming UNMC Mini-Medical School, “Behavioral Health: Perception, Impact, Reality.”
Apr 6, 2007
Survey to help UNMC assess its campus climate
Five years have passed since UNMC’s first-ever environmental assessment study on creating a culturally competent organization. Now, UNMC officials are asking every faculty and staff member to repeat the survey to determine how the university climate has changed since 2002.
Apr 6, 2007
Another severe weather drill forthcoming
Some glitches were noted concerning the notification of departments during Wednesday morning’s severe weather test. Adjustments are being made and another test will be conducted in the near future.
Apr 5, 2007
Be alert — a note about campus security
Employees can help promote a secure environment at UNMC in a number of ways.
Apr 4, 2007
RHEN and AHECs award 39 small community grants
UNMC’s Rural Health Education Network has announced the funding of 39 grants to small communities around the state. The grants, which total nearly $47,000, range between $750 and $3,000 and are used to fund projects aimed at improving community health and to introduce Nebraska youth to health care careers.
Apr 4, 2007
Poison center celebrates 50 years of service
Fifty years and more than one million phone calls — this year marks a half-century of service for the Nebraska Regional Poison Center. Born under the leadership of two visionary physicians, Dr. Matilda McIntire and Dr. Carol Angle, the poison center has become a reliable resource and a mainstay for families across the region and beyond.
Apr 4, 2007
Medical center receives national nursing recognition
UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, is honored to receive the esteemed Magnet designation for extraordinary nursing care. The achievement, as determined by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, is widely viewed as the “gold standard” in the nursing profession. It is also one of the highest levels of recognition a medical center can achieve.
Apr 3, 2007
Pharmacy student wins national patient counseling competition
Rebecca Seeba, a second-year pharmacy student at UNMC, recently won the American Pharmacists Association (APhA)-Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) National Patient Counseling Competition.
Apr 3, 2007
Avian flu education — antivirals
What role would antivirals have should pandemic strike?
Apr 3, 2007
Goetzinger-Comer to lead UNMC’s use of emerging communications technologies
Sandy Goetzinger-Comer, director of public affairs, will pursue a new assignment at UNMC to strategically position the campus in a leadership role nationally in the field of emerging communications technologies. She will leave her current position July 1 to focus on this new opportunity.
Apr 3, 2007