Education

Second group of CSC Medical Education Trainees Graduates

On March 21 the second group of China Scholarship Council Faculty Medical Education Trainees completed their training at UNMC. The group was on campus for three months observing courses and meeting with UNMC faculty. The CSC faculty group was comprised of educators from the Midwest region of China. In this large region of China, opportunities […]

Apr 1, 2016

CSC and Hainan Faculty Medical Education program participants with UNMC faculty and staff at the graduation ceremony.

Public invited to learn about allied health careers at UNMC event on April 2

The demand for allied health professionals is high as virtually all fields face a staffing shortage.

Mar 22, 2016

116 UNMC senior medical students receive residency assignments

Match Day ceremony held on campus today

Mar 18, 2016

U.S. News & World Report ranks UNMC No. 5 in primary care

Marks 2nd straight year among top 5 in country

Mar 17, 2016

Nursing Students from Shanghai Reflect on Time at UNMC

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Nursing students reflect on the differences and similarities between nursing in the U.S. and China.

Mar 16, 2016

Shanghai Jiao Tong University nursing exchange students. From left: Xiang (Gary) Zhang, Siqi (Quinta) Huang, Chenye (Sunny) Shen, Li (Amy) Kuang, and Yaowen (Jen) Zheng. Not pictured: Haoyue (Lily) Zhang.

Alzheimer’s expert to deliver Harman Lecture April 1

Lecture will explore the criteria for diagnosing cognitive impairment to characterizing signs of the disease, and communicating the information with patients

Mar 16, 2016

Dr. Ron Petersen

UNMC College of Nursing Students Discuss China Rotation

Two nursing students from UNMC discuss their experiences at a hospital in Shanghai.

Mar 10, 2016

Amber Gerweck (center left) and Capri Juilfs (center right) with nephrology nurses in Shanghai.

Nebraska Science Festival to release tickets March 22 for LeVar Burton

Free tickets to be released online on first-come, first-served basis

Mar 7, 2016

LeVar Burton

Fourth-year Medical Students Return from International Medicine Rotation

Rachel Watson and Matthew Hessel, both fourth-year medical students at UNMC, recently returned from a month-long international medicine rotation in Shanghai. The pair studied at the 10th People’s Hospital of Shanghai, which is affiliated with Tongji University School of Medicine.

Mar 4, 2016

Matthew Hessel practices the Traditional Chinese Medicine technique of cupping (creating a vacuum in a glass cup and placing it on the skin) with Rachel Watson.

New HSRA PhD Emphasis in Academic Family Medicine Approved

A new emphasis in Family Medicine has been approved. The emphasis is designed to train leaders in family medicine and health care administrators to aid with the development of the primary care system in China.

Feb 29, 2016

Yangyuna Yang is the first student in this new emphasis.