{"id":31352,"date":"2007-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/12\/18\/employee-student-forum-to-address-reaction-to-mall-shootings\/"},"modified":"2007-12-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-18T06:00:00","slug":"employee-student-forum-to-address-reaction-to-mall-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/12\/18\/employee-student-forum-to-address-reaction-to-mall-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee\/student forum to address reaction to mall shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n<\/TABLE>Two doctors from the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement will discuss the Dec. 5 Westroads Mall shooting during a forum for students and employees Thursday. <\/p>\n

Psychologist Robin Gurwitch, Ph.D., and psychiatrist Daniel Nelson, M.D., will present “Responding to Crisis in the Medical Setting: Post Westroads Shootings” at noon Thursday in the Durham Research Center Auditorium. <\/p>\n

Robin Zagurski, a clinical social worker in the UNMC psychiatry department, said the forum serves multiple purposes including providing information about emotional challenges that arise following disasters. The forum also will allow students and employees to discuss their own concerns and questions in the wake of the tragedy. <\/p>\n

“This event really touched all of us,” Zagurski said. “With a city like Omaha, which is really a big, small town — it’s not six degrees of separation but rather two. For the rest of the city, everyone seems to have known someone who was there or was supposed to be there. But for us here at the medical center, it was our job to respond and to care for those who were affected.” <\/p>\n

Drs. Gurwitch and Nelson will discuss topics such as:
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