July 14, 2017
PT Program Turns to Plasticized Remains to Teach Anatomy
July 14, 2017 | John Jefferson, Ph.D., P.T., chair and associate professor of the Department of Physical Therapy (PT) in the College of Health Professions, thought long and hard about the best way to teach anatomy to physical therapy students when he was setting up the program.
June 29, 2017
UAMS HEALERS Program Gives Teens Inside Look
June 29, 2017 | Twelve rising high school juniors and seniors recently spent two weeks at UAMS learning about health care careers, patient- and family-centered care, first aid and teen health issues. They were selected from more than 60 applications submitted to the Health Education Active Learning Experience for Regional Scholars (HEALERS) program, which is…
June 28, 2017
Speakers Urge PA Students to Remember True Meaning of White Coat
June 28, 2017 | The 36 members of the physician assistant program’s Class of 2019 were urged to remember the true meaning of the white coat as they donned the jackets for the first time and pledged to care for their patients.
Both Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., and College of Health Professions Dean Douglas L. Murphy, Ph.D., reminded the students during the May 26 ceremony that their white coats are not a status symbol that separates practitioners from their patients, but rather a reminder of the responsibility that health care professionals bear.
June 23, 2017
Rahn Reflects on Eight-Year Tenure at UAMS During Farewell Address
June 23, 2017 | Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., reflected on the accomplishments of his eight-year tenure at UAMS and the challenges still facing the institution as he delivered his farewell address June 22 in the Fred W. Smith Auditorium in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
June 19, 2017
Interprofessional Education at the Heart of Student-led Clinics
June 19, 2017 | Two clinics — the 12th Street Health & Wellness Center in Little Rock and the North Street Clinic in Fayetteville — exemplify UAMS’ commitment to interprofessional education.
May 24, 2017
Smiles Abound at Annual NICU Reunion
May 24, 2017 | Smiles were the order of the day as some of UAMS’ littlest former patients and their families returned for the sixth annual NICU Reunion.
May 18, 2017
UAMS Northwest Regional Campus Awarded $2.1 Million for Marshallese Diabetes Prevention Research
May 18, 2017 | A $2.1 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will allow the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus to continue and expand its research to identify effective ways to combat diabetes in the Marshallese community.
April 4, 2017
Montague Encourages Women to Excel, then Open Doors for Others
April 4, 2017 | “When someone tells you that you can’t do something, don’t believe them.”
Those wise words summed up the way that Raye Montague has lived her life and set the tone for her keynote address at UAMS’ annual Women’s History Month event March 28, titled “Hidden Treasures – Herstory: Celebrating UAMS Phenomenal Women.”
February 16, 2017
Scholarship, Donations Fund Assistant Professor’s Medical Missions
Feb. 17, 2017 | Lindsay Gilbert, M.Ed., MLS, has wanted to go on a medical mission trip for years, but financially, it was never feasible. So when the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) offered a scholarship for such trips, she jumped at the opportunity.
February 13, 2017
Rahn Says Let Mission Statement and Strategic Goals Guide UAMS
Feb. 13, 2017 | Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., pointed to the importance of UAMS’ mission statement and strategic goals as he updated employees and students on the university’s recent successes as well as challenges for the future.
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