Announcements
July 23, 2020
UAMS Named ‘Best Place to Work’ in Best of Arkansas Poll
![UAMS was chosen as the “Best Place to Work” in the Arkansas Times’s 2020 Best of Arkansas poll.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/bruce-fountain-6-20-15-1-150x150.jpg)
UAMS was chosen as the “Best Place to Work” in the Arkansas Times’s 2020 Best of Arkansas poll. UAMS was also among the finalists in the “Best Hospital” and the “Best Diet/Weight Loss Center” categories.
July 21, 2020
Art from the Heart Celebrates Creativity of Team UAMS
![Gohar Azhar, M.D., submitted two pieces for the Art from the Heart exhibit, including "Together." Twenty members of Team UAMS submitted artwork for the exhibit, which was presented via Zoom on July 9.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/107560828_887025085140903_6274490118948676953_o-150x150.jpg)
The second “Art from the Heart: Creative Works from Team UAMS” went virtual July 9 as about 60 people tuned in to celebrate the creativity of UAMS employees and students.
July 17, 2020
Chancellor Encourages UAMS to ‘Mask Up;’ Leadership Provide Updates at Town Hall
![Dr. Patterson at podium](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Town-Hall-July-2020-07162020-DSC_9586-150x150.jpg)
Team UAMS pledged to #MaskUpUAMS and heard from the chancellor and senior leadership about the university’s finances, educational plans for the fall, and the latest COVID-19 case projections at a July 16 Town Hall. More than 900 employees participated virtually and others were masked and socially distanced in the Fred W. Smith Auditorium for the…
July 15, 2020
Office of Interprofessional Education Hosts Virtual Quality Improvement Conference
![Derrick Henry, M.D., a UAMS resident physician, presents "Orthopedic Add-on Case Delays, a Quality Improvement Project" during the second annual Quality Improvement for Advanced Learners Program (QIALP) conference on June 24.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Derrick-Henry-150x150.png)
The Office of Interprofessional Education (IPE) hosted its second annual Quality Improvement for Advanced Learners Program (QIALP) conference via Zoom on June 24. QIALP is a quality improvement program designed to train advanced learners, such as residents and fellows, to work effectively on interprofessional teams. Each team includes two faculty facilitators, said Wendy Ward, Ph.D.,…
July 14, 2020
Awardees Celebrated at First-ever MVP Luncheon
![Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, center, stops for a photo with nine of the 12 MVP award winners celebrated July 10 at a noon luncheon.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MVP-1-yr-lunch-featured-150x150.jpg)
July 14, 2020 | After enjoying a meal prepared by UAMS MVP Greg Roberts, another eight of Roberts’ fellow MVP awardees listened as Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, praised and thanked each of them one more time. “When we started the MVP program a year ago, we knew we were going to identify some great…
July 8, 2020
ENT Residents Score Among Top in Nation at In-Service Exam
![Portraits of ENT residents](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ENT-residents-combined-150x150.jpg)
After setting a goal to best themselves, the residents in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery ended up besting most of the nation at this year’s in-service exam. UAMS scored in the top three or four among the 100-plus ENT residency programs in the nation. The in-service exams for each specialty are good practice…
July 7, 2020
No Vented Masks Allowed at UAMS
Vented masks are NOT to be worn inside UAMS. Masks with a small plastic vent on the side allow the wearer’s breath to leave the mask and potentially release COVID-infected particles. Effective immediately, entrance screeners will not allow anyone to enter UAMS wearing a vented mask.
July 6, 2020
Supportive Conversations Hotline Offers Employees Someone to Talk To
![Susan McDougal, director of pastoral care at UAMS, is one of several volunteers for Supportive Conversations, a 24/7 hotline for UAMS employees who need to someone to listen. "Being able to talk to someone who understands what you’re going through and can talk with you through your immediate crisis is so valuable.”](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG-5381-150x150.jpg)
During this stressful time of social isolation in the midst of a pandemic, employees need someone to talk to, said Susan McDougal, director of pastoral care at UAMS.
July 2, 2020
COVID-19 Testing Draws Hundreds to North Little Rock Drive-thru
![Working at the COVID-19 testing drive-thru at Shorter College in North Little Rock, a UAMS nurse takes a minute to enter some patient information into an iPad.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/COVID-screening-Shorter-College-iPadReflection-150x150.jpg)
The UAMS Mobile Triage team offered COVID-19 testing to anyone who came to their drive-thru June 30 at Shorter College in North Little Rock, and hundreds of people showed up in response. For a brief time before police could reroute the vehicles, cars and trucks were backed up onto the nearest Interstate 30 off ramp….
July 1, 2020
College of Pharmacy Residents, Fellows Graduate Despite Challenging Year
![Kendrea Jones, Pharm.D., left, and Mark Granberry, Pharm.D., listen to graduating resident Julianne Mott as she speaks from her home via a live video connection.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ResidencyGrad-Jones-Granberry-featured-150x150.jpg)
Mark Granberry, Pharm.D., opened the 2020 graduation ceremony June 26 for the UAMS College of Pharmacy residents and fellows with an apology to his ninth-grade English teacher. The teacher, Michael Moran, taught him never to use the phrase “more unique” because “unique” means one of a kind, and nothing can be more than one of…
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