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September 4, 2018

UAMS Celebrates Achievements of Graduating Physician Assistants

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Melissa Clark, Pharm.D., M.P.H., hugs class President Ada Sochanska after presenting her with the Faculty Gold Key award.

Sept. 4, 2018 | What does it take to become a physician assistant? For the Class of 2018, it required more than 58 exams (not including quizzes), more than 2,240 hours of patient care on clinical rotations, 48 hours of labs, at least 30 hours of service learning, 30 hours of interprofessional education at the 12th Street Health & Wellness Center, a capstone project and more —as they earned 128 credit hours in just 28 months.


July 9, 2018

UAMS Gets Nurse Anesthesia Specialty Program Approval

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UAMS has received approval from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education for a Nurse Anesthesia specialty in the College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program.


July 2, 2018

Pharmacy Students Create Drug-Counseling Videos for YouTube

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It all started with a visit to a local pharmacy.

Seth Heldenbrand, Pharm.D., the College of Pharmacy’s associate dean of experiential education and an associate professor, was picking up a new prescription and noticed that with a simple click of a box he had opted out of drug counseling by the pharmacist.



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