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August 21, 2019
Simulation Immerses Nursing Students in Details of the Operating Room
About a dozen nurses gathered around a patient strapped to a table in a cold operating room. In the background sat an intubation laryngoscope, anesthesia machine, sonogram equipment and cabinets full of bandages, tape, clamps, alcohol wipes, equipment, and other necessities found in any operating room. Four at a time, the nurses listened together through…
August 20, 2019
Orientation Gives New Students a Comprehensive Overview of College Year Ahead
By the end of the third and final morning of orientation classes for first-year students of the UAMS College of Pharmacy, Anh Vu said he had no more uncertainties about what was ahead of him. “They answered all the questions that I didn’t even know I had,” said Vu, a first-year student from Bentonville. “I…
August 15, 2019
College of Medicine Freshmen Don White Coats to Start Med School Journey
What does it mean to wear the physician’s white coat? Reassurance. Competence. Professionalism. Cleanliness. Responsibility. Trust. For patients, yes, but what about for the College of Medicine Class of 2023? Its 174 members donned their white coats for the first time during the White Coat Ceremony, held at Robinson Auditorium before a crowd of family,…
June 11, 2019
Physician Assistant Class of 2021 Accepts their White Coats
The Physician Assistant Studies program presented 40 students from the Class of 2021 with their white coats May 24 in a ceremony in the Fred W. Smith Auditorium in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
March 6, 2019
UAMS Graduate Student Receives Prestigious NCI Fellowship
A prestigious fellowship from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will allow UAMS Graduate School student Brian Koss to advance his melanoma research.
January 9, 2019
Four Students Chosen for the Geriatric Student Scholars Program
The UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) has selected four students for its 2019 Geriatric Student Scholars program.
September 4, 2018
UAMS Celebrates Achievements of Graduating Physician Assistants
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 2, 2018
Pharmacy Students Create Drug-Counseling Videos for YouTube
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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