College of Health Professions


March 13, 2014

UAMS Center for Dental Education Welcomes Senior Dental Students for Clinic Rotations

Ben Boulden

March 13, 2014 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for Dental Education is now hosting small groups of dental students from University of Tennessee College of Dentistry for two-week clinical rotations.


December 27, 2013

UAMS Takes Action in 2013

Ben Boulden

Dec. 27, 2013 | New degree programs and innovations in patient care marked 2013 as a year of dynamic action for UAMS.


November 4, 2013

UAMS Receives OK to Offer Physical Therapy Degree

Ben Boulden

Nov. 4, 2013 | Approval to begin educating physical therapy students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) at its northwest Arkansas campus was given Oct. 25 by the Coordinating Board of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
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September 11, 2013

UAMS Names Efurd Chair of Department of Dental Hygiene

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Melissa Efurd, Ed.D., M.S., an experienced dental hygiene program director, has been chosen to lead the program in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions.


May 17, 2013

Conference Highlights Telemedicine Achievements, Future

Ben Boulden

May 17, 2013 | As he opened the fourth annual Telestroke Conference on May 14, AR SAVES Director Michael Manley praised the audience for their help in the past year in expanding the program he oversees and gave them a glance at the future of telemedicine in the state.


May 8, 2013

Interprofessional Student Teams Compete to Treat Simulated Patients

Ben Boulden

May 7, 2013 | Music from “Star Wars” filled a UAMS lecture hall May 2 as a Darth Vader-costumed emcee waved a light saber and opened the first Sim Wars competition to the cheers of about 200 students.


April 24, 2013

Fourth UAMS Telestroke Conference Slated for May 14-15

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The fourth annual AR SAVES Telestroke Conference to educate medical professionals on stroke care and the use of telecommunications technology to support stroke treatment will be May 14-15 at the Statehouse Convention Center.</p>


April 18, 2013

UAMS Physician Assistant Program Achieves Accreditation

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The physician assistant program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, the final approval needed before admitting its first class of students.</p>


December 14, 2012

Anatomy Teaching Complex Named for Longtime Educator

Ben Boulden

Dec. 14, 2012 | Colleagues and students from both ends of a 34-year teaching career remembered a gifted educator, anatomist and scientific author during a Dec. 7 dedication ceremony for the Patrick W. Tank Anatomy Teaching Complex at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


February 1, 2011

Winters Leaves Allied Health College Prepared for Future

Jon Parham

Feb. 1, 2011 | For 28 years, Ronald Winters, Ph.D., has guided the UAMS College of Health Related Professions with a thorough preciseness that also allowed for creativity and wit.



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