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March 16, 2018
Emotions Run High as COM Students Match for Residency
March 16, 2018 | Tears came in all shapes and sizes at Match Day 2018 – tears of joy, tears of relief and tears from proud families. “I’m going to cry,” College of Medicine senior class President Grant Cagle said prophetically while welcoming the audience, made up of the 155 seniors who participated in the…
March 9, 2018
Relationships, Communication Touted as Key at Student Research Day
March 9, 2018 | Student Research Day is about students, but it is also about mentorship and peer engagement – the relationships that turn hunches and ideas into innovations. Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., dean of the UAMS Graduate School, said as much as he welcomed everyone to the event, and the day’s distinguished lecturer,…
March 8, 2018
UAMS Jones Eye Institute Opens Walker Eye Surgical Simulation & Education Center
March 8, 2018 | A portion of the ninth floor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute has been transformed into an instructive, collaborative center where ophthalmology residents and UAMS students can learn surgical techniques and procedures outside the confines of an operating room, thanks to a…
March 6, 2018
Students Host Young at Heart Luncheon at Aging Institute
March 6, 2018 | Practicing medicine is practicing listening. That was the message of the Young at Heart Luncheon hosted Feb. 23 by students in the UAMS College of Medicine for patients and volunteers in the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Junior Eric Peeler and sophomore Stephanie Dayer organized the event with the help…
March 5, 2018
UAMS Med Student Starts Lifetime Goal with Nonprofit
March 5, 2018 | There is a bulletin board in John Musser’s apartment with a big number on it: 50,000. That’s the number of eyes the first-year UAMS medical student would like to save in his lifetime. “That’s my dream,” said Musser. “I just want to help anyone who wouldn’t have an opportunity otherwise.” Musser…
February 27, 2018
Learn, Swab – and Maybe Save a Life: COM Students Join Bone Marrow Registry
At the end of a recent team-based learning session on bone marrow failure, the entire freshman class of the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) pulled swabs from sterile packets and collected their own saliva samples. It could save someone’s life one day. The class was participating in a…
February 22, 2018
UAMS Nursing, Pharmacy Students Go Abroad Over Holiday Break
Feb. 22, 2018 | Winter break is usually a time for students to rest, relax and recharge, but a dozen UAMS students from the colleges of Pharmacy and Nursing decided to do something a little different over the holidays. A half-dozen students from each college traveled to Taiwan for a three-week study abroad trip at…
February 16, 2018
Brandi Mize Wins Scheving Award
Feb. 16, 2018 | A new name now graces the Lawrence E. Scheving Award plaque outside the Division of Clinical Anatomy’s office on the ground floor of the Daniel W. Rahn Interprofessional Education Building. Brandi M. Mize of Paragould accepted the award, given to the first-year medical student with the highest grade in Human Structure, Feb….
January 31, 2018
UAMS Pays Homage to MLK with Walk, Donations, Service
Jan. 31, 2018 | Whether his plight was racism, poverty, segregation or war, Martin Luther King Jr. always believed the most impactful avenue for change was peaceful protest in the form of demonstrations, rallies, marches and boycotts. The civil rights leader’s most cherished accomplishments are tied to that belief. There was the Montgomery bus boycott…
Stories from the Road: Residency Interviews Lead to Match Day for UAMS College of Medicine Seniors
Jan. 31, 2018 | As the arduous process of applying to residency programs winds down for this year’s seniors in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), one thing is clear: The road to Match Day is long – both figuratively and literally. In the fall and winter of…
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