SHRP recognizes Alumnus of the Year, Early Career Achievement
A critical care flight paramedic and professional volleyball player was honored as Alumnus of the Year, while a physical therapist and assistant professor received the Early Career Achievement Award during SHRP Alumni Day to a virtual room of colleagues, faculty, and fellow alumni.
Published on Monday, April 11, 2022
The size is right: Campus enrollment climbs
For the third year in a row, Medical Center schools as a whole have boosted the number of students who have decided to make health care careers their goal as the state’s future nurses, scientists, doctors, dentists, speech pathologists, occupational or physical therapists, among many more. In the face of the pandemic and personal crises, they have prevailed.
Published on Monday, November 15, 2021
Seven schools and six ways from Sunday: Students, faculty brazen out COVID surge
Those who learn, teach and lead among the Medical Center’s rollcall of schools are, of course, also up against the pandemic’s growing list of deficits and demands – in the clinic and the classroom. At UMMC, COVID-19 has already had a profound impact on education, most certainly for all time.
Published on Monday, August 16, 2021
Sky’s the limit for SHRP’s first OTD graduates
When members of the first Doctor of Occupational Therapy class in the School for Health Related Professions graduated in May, they entered the workforce with a much deeper education than master’s level graduates. The OTD students delved into patient care, and also concepts related to leadership, management, specialty practice and scholarly activities, which armed them to explore both traditional and non-traditional OT settings.
Published on Monday, June 28, 2021