September 8, 2011
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine as one eight medical schools in the country that use the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) as a screening tool for medical school admission.
September 8, 2011
When incoming UC medical students took their class oath on Aug. 12, 2011, they pledged to "adapt with a changing environment." It seems fitting for the class of 2015 to make this pledge as we mark the first year of a new curriculum at the College of Medicine. One of the most appreciable changes in the curriculum is the integration of hands-on clinical training in the first year.
September 7, 2011
Greer Glazer, PhD, dean and professor of nursing at the University of Massachusetts Boston, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, has been appointed dean of the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Nursing.
September 1, 2011
Tina Weitkamp, a registered nurse and instructor at the College of Nursing, has been interested in nursing since she was a child shadowing her mother at work. During her high school years, Weitkamp volunteered at a nursing home in Waukesha, a suburb of Milwaukee. It was there she decided nursing was her calling.
August 25, 2011
Out of 80 competitors, third-year nurse anesthetist graduate student Elizabeth Nickell took first place in a poster presentation at the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) annual meeting in Boston, Aug. 6-10.
August 25, 2011
A new study led by University of Cincinnati allergy researcher Jonathan Bernstein, MD, found that a nasal spray containing an ingredient derived from hot chili peppers (Capsicum annum) may help people clear up certain types of sinus inflammation.
August 25, 2011
Pankaj Desai, PhD, is a professor in the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy.
August 18, 2011
Derek Zipkin spent his first day of clinical shadowing in Africa facing a mother who had just learned that her 6-year-old daughter contracted HIV through a blood transfusion. "I can see their faces clearly, says Zipkin, a second-year medical student in the UC College of Medicine. "The mother crying hysterically and the child, not knowing why her mom is crying, going over to comfort her mother when her mother found out she has HIV, says Zipkin.
August 18, 2011
Fourth-year medical student Jenna Klotz has been awarded the Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship by the American Medical Association
August 17, 2011
To symbolize their entry into medical school, first-year College of Medicine students will receive their white lab coats at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, in Music Hall.