interprofessional education


October 31, 2018

UAMS Recognized for Interprofessional Education Program

Yavonda Chase

UAMS faculty who worked on the award application include (from left): Kathryn Neill, Pharm.D.; Susan Long, Ed.D.; Wendy Ward, Ph.D.; Amber Teigen, M.M.Sc.; and Lisa Rhoden, M.Ed.

On the strength of its interprofessional education curriculum, UAMS recently was identified as a Program of Merit by the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP).


May 7, 2018

Comics Offer Unique Insight Into Health Care for Patients, Caregivers

Susan Van Dusen

MK Czerweic, R.N., who uses the pseudonym Comic Nurse, signs a copy of her book for workshop participant Caroline Barham.

May 7, 2018 | “It’s officially crayon o’clock,” presenter MK Czerwiec, R.N., proclaimed to participants at a UAMS workshop designed to unleash the creative storytelling ability of health care professionals. “Graphic Medicine: How Comics can Improve our Health” offered the chance for students, faculty and staff members to draw and write about clinical experiences and…


September 28, 2017

UAMS Regional Campuses Awarded $4.2 Million for Professional Education, Faculty Development, Recruitment

Ben Boulden

Sept. 28, 2017 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Regional Campuses has been awarded a five-year grant of $4.2 million for professional education, faculty development and recruitment. The federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Careers Pipeline Branch awarded the grant. The eight Regional Campuses are UAMS Northeast…


June 19, 2017

Interprofessional Education at the Heart of Student-led Clinics

Yavonda Chase

Bridget Fitzhugh, a dental hygiene student, and nursing student Kinsey Melton get ready to examine a patient’s teeth at the 12th Street Health & Wellness Center..

June 19, 2017 | Two clinics — the 12th Street Health & Wellness Center in Little Rock and the North Street Clinic in Fayetteville — exemplify UAMS’ commitment to interprofessional education.


September 27, 2016

12th Street Center Provides Screenings for Families

Ben Boulden

Sept. 27, 2016 | With his 7-week-old daughter cradled and sleeping on his shoulder, Jody Lewis on a recent September morning sat down in front of the UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center’s blood pressure screening table set up at Our House in Little Rock. Lewis and his wife, Shannon Tate, have five children…


March 29, 2016

UAMS 12th Street Center’s March Man-ness a Three-Peat Success

Ben Boulden

March 29, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center put teams of students and clinicians on the gymnasium floor March 19 as it scored its third annual March MAN-ness Health Event victory. More than 50 men and women circulated through rooms on each side of the…


March 8, 2016

Delta Dental Foundation Awards $30,000 to UAMS 12th Street Center

Ben Boulden

March 8, 2016 | Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation recently presented a $30,000 grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to help pay for additional dental care for patients seen first at the center. Some of center patients are referred for the next level of care to…


May 5, 2014

Interprofessional Student Teams Vie to Treat Simulated Patients

Ben Boulden

May 5, 2014 | “Sim Wars: The Manikin Strikes Back” competition opened to an enthusiastic audience of about 200 UAMS students and faculty with almost the same flair as “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” did in 1980.


August 1, 2012

Skinner to Lead Interprofessional Education at UAMS

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Experienced academic administrator Diane Skinner, Ed.D., M.P.H., has been named director of interprofessional education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), leading a new effort to develop educational experiences and programs that promote collaboration across health care disciplines. </span>