From AHEC Health Career Campers to Wildcats
Established in 2005, the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Pipeline Program works to further the interest of students in health professions. One of the goals of AHEC is to increase the number of health care providers in the Commonwealth.
A popular manifestations of this program is the Summer Health Careers Camps. Open to Kentuckians, who are juniors or seniors in high school, camps allow students to interact with professionals from a variety of medical fields.
3rd Annual Department of Radiology Quality & Safety Forum
On June 1, 2016, the 3rd Annual Department of Radiology Quality & Safety Forum was held in the Pavilion A Lobby. The Forum featured seven Quality Improvement poster projects from the Department of Radiology working in conjunction with UKHC Office for Value and Innovation in Healthcare Delivery (OVIHD).
Thanks to the Chief Medical Office and Dr. Phillip Chang who provided snacks and refreshments for attendees.
Competition:
Each poster was judged by a secret panel of judges selected by Dr Chang. While all the projects and teams were winners, only one could be selected.
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Update on Proposal Guideline Review & Financial Conflicts of Interest
Update on Proposal Guideline Review & Financial Conflicts of Interest
Limited Submission Announcement - Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Grant Program
Limited Submission - Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation - Grant Program
Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center
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UK HealthCare Athletes Ready to "Survive the Night" to Raise Cancer Awareness
In most work environments, teambuilding exercises usually don't require actual physical activity.
But for the UK HealthCare employees participating in this weekend's second Survive the Night Triathlon, bonding will form over 140.7 miles of swimming, biking and running through the night into the early morning. Developed by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center radiation oncologist Dr.
KNI Stroke Center Receives High Designation from American Heart Association
UK HealthCare's Kentucky Neuroscience Institute (KNI) has received the "Get With The Guidelines - "Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award" by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for maintaining nationally recognized standards for the treatment of stroke patients.
KNI also received the association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite for meeting stroke quality measures that reduce the time between hospital arrival and treatment with the clot-buster tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke.
Brain Research with the Abisambra Lab
In honor of Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, this podcast features Joe Abisambra, an assistant professor in the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and three of his lab trainees—Sarah Fontaine, Shelby Meier and Brittani Price.
UK Hospitalists Help Enhance Quality of Care for Patients
Managing and providing a continuum of care for patients with complex health care needs at a large academic medical center like UK HealthCare can be very complex when providers from multiple specialties and subspecialties are needed for tests, treatment and patient education.
UK HealthCare is at the forefront of a growing trend among U.S. hospitals to employ hospitalists, with more than 50,000 hospitalists now working in the U.S. Hospital medicine is the fastest growing specialty in the history of American medicine.
Bachstetter Lab Featured on LabTV
In the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCOBIRC) at the University of Kentucky, Adam Bachstetter’s lab studies how glial cells in the brain interact with neurons to support brain health. Bachstetter and Danielle Lyons, a postdoctoral scholar in his lab, recently shared their stories with LabTV.
